[HTML][HTML] Emerging human infectious diseases and the links to global food production

JR Rohr, CB Barrett, DJ Civitello, ME Craft… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Infectious diseases are emerging globally at an unprecedented rate while global food
demand is projected to increase sharply by 2100. Here, we synthesize the pathways by …

Thermal biology of mosquito‐borne disease

EA Mordecai, JM Caldwell, MK Grossman… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mosquito‐borne diseases cause a major burden of disease worldwide. The vital rates of
these ectothermic vectors and parasites respond strongly and nonlinearly to temperature …

Biological invasions facilitate zoonotic disease emergences

L Zhang, J Rohr, R Cui, Y Xin, L Han, X Yang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Outbreaks of zoonotic diseases are accelerating at an unprecedented rate in the current era
of globalization, with substantial impacts on the global economy, public health, and …

Towards common ground in the biodiversity–disease debate

JR Rohr, DJ Civitello, FW Halliday, PJ Hudson… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
The disease ecology community has struggled to come to consensus on whether
biodiversity reduces or increases infectious disease risk, a question that directly affects …

The complex drivers of thermal acclimation and breadth in ectotherms

JR Rohr, DJ Civitello, JM Cohen, EA Roznik… - Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal acclimation capacity, the degree to which organisms can alter their optimal
performance temperature and critical thermal limits with changing temperatures, reflects …

Transmission of West Nile and five other temperate mosquito-borne viruses peaks at temperatures between 23 C and 26 C

MS Shocket, AB Verwillow, MG Numazu, H Slamani… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The temperature-dependence of many important mosquito-borne diseases has never been
quantified. These relationships are critical for understanding current distributions and …

Terrestrial ecosystem restoration increases biodiversity and reduces its variability, but not to reference levels: A global meta‐analysis

J Atkinson, LA Brudvig, M Mallen‐Cooper… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration projects often have variable and unpredictable outcomes, and these
can limit the overall impact on biodiversity. Previous syntheses have investigated restoration …

Humidity–The overlooked variable in the thermal biology of mosquito‐borne disease

JJ Brown, M Pascual, MC Wimberly… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vector‐borne diseases cause significant financial and human loss, with billions of dollars
spent on control. Arthropod vectors experience a complex suite of environmental factors that …

Achieving global malaria eradication in changing landscapes

KM Fornace, AV Diaz, J Lines, CJ Drakeley - Malaria journal, 2021 - Springer
Land use and land cover changes, such as deforestation, agricultural expansion and
urbanization, are one of the largest anthropogenic environmental changes globally. Recent …

The thermal mismatch hypothesis explains host susceptibility to an emerging infectious disease

JM Cohen, MD Venesky, EL Sauer, DJ Civitello… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Parasites typically have broader thermal limits than hosts, so large performance gaps
between pathogens and their cold‐and warm‐adapted hosts should occur at relatively warm …