The dynamics of infectious diseases can be affected by genetic diversity within host
populations, species diversity within host communities, and diversity among communities. In …

The twin concepts of zooprophylaxis and the dilution effect originated with vector-borne
diseases (malaria), were driven forward by studies on Lyme borreliosis and have now …

Tropical forests are undergoing land use change in many regions of the world, including the
African continent. Human populations living close to forest margins fragmented and …

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases have become a major global environmental
problem with important public health, economic, and political consequences. The etiologic …

Purpose The focus of land use modeling in life cycle impact assessment has been mainly on
taxonomic measures of biodiversity, namely species richness (SR). However, increasing …

In light of recent discoveries of many new species of poorly-studied organisms, we examine
the biodiversity of mammals, a well known “charismatic” group. Many assume that nearly all …

Rodents are recognized reservoir hosts for many human zoonotic pathogens. The current
trends resulting from anthropocene defaunation suggest that in the future they, along with …

Biodiversity underpins all food production and strengthens agricultural resilience to crop
failure. However, agricultural expansion is the primary driver of biodiversity loss, particularly …

The continued emergence and re-emergence of pathogens represent an ongoing,
sometimes major, threat to populations. Hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae) and their …

Hantavirus is a genus of virus represented by 45 different species and is hosted by small
mammals, predominantly rats and mice. Roughly, half of all hantaviruses cause diseases in …