The disease ecology community has struggled to come to consensus on whether
biodiversity reduces or increases infectious disease risk, a question that directly affects …

The Earth's ecosystems have been altered by anthropogenic processes, including land use,
harvesting populations, species introductions and climate change. These anthropogenic …

Plant diseases are strongly influenced by host biodiversity, spatial structure, and abiotic
conditions. All of these are undergoing rapid change, as the climate is warming, habitats are …

Nonnative pests often cause cascading ecological impacts, leading to detrimental
socioeconomic consequences; however, how plant diversity may influence insect and …

The range of hosts a pathogen infects (host specificity) is a key element of disease risk that
may be influenced by both shared phylogenetic history and shared ecological attributes of …

Human alteration of natural habitats may change the processes governing species
interactions in wild communities. Wild populations are increasingly impacted by agricultural …

Theory predicts that increasing biodiversity will dilute the risk of infectious diseases under
certain conditions and will amplify disease risk under others. Yet, few empirical studies …

The Dilution Effect Hypothesis (DEH) argues that greater biodiversity lowers the risk of
disease and reduces the rates of pathogen transmission since more diverse communities …

Aim Characterizing macroecological patterns in biodiversity is key to improve our
understanding of community assembly. Global biodiversity for many taxa follows a latitudinal …

Natural ecosystems provide services that support human well‐being, but ecosystems may
also contain elements that can endanger humans. Some researchers have argued that …