Search Results - "C. Nicole Ortega"

Biodiversity inhibits parasites: Broad evidence for the dilution effect by Civitello, David J, Jeremy Cohen, Hiba Fatima, Neal T. Halstead, Josue Liriano, Taegan A. McMahon, C. Nicole Ortega, Erin Louise Sauer, Tanya Sehgal, Suzanne Young, Jason R. Rohr

“…Infectious diseases of humans, wildlife, and domesticated species are increasing worldwide, driving the need to understand the mechanisms that shape outbreaks…”
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Spatial scale modulates the strength of ecological processes driving disease distributions by Cohen, Jeremy M., Civitello, David J., Brace, Amber J., Feichtinger, Erin M., Ortega, C. Nicole, Richardson, Jason C., Sauer, Erin L., Liu, Xuan, Rohr, Jason R.

“…Humans are altering the distribution of species by changing the climate and disrupting biotic interactions and dispersal. A fundamental hypothesis in spatial…”
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Reply to Salkeld et al: Diversity-disease patterns are robust to study design, selection criteria, and publication bias by Civitello, David J., Cohen, Jeremy, Fatima, Hiba, Halstead, Neal T., McMahon, Taegan A., Ortega, C. Nicole, Sauer, Erin L., Young, Suzanne, Rohr, Jason R.

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Host resistance and tolerance of parasitic gut worms depend on resource availability by Knutie, Sarah A., Wilkinson, Christina L., Wu, Qiu Chang, Ortega, C. Nicole, Rohr, Jason R.

“…Resource availability can significantly alter host–parasite dynamics. Abundant food can provide more resources for hosts to resist infections, but also…”
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