Null expectations for disease dynamics in shrinking habitat: Dilution or amplification?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1722, 2017, Pages

  Faust, Christina L ^a,b   Dobson, Andrew P ^a   Gottdenker, Nicole ^c   Bloomfield, Laura S P ^d   McCallum, Hamish I ^e   Gillespie, Thomas R ^f,g   Diuk Wasser, Maria ^h   Plowright, Raina K ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Amplification effect; Dilution effect; Disease ecology; Habitat loss; Infectious disease dynamics; Multi host

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HEALTH RISK; HOST RANGE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LAND USE CHANGE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 85018699250     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0173     Document Type: Article

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