This article reviews research on the evolutionary mechanisms leading to different
transmission modes. Such modes are often under genetic control of the host or the …

Biological interactions are key drivers of ecological and evolutionary processes. The
complexity of such interactions hinders our understanding of ecological systems and our …

Species are shifting their distributions in response to climate change. This geographic
reshuffling may result in novel co-occurrences among species, which could lead to unseen …

When considering uncertain bipartite networks, the number of instances of the popular
graphlet structure the butterfly may be used as an important metric to quickly gauge …

Shifts in landscape heterogeneity and climate can influence animal movement in ways that
profoundly alter disease transmission. Water sources that are foci of animal activity have …

The community of host species that a parasite infects is often explained by functional traits
and phylogeny, predicting that closely related hosts or those with particular traits share more …

This article overviews the dynamics of disease transmission in one-host–one-parasite
systems. Transmission is the result of interacting host and pathogen processes …

Contact between wild and domestic ungulates is increasing across rangelands, enabling
disease co-transmission. Disease management is difficult given uncertainties in complex …

Host-virus associations have co-evolved under ecological and evolutionary selection
pressures that shape cross-species transmission and spillover to humans. Observed virus …

Species barriers are tested in hybrid zones when gene flow occurs between hybridizing
species. Hybridization can erode species barriers, lead to the introgression of adaptive traits …