ArticleNature ecology & evolution2025
Anthropogenic land consolidation intensifies zoonotic host diversity loss and disease transmission in human habitats.
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- Infectome analysis of small mammals in Southern China reveals pathogen ecology and emerging risks.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Hantavirus infections and small mammal diversity in Chile: No differences between protected and unprotected areas highlight the need for public health strategies.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Current and Future Projection of Scrub Typhus Risk Related to Land Use Change in China.GeoHealth · 2025Article
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- Protocol to produce a systematic Arenavirus and Hantavirus host-pathogen database: Project ArHa.Wellcome open research · 2025Article
- Species diversity links land consolidation to rodent disease.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
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Abstract
Anthropogenic land-use change is an important driver of global biodiversity loss and threatens public health through biological interactions. Understanding these landscape-ecological effects at local scales will help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by balancing urbanization, biodiversity and the spread of infectious diseases. Here, we address this knowledge gap by analysing a 43-year-long monthly dataset (1980-2022) of synanthropic rodents in Central China during intensive land-use change. We observed a notable increase in the mean patch size, coinciding with a substantial change in rodent community composition and a marked decline in rodent diversity; eight of the nine local rodent species experienced near-extirpation. Our analysis reveals that these irregular species replacements can be attributed to the effect of land consolidation on species competition among rodents, favouring striped field mice, a critical reservoir host of Hantaan virus (HTNV). Consequently, land consolidation has facilitated the proliferation of striped field mice and increased the prevalence of HTNV among them. This study highlights the importance of considering both direct and indirect effects of anthropogenic activities in the management of biodiversity and public health.
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