Disease Ecology, Biodiversity, and the Latitudinal Gradient in Income

Vector-borne and parasitic diseases are drivers of the latitudinal gradient in income, and the burden of these diseases is predicted to rise as biodiversity falls.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  PLoS Biology

• Publication date

  2012-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001456PMID 23300379PMCID 3531233
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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