Bluetongue, a devastating disease of ruminants, has historically made only brief, sporadic
incursions into the fringes of Europe. However, since 1998, six strains of bluetongue virus …

Air, sea and land transport networks continue to expand in reach, speed of travel and
volume of passengers and goods carried. Pathogens and their vectors can now move …

More than 30 years ago, human beings looked back from the Moon to see the magnificent
spectacle of Earth-rise. The technology that put us into space has since been used to assess …

A complete classification of plants is far from realization. Being well aware that plants form a
dynamic, ever-changing group of organisms, no taxonomist ever expects a" complete" …

and chapter 7 focuses on modeling of spatial distribution of diseases. Finally, chapter 8
explains data-driven and knowledge-driven modeling for risk assessment and management …

The frequent warnings that global climate change will allow falciparum malaria to spread
into northern latitudes, including Europe and large parts of the United States, are based on …

The public health and economic consequences of Plasmodium falciparum malaria are once
again regarded as priorities for global development. There has been much speculation on …

Summary 1 Conservation scientists and resource managers increasingly employ empirical
distribution models to aid decision‐making. However, such models are not equally reliable …

The expansion of global air travel and seaborne trade overcomes geographic barriers to
insect disease vectors, enabling them to move great distances in short periods of time. Here …

In this review we examine formally the conditions under which vector-borne diseases are
likely to change, and the directions of those changes, under various scenarios of climate …