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Biodiversity Dilution Effect

The "Biodiversity Dilution Effect" is an ecological phenomenon in which increased host species diversity within a community reduces the transmission risk of a pathogen by decreasing the relative abundance or encounter rate of competent reservoir hosts, thereby attenuating disease spread.

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2017–2026

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The ecology of infectious disease: Effects of host diversity and community composition on Lyme disease risk

Kathleen LoGiudice, Richard S. Ostfeld, Kenneth A. Schmidt et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 1.2K citations

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Biodiversity and Disease Risk: the Case of Lyme Disease

Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing · Conservation Biology · 2000 · 729 citations

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Evidence for the dilution effect in the selfish herd from fish predation on a marine insect

William A. Foster, J. E. Treherne · Nature · 1981 · 637 citations

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BIODIVERSITY AND THE DILUTION EFFECT IN DISEASE ECOLOGY

Kenneth A. Schmidt, Richard S. Ostfeld · Ecology · 2001 · 568 citations · Full text

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Biodiversity series: The function of biodiversity in the ecology of vector-borne zoonotic diseases

Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 2000 · 377 citations

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Authors

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  1. RS
    Richard S. Ostfeld

    Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, United States

    8 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. FK
    Felicia Keesing

    Bard College, United States

    5 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. XL
    Xiang Liu

    Fudan University, China

    4 publications · 273 citations

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  4. WF
    Willem F. de Boer

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    4 publications · 97 citations

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  5. PT
    Pieter T. J. Johnson

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    4 publications · 692 citations

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Institutions

162

  1. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

    Millbrook, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    7.5K citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    439 citations

  3. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    357 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    17 publications

    641 citations

  6. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    305 citations

  7. Fudan University

    Shanghai, China

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    817 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    153 citations

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  1. Ecology

    10 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Parasitology

    5 publications · 214 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 4 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

    3 publications · 106 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 154 citations

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