Infectious disease: Inextricable linkages between human and ecosystem health

摘要

Through the kindness of Professor John Beddington and Jill Nelson, The Mammals Trust UK sponsored the weekend of conference and think-tank that spawned this volume, and Professor Rob Mars agreed to publish this Special Issue of Biological Conservation. Dr. Andrew Pullin, as the editor guiding us, has been both wise and helpful, and at Elsevier Julie Millard has been unwaveringly supportive and unflustered. All the papers in this volume have been reviewed by at least three reviewers, and by both of us; the result is that all the authors have had to forebear writing at least two, and sometimes more, revisions. We thank both the reviewers and authors for their hard work, and tolerance of our pernicketiness. This paper, which serves as a preface, benefited from the comments of Angela McLean, Gus Mills and Zinta Zommers.