2022
Differential richness inference for 16S rRNA marker gene surveys
Kumar M, Slud E, Hehnly C, Zhang L, Broach J, Irizarry R, Schiff S, Paulson J. Differential richness inference for 16S rRNA marker gene surveys. Genome Biology 2022, 23: 166. PMID: 35915508, PMCID: PMC9344657, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-022-02722-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMarker gene surveysRRNA marker gene surveysGene surveysMicrobial assemblagesSpecies discoveryMicrobial taxaMicrobial communitiesMicrobiome surveysRichness estimationSequencing readsDiversity measuresTaxaGenus abundanceMicrobiome dataR packageAbundanceRichnessDiscoveryDiversityReadsAssemblagesObserved numberExperimental evidenceAccumulationInferenceUrban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens
Albery G, Carlson C, Cohen L, Eskew E, Gibb R, Ryan S, Sweeny A, Becker D. Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2022, 6: 794-801. PMID: 35501480, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01723-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParasite richnessIncreased zoonotic disease riskUrban-adapted speciesWildlife disease dynamicsZoonotic disease riskSampling biasUrban mammalsMammal speciesDocumented parasitismFrequent contact with humansAnthropogenic changesGeographic predictorsParasite discoveryRichnessUrban animalsHost-parasite combinationsInvestigated speciesContact with humansDisease dynamicsZoonotic parasitesUrban environmentSpeciesMounting concernMammalsParasitesMammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort
Gibb R, Albery G, Mollentze N, Eskew E, Brierley L, Ryan S, Seifert S, Carlson C. Mammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort. Biology Letters 2022, 18: 20210427. PMID: 34982955, PMCID: PMC8727147, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral richnessHost speciesReliability of ecological inferenceGeographic sampling biasEvidence of declineViral diversityHost-virus associationsRearrangement of speciesSampling effortVirus discovery ratesEcological inferenceDiscovery effortsMammal hostsWild mammalsDiversity estimatesSampled hostsVirus diversityShort-term changesRichnessSampling biasSpeciesAssociation dataDiscovery rateDiversityCompare inferences
2020
Increased mosquito abundance and species richness in Connecticut, United States 2001–2019
Petruff T, McMillan J, Shepard J, Andreadis T, Armstrong P. Increased mosquito abundance and species richness in Connecticut, United States 2001–2019. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 19287. PMID: 33159108, PMCID: PMC7648108, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76231-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMosquito community compositionSpecies richnessCommunity compositionTotal species richnessLandscape-level changesNorthward range expansionAdditive mixed effects modelsMultiple insect taxaLand cover classificationMosquito surveillance dataLand useRange expansionHistorical declineInsect taxaMosquito abundanceMultiple speciesRichnessPsorophora genusCover classificationNortheast U.S.United States 2001Southern portionMosquito populationsMixed effects modelsPathogen transmission
2008
The role of bats as reservoir hosts of emerging neurological viruses
MacKenzie J, Childs J, Field H, Wang L, Breed A. The role of bats as reservoir hosts of emerging neurological viruses. 2008, 382-406. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511541728.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOrder ChiropteraReservoir hostsMammalian species richnessRole of batsSpecies richnessMammalian speciesRelated lyssavirusesWorld fruitBatsHuman pathogensMenangle virusChiropteraZoonotic virusesWide distributionPotential pathogensHostBiological featuresAbundanceLike virusesSARS coronavirusPathogensVirusRichnessVirus transmissionSuborders
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