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Volume 4, Number 3 2007

EDITORIAL Sympathy for the Devil

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Andy P. Dobson

IN THIS ISSUE

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REVIEWS Capacity-Building for Natural Resource Management: Lessons from the Health Sector

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Lisa Robins

Climate Change-related Health Impacts in the Hindu Kush–Himalayas

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Kristie L. Ebi, Rosalie Woodruff, Alexander von Hildebrand, Carlos Corvalan

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Implementation and Evaluation of an Integrated Program for Rodent Control in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires City, Argentina 271 Marı´a S. Ferna´ndez, Regino Cavia, Gerardo R. Cueto, Olga V. Sua´rez

Sanctuary in the City: Urban Monkeys Buffered against Catastrophic Die-off during ENSO-related Drought

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Tom A. Waite, Anil K. Chhangani, Lesley G. Campbell, Lal S. Rajpurohit, Surendra M. Mohnot

Community Based College Education: A Model for Resolving Conflicts in Natural Resource Management

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He´le`ne I. Savard, John Howard, Marilyn Simon

Differential Gene Expression Induced by Exposure of Captive Mink to Fuel Oil: A Model for the Sea Otter

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Lizabeth Bowen, Federica Riva, Chuck Mohr, Brian Aldridge, Julie Schwartz, A. Keith Miles, Jeffrey L. Stott

Discovery of a Novel Alveolate Pathogen Affecting Southern Leopard Frogs in Georgia: Description of the Disease and Host Effects 310 Andrew K. Davis, Michael J. Yabsley, M. Kevin Keel, John C. Maerz

On the Cover: Ursine sarcophilus by John Gould has been reproduced from a plate in his ‘‘The Mammals of Australia’’ (3 volumes, 182 plates 1845 – 63). See the ‘‘Cover Essay: John Gould and a Devil’s Despair’’ by Peter Daszak on page 367. The cover art for this issue was sponsored by the Consortium for Conservation Medicine. Reproduced courtesy of the Australian Museum Research Library.

SPECIAL FOCUS: TASMANIAN DEVIL DECLINES Distribution and Impacts of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease

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Hamish McCallum, Daniel M. Tompkins, Menna Jones, Shelly Lachish, Steve Marvanek, Billie Lazenby, Greg Hocking, Jason Wiersma, Clare E. Hawkins

Conservation Management of Tasmanian Devils in the Context of an Emerging, Extinction-threatening Disease: Devil Facial Tumor Disease Menna E. Jones, Peter J. Jarman, Caroline M. Lees, Heather Hesterman, Rodrigo K. Hamede, Nick J. Mooney, Dydee Mann, Chrissy E. Pukk, Jemma Bergfeld, Hamish McCallum

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The Immune Response of the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and Devil Facial Tumour Disease

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Gregory M. Woods, Alexandre Kreiss, Katherine Belov, Hannah V. Siddle, David L. Obendorf, H. Konrad Muller

Towards a Case Definition for Devil Facial Tumour Disease: What Is It?

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Stephen B. Pyecroft, Anne-Maree Pearse, Richmond Loh, Kate Swift, Kathy Belov, Nolan Fox, Erin Noonan, Dane Hayes, Alex Hyatt, Lingfa Wang, David Boyle, Jeff Church, Debra Middleton, Robert Moore

FORUM Global Environmental Change and Population Health: Progress and Challenges

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Shilu Tong, Colin L. Soskolne

BOOK REVIEW

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M. Denise Dearing

WHAT’S NEW?

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ABOUT THE COVER Cover Essay: John Gould and a Devil’s Despair

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Peter Daszak, Aleksei Chmura

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