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| Title |
Forest species diversity reduces disease risk in a generalist plant pathogen invasion
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| Published in |
Ecology Letters, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01679.x |
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| Authors |
Sarah E. Haas, Mevin B. Hooten, David M. Rizzo, Ross K. Meentemeyer |
| Abstract |
Empirical evidence suggests that biodiversity loss can increase disease transmission, yet our understanding of the 'diversity-disease hypothesis' for generalist pathogens in natural ecosystems is limited. We used a landscape epidemiological approach to examine two scenarios regarding diversity effects on the emerging plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum across a broad, heterogeneous ecoregion: (1) an amplification effect exists where disease risk is greater in areas with higher plant diversity due to the pathogen's wide host range, or (2) a dilution effect where risk is reduced with increasing diversity due to lower competency of alternative hosts. We found evidence for pathogen dilution, whereby disease risk was lower in sites with higher species diversity, after accounting for potentially confounding effects of host density and landscape heterogeneity. Our results suggest that although nearly all plants in the ecosystem are hosts, alternative hosts may dilute disease transmission by competent hosts, thereby buffering forest health from infectious disease. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| South Africa | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 324 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 3% |
| South Africa | 4 | 1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 298 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 87 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 79 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 38 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 5% |
| Other | 55 | 17% |
| Unknown | 31 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 175 | 54% |
| Environmental Science | 76 | 23% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 10 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 2% |
| Engineering | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 13 | 4% |
| Unknown | 43 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 September 2011.
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#7,960,693
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#2,385
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#44,096
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#21
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