Approximately 25 years ago, ecologists became increasingly interested in the question of
whether ongoing biodiversity loss matters for the functioning of ecosystems. As such, a new …

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 …

Abstract Urban Green Infrastructure (GI) provides multiple benefits to city inhabitants and
can be an important component in nature-based solutions (NBS), but the ecosystem …

Abstract Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most urbanized and
biologically diverse regions in the world but is often characterized by weak environmental …

Background Mosquito seasonal activity is largely driven by weather conditions, most notably
temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity. The extent by which these weather …

Recent years have seen the greatest ecological disturbances of our times, with global
human expansion, species and habitat loss, climate change, and the emergence of new and …

Mosquitoes are well known for their epidemiological importance as vectors of a wide range
of human pathogens. Despite the many studies on medically important species, little is …

Blood-feeding arthropod vectors are responsible for transmitting many parasites between
vertebrate hosts. While arthropod vectors often feed on limited subsets of potential host …

Early warning systems for vector-borne diseases (VBDs) prediction are an ecological
application where data from the interface of several environmental components can be used …

The influence of host diversity on multi-host pathogen transmission and persistence can be
confounded by the large number of species and biological interactions that can characterize …