The recent introduction of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (the fungal pathogen that causes
white-nose syndrome in bats) from Eurasia to North America has resulted in the collapse of …

In 1918, a strain of influenza A virus caused a human pandemic resulting in the deaths of 50
million people. A century later, with the advent of sequencing technology and corresponding …

The first collection to explore infectious disease, agriculture, economics, and the nature of
science together Thanks to breakthroughs in production and food science, agribusiness has …

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography,
linking individual-and population-level processes to geographic distributions and …

Three interrelated world trends may be exacerbating emerging zoonotic risks: income
growth, urbanization, and globalization. Income growth is associated with rising animal …

As a key factor in endemic and epidemic dynamics, the geographical distribution of viruses
has been frequently interpreted in the light of their genetic histories. Unfortunately, inference …

The role and significance of wildlife–livestock interfaces in disease ecology has largely been
neglected, despite recent interest in animals as origins of emerging diseases in humans …

Host range is a viral property reflecting natural hosts that are infected either as part of a
principal transmission cycle or, less commonly, as “spillover” infections into alternative hosts …

Abstract The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is responsible for ecosystem services
(pollination) worth US $215 billion annually worldwide and the number of managed colonies …

Invasive species, disease vectors, and pathogens affect biodiversity, ecosystem function and
services, and human health. Climate change, land use, and transport vectors interact in …