Frontiers in research on biodiversity and disease

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1119-1133

  Johnson, Pieter T J ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b   Keesing, Felicia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification effect; Biodiversity loss; Biodiversity ecosystem function; Community ecology; Dilution effect; Disease ecology; Symbiont

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUTURE PROSPECT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMBIONT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS; RESEARCH; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84941024738     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12479     Document Type: Article

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