Landscape structure and fragmentation have important effects on ecosystem services, with a
common assumption being that fragmentation reduces service provision. This is based on …

Natural ecosystems perform fundamental life-support services upon which human
civilization depends. However, many people believe that nature provides these services for …

The incidence of tick-borne diseases has increased in recent decades and accounts for the
majority of vector-borne disease cases in temperate areas of Europe, North America, and …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

The dynamics of infectious diseases can be affected by genetic diversity within host
populations, species diversity within host communities, and diversity among communities. In …

Impacts of environmental changes on zoonotic disease risk are the subject of speculation,
but lack a coherent framework for understanding environmental drivers of pathogen …

Recent reviews have argued that disease control is among the ecosystem services yielded
by biodiversity. Lyme disease (LD) is commonly cited as the best example of the …

Background Landscape attributes influence spatial variations in disease risk or incidence.
We present a review of the key findings from eight case studies that we conducted in Europe …

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in temperate regions of North
America, Europe and Asia, and the number of reported cases has increased in many …

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