We present strong evidence that pathogens play a critical role in structuring plant
communities and maintaining plant diversity. Pathogens mediate plant species coexistence …

Parasitic infections are ubiquitous in wildlife, livestock and human populations, and healthy
ecosystems are often parasite rich. Yet, their negative impacts can be extreme …

The sustainability of ecosystem services depends on a firm understanding of both how
organisms provide these services to humans and how these organisms will be altered with a …

We review our ecological understanding of wildlife infectious diseases from the individual
host to the ecosystem scale, highlighting where conceptual thinking lacks verification …

While there is good evidence linking animal introductions to impacts on native communities
via disease emergence, our understanding of how such impacts occur is incomplete …

Species distributions are changing at an unprecedented rate owing to human activity. We
examine how two key processes of redistribution–biological invasion and disease …

Dogs Canis familiaris are the world's most common carnivore and are known to interact with
wildlife as predators, prey, competitors, and disease reservoirs or vectors. 2. Despite these …

Pathogens, like other consumers, mediate the outcome of competitive interactions between
their host species. Ongoing efforts to integrate pathogens into plant community ecology …

Community ecologists generally recognize the importance of species–such as pollinators–
that have clear positive effects within ecosystems. However, parasites–usually regarded in …

Introduced species disrupt native communities and biodiversity worldwide. Parasitic
infections (and at times, their absence) are thought to be a key component in the success …