In the past years, network theory has successfully characterized the interaction among the
constituents of a variety of complex systems, ranging from biological to technological, and …

Phytophthora ramorum, causal agent of sudden oak death, is an emerging plant pathogen
first observed in North America associated with mortality of tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) …

Increasing the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides in agroecosystems has led to higher
crop yields, accompanied by a decline in biodiversity at the levels of field, cropping system …

Forest pathology inherently involves a landscape perspective, because tree pathogens
propagate according to heterogeneous spatial patterns of flow and isolation. Landscape …

Formal, quantitative approaches are now widely used to make predictions about the
likelihood of an infectious disease outbreak, how the disease will spread, and how to control …

▪ Abstract The relationship between epidemiology and disease management is long-
standing but sometimes tenuous. It may seem self-evident that improved understanding of …

The potential for modern biology to identify new sources for genetical, chemical and
biological control of plant disease is remarkably high. Successful implementation of these …

Motivated by questions such as “Why do some diseases take off, while others die out?” and
“How can we optimize the deployment of control methods,” we introduce simple …

Networks are ubiquitous in natural, technological and social systems. They are of increasing
relevance for improved understanding and control of infectious diseases of plants, animals …

There have been numerous investigations of parasite local adaptation, a phenomenon
important from the perspectives of both basic and applied evolutionary ecology. Recent work …