Risk factors for Lyme disease: A scale-dependent effect of host species diversity and a consistent negative effect of host phylogenetic diversity
Biodiversity can influence disease risk. One example of a diversity-disease relationship is the dilution effect, which suggests higher host species diversity (often indexed by species richness) reduces disease risk. While numerous studies support the dilution effect, its generality remains controver...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-01-01
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Series: | Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X22001753 |