2021
Plague risk in the western United States over seven decades of environmental change
Carlson C, Bevins S, Schmid B. Plague risk in the western United States over seven decades of environmental change. Global Change Biology 2021, 28: 753-769. PMID: 34796590, PMCID: PMC9299200, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15966.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWestern United StatesRodent communitiesSpillover riskRodent species richnessEnvironmental changesImpacts of climate changeClimate change impactsInfectious disease distributionsLong-term persistenceSpecies richnessMid-elevationsSoil biochemistryChange impactsDisease geographyChanging climateLong-term trendsClimate changePlague reservoirsReservoirs of plagueWildlife reservoirsSpillover eventsInterannual variationsPlague ecologyClimateHuman cases
2018
Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
Carlson C, Getz W, Kausrud K, Cizauskas C, Blackburn J, Carrillo F, Colwell R, Easterday W, Ganz H, Kamath P, Økstad O, Turner W, Kolstø A, Stenseth N. Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis). Biological Reviews 2018, 93: 1813-1831. PMID: 29732670, DOI: 10.1111/brv.12420.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental persistenceLong Term Ecological Research siteBiology of Bacillus anthracisBacillus cereus biovar anthracisPatterns of vegetationEtosha National ParkEcological Research siteEnvironmentally transmitted diseasesLong-term persistenceAnthrax riskAnthrax seasonalityHerbivorous hostsDecades of surveillanceHerbivore communitiesAnthrax dynamicsEcosystem structureConservation effortsCarcass depositionNational ParkEcological roleSpore banksDisease ecologyGreen-upHerbivoresSoil