Biodiversity decreases disease through predictable changes in host community competence

Pieter T. J. Johnson (), Daniel L. Preston, Jason T. Hoverman and Katherine L. D. Richgels
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Pieter T. J. Johnson: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado
Daniel L. Preston: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado
Jason T. Hoverman: Purdue University
Katherine L. D. Richgels: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado

Nature, 2013, vol. 494, issue 7436, 230-233

Abstract: A combination of extensive field surveys and realistic experiments involving an amphibian disease system reveals that biodiversity reduces pathogen transmission due to a predictable link between species richness and the ability of communities to support infection.

Date: 2013
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