Brian Douglas Cooke

Australia's War Against Rabbits

The Story of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease

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Produktbeschreibung

Australia's War Against Rabbits uses rabbit haemorrhagic disease as an important case study in understanding how animal populations adapt to diseases, in this case an RNA virus. Looking at Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease in an ecological framework enables insights into both virus and rabbit biology that are relevant for understanding other emerging diseases of importance to humans.

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• Verlag: CSIRO Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 169mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780643096127
• ISBN-10: 0643096124
• Artikelnr.: 41097237

Autorenporträt

Brian Douglas Cooke has worked on the management of wild rabbits for over 40 years. Initially in South Australia and subsequently in Canberra, he has worked with rabbits in Australia's arid zone, Europe and the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Islands, specializing most recently on newly emergent rabbit haemorrhagic disease.