For decades, people have reduced the transmission of pathogens by adding low‐quality
hosts to managed environments like agricultural fields. More recently, there has been …

Trait-based approaches are an alternative to species-based approaches for functionally
linking individual organisms with community structure and dynamics. In the trait-based …

The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a skin pathogen that
can cause the emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis in susceptible species. It has …

When facing an emerging infectious disease of conservation concern, we often have little
information on the nature of the host‐parasite interaction to inform management decisions …

Numerous factors are contributing to the loss of biodiversity. These include complex effects
of multiple abiotic and biotic stressors that may drive population losses. These losses are …

The Anthropocene has witnessed catastrophic amphibian declines across the globe. A
multitude of new, primarily human‐induced drivers of decline may lead to extinction, but can …

Host-generalist pathogens sporadically infect naive hosts, potentially triggering epizootics.
The waterborne fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is linked to declines of …

Complex ecological relationships, such as host–parasite interactions, are often modeled
with laboratory experiments. However, some experimental laboratory conditions, such as …

There are many examples where the use of chemicals have had profound unintended
consequences, such as fertilizers reducing crop yields (paradox of enrichment) and …

Pathogens continue to emerge from increased contact with novel host species. Whilst these
hosts can represent distinct environments for pathogens, the impacts of host genetic …