Disease dynamics during ecosystem restoration and faunal reassembly
Marina Voinson, Diana Erazo, Christina Faust, Nils Bunnefeld, Alfan A Rija, Herwig Leirs, Luisa Paez-Triana, Vincent Sluydts, Joachim Marien, Lucinda Kirkpatrick
This study uses a model to show that disease dynamics during ecosystem restoration depend on pathogen transmissibility, timing of slow life history species establishment, and community assembly, not just biodiversity.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2026 · PreprintEcology