The fundamental human threats to biodiversity including habitat destruction, globalization, and species loss have led to ecosystem disruptions altering infectious disease transmission patterns, the accumulation of toxic pollutants, and the invasion of alien species and pathogens. To top it all, the profound role of climate change on many ecological processes has affected the inability of many species to adapt to these relatively rapid changes. This special issue, "Zoonotic Disease Ecology: Effects on Humans, Domestic Animals and Wildlife," explores the complex interactions of emerging infectious diseases across taxa linked to many of these anthropogenic and environmental drivers. Selected emerging zoonoses including RNA viruses, Rift Valley fever, trypanosomiasis, Hanta virus infection, and other vector-borne diseases are discussed in detail. Also, coprophagous beetles are proposed as important vectors in the transmission and maintenance of infectious pathogens. An overview of the impacts of climate change in emerging disease ecology within the context of Brazil as a case study is provided. Animal Care and Use Committee requirements were investigated, concluding that ecology journals have low rates of explicit statements regarding the welfare and wellbing of wildlife during experimental studies. Most of the solutions to protect biodiversity and predicting and preventing the next epidemic in humans originating from wildlife are oriented towards the developed world and are less useful for biodiverse, low-income economies. We need the development of regional policies to address these issues at the local level.

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与生物多样性丧失和全球化有关的野生生物，家畜和人类中新出现的人畜共患疾病的变化模式。

人类对生物多样性的基本威胁包括生境破坏，全球化和物种丧失，已导致生态系统破坏，改变了传染病的传播方式，有毒污染物的积累以及外来物种和病原体的入侵。最重要的是，气候变化对许多生态过程的深远影响影响了许多物种无法适应这些相对迅速的变化。这本特刊《动物疾病生态学：对人类，家畜和野生动物的影响》探讨了与许多这些人为和环境驱动因素有关的，整个分类单元中新兴传染病的复杂相互作用。某些新兴的人畜共患病，包括RNA病毒，裂谷热，锥虫病，汉塔病毒感染，以及其他媒介传播疾病的详细讨论。此外，拟食甲虫被提议为传染性病原体的传播和维持的重要载体。本文以巴西为例，概述了气候变化对新兴疾病生态的影响。对动物护理和使用委员会的要求进行了调查，认为生态学期刊在实验研究中对野生动植物的福利和健康状况的明确陈述率较低。保护生物多样性以及预测和预防人类起源于野生动植物的下一次流行病的大多数解决方案都面向发达国家，而对于生物多样化的低收入经济体则用处不大。我们需要制定区域政策来在地方一级解决这些问题。拟食性甲虫被认为是传染性病原体传播和维持的重要载体。本文以巴西为例，概述了气候变化对新兴疾病生态的影响。对动物护理和使用委员会的要求进行了调查，认为生态学期刊在实验研究中对野生动植物的福利和健康状况的明确陈述率较低。保护生物多样性以及预测和预防人类起源于野生动植物的下一次流行病的大多数解决方案都面向发达国家，而对于生物多样化的低收入经济体则用处不大。我们需要制定区域政策来在地方一级解决这些问题。拟食性甲虫被认为是传染性病原体传播和维持的重要载体。本文以巴西为例，概述了气候变化对新兴疾病生态的影响。对动物护理和使用委员会的要求进行了调查，认为生态学期刊在实验研究中对野生动植物的福利和健康状况的明确陈述率较低。保护生物多样性以及预测和预防人类起源于野生动植物的下一次流行病的大多数解决方案都面向发达国家，而对于生物多样化的低收入经济体则用处不大。我们需要制定区域政策来在地方一级解决这些问题。