2022
Urban-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 concernMammalsParasites
2019
Global estimates of mammalian viral diversity accounting for host sharing
Carlson C, Zipfel C, Garnier R, Bansal S. Global estimates of mammalian viral diversity accounting for host sharing. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2019, 3: 1070-1075. PMID: 31182813, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0910-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirus speciesHost sharingViral diversitySpecies interaction networksEcological network theorySurveillance of pathogensMacroecological approachVirus diversityInteraction networkEstimate biodiversityAssociation dataSpeciesDiversityHostMammalsHuman healthPandemic potentialVirusGlobal estimatesPathogensNon-linear relationshipBiodiversityPresent estimates