Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. Climate
directly impacts health through climatic extremes, air quality, sea‐level rise, and multifaceted …

Scientists have long predicted large-scale responses of infectious diseases to climate
change, giving rise to a polarizing debate, especially concerning human pathogens for …

Biogeographic patterns of parasite diversity are useful for determining how host–parasite
interactions can influence speciation. However, variation in methodologies and sampling …

Nucleic acid extraction and sequencing of genes from organisms within environmental
samples encompasses a variety of techniques collectively referred to as environmental DNA …

Long-term studies on the population dynamics of tropical resident birds are few, and it
remains poorly understood how their populations have fared in recent decades. Here, we …

In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Habitats are rapidly changing across the planet and the consequences will have major and
long-lasting effects on wildlife and their parasites. Birds harbor many types of blood …

Viruses infect all forms of life and play critical roles as agents of disease, drivers of
biochemical cycles and sources of genetic diversity for their hosts. Our understanding of viral …

Experimental work increasingly suggests that non‐random pathogen associations can affect
the spread or severity of disease. Yet due to difficulties distinguishing and interpreting co …

Eelgrass creates critical coastal habitats worldwide and fulfills essential ecosystem functions
as a foundation seagrass. Climate warming and disease threaten eelgrass, causing mass …