04793nam 2200649 450 991082455970332120230803212229.01-4214-1474-0(CKB)3710000000312020(EBL)3318856(SSID)ssj0001384208(PQKBManifestationID)11763997(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001384208(PQKBWorkID)11327585(PQKB)10870151(MiAaPQ)EBC3318856(OCoLC)897858282(MdBmJHUP)muse37309(Au-PeEL)EBL3318856(CaPaEBR)ebr10991561(OCoLC)897573142(EXLCZ)99371000000031202020131120d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMapping disease transmission risk enriching models using biogeography and ecology /A. Townsend PetersonBaltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2014.1 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4214-1473-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Ecology and Biogeography""; ""This Book""; ""Conclusions""; ""Part I: Distributional Ecology""; ""2 General Conceptual Framework for Species� Distributions""; ""Historical Background""; ""A General Schema of Distributional Ecology""; ""Disease Systems""; ""Conclusions""; ""3 Status of Data for Understanding Disease Distributions""; ""Disease Case-Occurrence Data Sets""; ""Relevant Biodiversity Occurrence Data Sets""; ""Georeferencing""; ""The Meaning of No Records""; ""Conclusions""""4 Current Tools for Understanding Disease Distributions""""The Current Toolkit""; ""Shortcomings of the Current Methodologies""; ""Conclusions""; ""Part II: Disease Modeling Basics""; ""5 Modifications to the Basic Framework""; ""Disease Peculiarities""; ""Real-World Examples: West Nile Virus and Others""; ""Implications for Disease Modeling""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 Modeling Components versus Outcomes""; ""Disease Transmission Systems as Sets of Interacting Species""; ""Black-Box Approaches""; ""Component-Based Approaches""; ""Combined Approaches""; ""Conclusions""""7 Space-Only versus Space-and-Environment Models""""Examples and Illustrations""; ""Contrasting the Two Types of Models""; ""Conclusions""; ""Part III: Preparing the Data""; ""8 Garbage-In-Garbage-Out Principle""; ""Problems with Data Quality""; ""Biases Created by Geography""; ""Conclusions""; ""9 Assembling Occurrence Data""; ""General Considerations""; ""Obtaining and Improving Occurrence Data""; ""Compatibility and Study Design""; ""Conclusions""; ""10 Assembling Environmental Data""; ""Relevance to Species� Distributions""; ""General Considerations""""Modifiable Areal Unit Problem""""Specific Data Resources""; ""Conclusions""; ""11 Study Areas and BAM""; ""Defining the Area M""; ""Sampling Considerations""; ""BAM Configurations""; ""Details of M and A for Model Transfers""; ""Conclusions""; ""Part IV: Developing Models""; ""12 Calibrating Niche Models""; ""Introduction to Niche Models""; ""Nuts and Bolts""; ""Calibrating the “Best� Model""; ""Transferring and Extrapolating""; ""Characterizing Ecological Niches""; ""Conclusions""; ""13 Processing Raw Outputs into Useful Maps""; ""Choosing Appropriate Thresholds""""From Potential to Actual Distributions""""Projecting and Transferring Models""; ""Conclusions""; ""14 Evaluating Niche Models""; ""Controversies and Inappropriate Approaches""; ""Basic Concepts""; ""The Confusion Matrix and Its Implications""; ""Binary Model Evaluation""; ""Continuous Model Evaluation""; ""Model Evaluation and Model Performance""; ""Conclusions""; ""15 Developing Risk Maps""; ""Initial Estimates""; ""Risk Modifiers""; ""Type I versus Type II Errors""; ""Overlay, Testing, and Simulation""; ""Conclusions""; ""Part V: Examples of Applications""; ""16 Identifying Risk Factors""""Black-Box Disease Ecology""Medical mappingMedical geographyPublic health surveillanceEpidemiologyMedical mapping.Medical geography.Public health surveillance.Epidemiology.614.4/2Peterson A. Townsend(Andrew Townsend),1964-1492398MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824559703321Mapping disease transmission risk3994827UNINA