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E Howard - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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ecology of increasing disease Population Growth and environmental degradation
BioScience, 1998Co-Authors: David Pimental, M Tort, L Danna, A Krawic, J Berger, J Rossman, F W Mugo, N Doon, M Shriberg, E HowardAbstract:The World Health Organization (WHO) and other organizations report that the prevalence of human diseases during the past decade is rapidly increasing. Population Growth and the pollution of water, air, and soil are contributing to the increasing number of human diseases worldwide. Currently an estimated 40% of world deaths are due to environmental degradation. The ecology of increasing diseases has complex factors of environmental degradation, Population Growth, and the current malnutri- tion of about 3.7 billion people in the world.
J. O’hern - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Ecology of Increasing Diseases: Population Growth and Environmental Degradation
Human Ecology, 2007Co-Authors: D. Pimentel, S. Cooperstein, H. Randell, D. Filiberto, S. Sorrentino, B. Kaye, C. Nicklin, J. Yagi, J. Brian, J. O’hernAbstract:The World Health Organization (WHO) and other organizations report that the prevalence of human diseases during the past decade is rapidly increasing. Population Growth and the pollution of water, air, and soil are contributing to the increasing number of human diseases worldwide. Currently an estimated 40% of world deaths are due to environmental degradation. The ecology of increasing diseases has complex factors of environmental degradation, Population Growth, and the current malnutrition of about 3.7 billion people in the world.
Monica F Kerschbecker - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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plant defences limit herbivore Population Growth by changing predator prey interactions
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2017Co-Authors: Monica F Kerschbecker, Andre Kessler, Jennifer S ThalerAbstract:Plant quality and predators are important factors affecting herbivore Population Growth, but how they interact to regulate herbivore Populations is not well understood. We manipulated jasmonate-induced plant resistance, exposure to the natural predator community and herbivore density to test how these factors jointly and independently affect herbivore Population Growth. On low-resistance plants, the predator community was diverse and abundant, promoting high predator consumption rates. On high-resistance plants, the predator community was less diverse and abundant, resulting in low predator consumption rate. Plant resistance only directly regulated aphid Population Growth on predator-excluded plants. When predators were present, plant resistance indirectly regulated herbivore Population Growth by changing the impact of predators on the herbivorous prey. A possible mechanism for the interaction between plant resistance and predation is that methyl salicylate, a herbivore-induced plant volatile attractive to predators, was more strongly induced in low-resistance plants. Increased plant resistance reduced predator attractant lures, preventing predators from locating their prey. Low-resistance plants may regulate herbivore Populations via predators by providing reliable information on prey availability and increasing the effectiveness of predators.
Jennifer S Thaler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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plant defences limit herbivore Population Growth by changing predator prey interactions
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2017Co-Authors: Monica F Kerschbecker, Andre Kessler, Jennifer S ThalerAbstract:Plant quality and predators are important factors affecting herbivore Population Growth, but how they interact to regulate herbivore Populations is not well understood. We manipulated jasmonate-induced plant resistance, exposure to the natural predator community and herbivore density to test how these factors jointly and independently affect herbivore Population Growth. On low-resistance plants, the predator community was diverse and abundant, promoting high predator consumption rates. On high-resistance plants, the predator community was less diverse and abundant, resulting in low predator consumption rate. Plant resistance only directly regulated aphid Population Growth on predator-excluded plants. When predators were present, plant resistance indirectly regulated herbivore Population Growth by changing the impact of predators on the herbivorous prey. A possible mechanism for the interaction between plant resistance and predation is that methyl salicylate, a herbivore-induced plant volatile attractive to predators, was more strongly induced in low-resistance plants. Increased plant resistance reduced predator attractant lures, preventing predators from locating their prey. Low-resistance plants may regulate herbivore Populations via predators by providing reliable information on prey availability and increasing the effectiveness of predators.
D. Pimentel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Ecology of Increasing Diseases: Population Growth and Environmental Degradation
Human Ecology, 2007Co-Authors: D. Pimentel, S. Cooperstein, H. Randell, D. Filiberto, S. Sorrentino, B. Kaye, C. Nicklin, J. Yagi, J. Brian, J. O’hernAbstract:The World Health Organization (WHO) and other organizations report that the prevalence of human diseases during the past decade is rapidly increasing. Population Growth and the pollution of water, air, and soil are contributing to the increasing number of human diseases worldwide. Currently an estimated 40% of world deaths are due to environmental degradation. The ecology of increasing diseases has complex factors of environmental degradation, Population Growth, and the current malnutrition of about 3.7 billion people in the world.