Biological Diversity:Biodiversity Loss: Detrimental to Health
Infectious disease transmission links disease vectors, disease hosts and human habitations. Credit: Nicolle Rager-Fuller, NSF
Published: December 2, 2010
Updated: December 2, 2010, 9:24 am
Biodiversity Loss:
Detrimental to Your Health
Plant and animal extinctions are detrimental to your health.
That's the conclusion of a paper published in this week's issue of the journal Nature by scientists who studied the link between biodiversity and infectious diseases.
Species loss in ecosystems such as forests and fields results in increases in pathogens, or disease-causing organisms, the researchers found.
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Biodiversity Loss:
Detrimental to Your Health
Plant and animal extinctions are detrimental to your health.
That's the conclusion of a paper published in this week's issue of the journal Nature by scientists who studied the link between biodiversity and infectious diseases.
Species loss in ecosystems such as forests and fields results in increases in pathogens, or disease-causing organisms, the researchers found.
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