@article{fdi:010080770,
  title = {{E}cological and evolutionary effects of fragmentation on infectious disease dynamics},
  author = {{J}ousimo, {J}. and {T}ack, {A}.{J}.{M}. and {O}vaskainen, {O}. and {M}ononen, {T}. and {S}usi, {H}. and {T}ollenaere, {C}harlotte and {L}aine, {A}.{L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}cological theory predicts that disease incidence increases with increasing density of host networks, yet evolutionary theory suggests that host resistance increases accordingly. {T}o test the combined effects of ecological and evolutionary forces on host-pathogen systems, we analyzed the spatiotemporal dynamics of a plant ({P}lantago lanceolata)-fungal pathogen ({P}odosphaera plantaginis) relationship for 12 years in over 4000 host populations. {D}isease prevalence at the metapopulation level was low, with high annual pathogen extinction rates balanced by frequent (re-) colonizations. {H}ighly connected host populations experienced less pathogen colonization and higher pathogen extinction rates than expected; a laboratory assay confirmed that this phenomenon was caused by higher levels of disease resistance in highly connected host populations},
  keywords = {{FINLANDE} ; {ALAND}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience},
  volume = {344},
  numero = {6189},
  pages = {1289--1293},
  ISSN = {0036-8075},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1126/science.1253621},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080770},
}