Infectious diseases of humans, wildlife, and domesticated species are increasing worldwide,
driving the need to understand the mechanisms that shape outbreaks. Simultaneously …

Diverse host communities commonly inhibit the spread of parasites at small scales.
However, the generality of this effect remains controversial. Here, we present the analysis of …

While the importance of changes in host biodiversity for disease risk continues to gain
empirical support, the influence of natural variation in parasite diversity on epidemiological …

Many infectious diseases of humans are caused by pathogens that reside in nonhuman
animal reservoirs and are transmitted to humans via the bite of an arthropod vector. Most …

The disease ecology community has struggled to come to consensus on whether
biodiversity reduces or increases infectious disease risk, a question that directly affects …

Statistical correlations of biodiversity patterns across multiple trophic levels have received
considerable attention in various types of interacting assemblages, forging a universal …

The dilution effect, that high host species diversity can reduce disease risk, has attracted
much attention in the context of global biodiversity decline and increasing disease …

Humans are altering biodiversity globally and infectious diseases are on the rise; thus, there
is interest in understanding how changes to biodiversity affect disease. Here, we explore …

Growing interest in ecology has recently focused on the hypothesis that community diversity
can mediate infection levels and disease ('dilution effect'). In turn, biodiversity loss—a …

Control of human infectious disease has been promoted as a valuable ecosystem service
arising from the conservation of biodiversity. There are two commonly discussed …