A systematic review was conducted by a multidisciplinary team to analyze qualitatively best
available scientific evidence on the effect of agricultural intensification and environmental …

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

Social-ecological systems (SES) are complex adaptive systems. Social-ecological system
phenomena, such as regime shifts, transformations, or traps, emerge from interactions …

Recognition of the significance of the boundary between ecological systems, often referred
to as the ecotone, has a long history in the ecological sciences and in zoonotic disease …

The unanticipated international food price spike of 2008 has raised concerns about global
food security. Might food systems lastingly fail to supply, trade, and distribute food? Might …

While some of the future impacts of global environmental change such as some aspects of
climate change can be projected and prepared for in advance, other effects are likely to …

The global livestock industry is charged with providing sufficient animal source foods to
supply the global population while improving the environmental sustainability of animal …

are known to harbour pathogens that have previously emerged and focus efforts on the
regions where most contact between wildlife and humans occurs. A microbe in a primate …

The claim that migratory birds are responsible for the long-distance spread of highly
pathogenic avian influenza viruses of subtype H5N1 rests on the assumption that infected …

Recent concerns with pandemic outbreaks of human disease and their origins in animal
populations have ignited concerns regarding connections between Emerging Infectious …