Abstract Machine learning has become popular in ecology but its use has remained
restricted to predicting, rather than understanding, the natural world. Many researchers …

Bats have received considerable recent attention for infectious disease research because of
their potential to host and transmit viruses, including Ebola, Hendra, Nipah, and multiple …

Environmental changes have a huge impact on the emergence and reemergence of certain
infectious diseases, mostly in countries with high biodiversity and serious unresolved …

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 …

The present review summarized the factors or determinants that may explain parasite
diversity among host species and the consequences of this parasite diversity on the …

The genus Ebolavirus comprises some of the deadliest viruses for primates and humans
and associated disease outbreaks are increasing in Africa. Different evidence suggests that …

Bats are the second most diverse mammalian group, playing keystone roles in ecosystems
but also act as reservoir hosts for numerous pathogens. Due to their colonial habits which …

Aquaculture is the fastest growing industry worldwide. Aquatic diseases have had enormous
economic and environmental impacts in the recent past and the emergence of new aquatic …

Caves provide critical roosting habitats for bats globally, but are increasingly disturbed or
destroyed by human activities such as tourism and extractive industries. In addition to …

Bats are known reservoirs of a wide variety of viruses that rarely result in overt clinical
disease in the bat host. However, anthropogenic influences on the landscape and climate …