RETRACTED: Biodiversity Loss with Habitat and Risk of New Diseases †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiments
2.1. Fragmentation
2.2. Model of Biodiversity
2.3. Emergence Model with Risk Regarding Infectious Disease
2.4. Encroachment Model
2.5. Cartographic Estimation of Risk Associated with African Tropical Forest Encroachment
2.6. Pandemic Risk Associated with African Tropical Forest Encroachment
2.7. Ebola Virus Disease Modelling
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
SAR | Species–area relationship |
HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
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Ram, D. RETRACTED: Biodiversity Loss with Habitat and Risk of New Diseases. Biol. Life Sci. Forum 2021, 2, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/BDEE2021-09427
Ram D. RETRACTED: Biodiversity Loss with Habitat and Risk of New Diseases. Biology and Life Sciences Forum. 2021; 2(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/BDEE2021-09427
Chicago/Turabian StyleRam, Darshit. 2021. "RETRACTED: Biodiversity Loss with Habitat and Risk of New Diseases" Biology and Life Sciences Forum 2, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/BDEE2021-09427
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