Changes in landscape configuration significantly impact ecosystems and the services they provide, including disease regulation for both humans and wildlife. Land use conversion usually favors disturbed-adapted species, which are often known reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, thereby potentially escalating spillover events (i.e., the transmission of parasites to new hosts, including humans). Here we aimed to investigate how alterations in landscape use and configuration influence the distribution and co-occurrence of potential hosts of zoonotic and epizootic parasites.

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预测景观转换对大西洋森林中小型哺乳动物发生和寄生虫传播的影响


景观配置的变化会显著影响生态系统及其提供的服务，包括对人类和野生动物的疾病监管。土地利用转换通常有利于受干扰的适应物种，这些物种通常是已知的人畜共患寄生虫的宿主，因此可能会升级溢出事件（即寄生虫传播给包括人类在内的新宿主）。在这里，我们旨在研究景观利用和配置的改变如何影响人畜共患和流行性寄生虫潜在宿主的分布和共现。