Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Published May 1, 2019 | 17:01 EDT (Brief from the Royal Society)
In this study into how biodiversity losses influence disease risk, researchers found that although changes in infection by parasites depend more on the different host species present than the diversity of those host species. However, loss of diversity increased infection success.
Canadian co-author: Janet Koprivnikar, Ryerson University – jkoprivn@ryerson.ca
