The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

JEM Watson, T Evans, O Venter, B Williams… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
As the terrestrial human footprint continues to expand, the amount of native forest that is free
from significant damaging human activities is in precipitous decline. There is emerging …

The impact of human activities on zoonotic infection transmissions

MM Esposito, S Turku, L Lehrfield, A Shoman - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Human activities, such as changing the environmental landscape or
develo** animal-related tourist attractions and zoos, have greatly increased the …

Effects of landscape anthropization on mosquito community composition and abundance

M Ferraguti, J Martínez-de La Puente, D Roiz, S Ruiz… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Anthropogenic landscape transformation has an important effect on vector-borne pathogen
transmission. However, the effects of urbanization on mosquito communities are still only …

Deforestation and vector-borne disease: Forest conversion favors important mosquito vectors of human pathogens

ND Burkett-Cadena, AY Vittor - Basic and applied ecology, 2018 - Elsevier
The global burden of vector-borne diseases accounts for more than 17% of infectious
diseases in humans. Rapid global expansion of previously obscure pathogens, such as Zika …

Emerging arboviruses and public health challenges in Brazil

TN Lima-Camara - Revista de saude publica, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Environmental modification by anthropogenic actions, disordered urban growth,
globalization of international exchange and climate change are some factors that help the …

Biodiversity monitoring, earth observations and the ecology of scale

CB Anderson - Ecology letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity and land‐use change are dramatically altering the sizes, geographical
distributions and functioning of biological populations worldwide, with tremendous …

Pathogenic landscapes: interactions between land, people, disease vectors, and their animal hosts

EF Lambin, A Tran, SO Vanwambeke, JE Coalson, EJ Anderson, EM Santos… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of flooding events.
Although rainfall is highly correlated with mosquito-borne diseases (MBD) in humans, less …

Worldwide impacts of landscape anthropization on mosquito abundance and diversity: A meta‐analysis

A Perrin, O Glaizot, P Christe - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, the emergence and resurgence of vector‐borne diseases have been well
documented worldwide, especially in tropical regions where protection and defense tools for …