Emerging infectious diseases and biological invasions: a call for a One Health collaboration in science and management.

ABSTRACT: The study and management of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and of biological invasions both address the ecology of human-associated biological phenomena in a rapidly changing world. However, the two fields work mostly in parallel rather than in concert. This review explores how the general phenomenon of an organism rapidly increasing in range or abundance is caused, highlights the similarities and differences between research on EIDs and invasions, and discusses shared management insights and approaches. EIDs can arise by: (i) crossing geographical barriers due to human-mediated dispersal, (ii) crossing compatibility barriers due to evolution, and (iii) lifting of environmental barriers due to environmental change. All these processes can be implicated in biological invasions, but onl

SUBMITTER: Ogden NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6458372 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature