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Bard College Biology Professor Felicia Keesing Coauthors Overview of New Global Study Showing that Human-Caused Changes to Ecosystems Favor Species Most Likely to Cause Human Illness
The COVID-19 pandemic has awakened the world to the threat of zoonotic diseases. A new large-scale study, published today in Nature, finds global evidence that human land use changes natural habitats in ways that favor animals more likely to cause human illness. The study strongly supports Bard Biology Professor Felicia Keesing and colleague Richard S. Ostfeld’s two decades of extensive research on Lyme disease ecology and other linkages between ecology, conservation, and human health. More >
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