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Biodiversity decreases disease through predictable changes in host community competence

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  • Pieter T. J. Johnson

    (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado)

  • Daniel L. Preston

    (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado)

  • Jason T. Hoverman

    (Purdue University)

  • Katherine L. D. Richgels

    (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado)

Abstract

A combination of extensive field surveys and realistic experiments involving an amphibian disease system reveals that biodiversity reduces pathogen transmission due to a predictable link between species richness and the ability of communities to support infection.

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  • Pieter T. J. Johnson & Daniel L. Preston & Jason T. Hoverman & Katherine L. D. Richgels, 2013. "Biodiversity decreases disease through predictable changes in host community competence," Nature, Nature, vol. 494(7436), pages 230-233, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:494:y:2013:i:7436:d:10.1038_nature11883
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11883
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    1. Chen, Shiliang & Liu, Xiang & He, Qiang & Zhou, Shurong, 2022. "Higher-order interactions on disease transmission can reverse the dilution effect or weaken the amplification effect to unimodal pattern," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 474(C).
    2. Magdalena Meyer & Dominik W. Melville & Heather J. Baldwin & Kerstin Wilhelm & Evans Ewald Nkrumah & Ebenezer K. Badu & Samuel Kingsley Oppong & Nina Schwensow & Adam Stow & Peter Vallo & Victor M. Co, 2024. "Bat species assemblage predicts coronavirus prevalence," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Kristie L. Ebi & Frances Harris & Giles B. Sioen & Chadia Wannous & Assaf Anyamba & Peng Bi & Melanie Boeckmann & Kathryn Bowen & Guéladio Cissé & Purnamita Dasgupta & Gabriel O. Dida & Alexandros Gas, 2020. "Transdisciplinary Research Priorities for Human and Planetary Health in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(23), pages 1-25, November.
    4. Pieter T. J. Johnson & Tara E. Stewart Merrill & Andrew D. Dean & Andy Fenton, 2024. "Diverging effects of host density and richness across biological scales drive diversity-disease outcomes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    5. Serge Morand & Sathaporn Jittapalapong & Yupin Suputtamongkol & Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah & Tan Boon Huan, 2014. "Infectious Diseases and Their Outbreaks in Asia-Pacific: Biodiversity and Its Regulation Loss Matter," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(2), pages 1-7, February.

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