Nicholas Talks -- Spring/Summer 2007
         an online collection of lectures about environmental issues and solutions
         brought to you by Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment
         and Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.

         

March 2 - "The function of biodiversity in zoonotic disease risk: The cases of Lyme disease and West Nile Virus"

A presentation by Richard S. Ostfeld, senior scientist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y.

In his talk, Ostfeld discusses interactions among organisms that influence the risk of human exposure to vector-borne diseases and the dynamics of terrestrial communities.

  
Presented by the University Program in Ecology Seminar Series