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Predicting, preventing and ameliorating the adverse consequences of climate change are key targets in the ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020’. It requires knowledge on how species, communities and ecosystems are likely to respond to warming conditions of at least 2oC. Studies to date have, however, primarily focused only on predicting species’ responses to warming. Yet species’ responses to warming ...

"Emerging infectious diseases have substantial ecological, socio-economic and human health implications, yet factors determining their emergence and virulence are poorly understood. Recent studies have suggested ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss significantly increase the emergence and prevalence of infectious diseases in animal communities. This is allied to global patterns of biodivers ...