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Spatial scale moderates the shape of the biodiversity-disease relationship
2018-11-19
Abstract excerpt
Diverse host communities commonly inhibit the spread of parasites in studies at small and intermediate scales, leading some to suggest that conserving biodiversity could help control infectious diseases. However, the generality of this “dilution effect” remains controversial. First, most studies assume a linear, monotonic relationship between biodiversity and disease, though the actual shape is unknown. Second, mo...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 97f0b488-4505-53e5-b0a3-0c81bf4fe185
- DOI
- 10.1101/472902