Plant disease outbreaks are increasing and threaten food security for the vulnerable in many
areas of the world. Now a global human pandemic is threatening the health of millions on …

The spread of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in natural environments poses substantial
risks to biodiversity and ecosystem function. As EIDs and their impacts grow, landscape‐ to …

Combinations of intense non-pharmaceutical interventions (lockdowns) were introduced
worldwide to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Many governments have begun to implement …

We present a multilevel modeling framework for simulating the emergence of landscape
spatial structure in urbanizing regions using a combination of field-based and object-based …

The underlying structure of epidemiological models, and the questions that models can be
used to address, do not necessarily depend on the host organism in question. This means …

Sudden oak death, caused by Phytophthora ramorum, has killed millions of oak and tanoak
in California since its first detection in 1995. Despite some localized small-scale …

Plant volatiles play important roles in attraction of certain pollinators and in host location by
herbivorous insects. Virus infection induces changes in plant volatile emission profiles, and …

We assess how presymptomatic infection affects predictability of infectious disease epidemics.
We focus on whether or not a major outbreak (ie an epidemic that will go on to infect a …

Although local eradication is routinely attempted following introduction of disease into a
new region, failure is commonplace. Epidemiological principles governing the design of …

Background Aphids, including the generalist herbivore Myzus persicae, transmit cucumber
mosaic virus (CMV). CMV (strain Fny) infection affects M. persicae feeding behavior and …