2018
Gauging support for macroecological patterns in helminth parasites
Dallas T, Aguirre A, Budischak S, Carlson C, Ezenwa V, Han B, Huang S, Stephens P. Gauging support for macroecological patterns in helminth parasites. Global Ecology And Biogeography 2018, 27: 1437-1447. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHelminth parasitesParasite diversityHelminth parasite speciesOccurrence recordsMacroecological patternsParasite speciesHost body massParasite richnessDiversity-area relationshipHost speciesParasitesHost diversityFree-living speciesHost richnessMacroecological relationshipsLatitudinal gradientSpatial patternsSpeciesAquatic localities
2017
Parasite biodiversity faces extinction and redistribution in a changing climate
Carlson C, Burgio K, Dougherty E, Phillips A, Bueno V, Clements C, Castaldo G, Dallas T, Cizauskas C, Cumming G, Doña J, Harris N, Jovani R, Mironov S, Muellerklein O, Proctor H, Getz W. Parasite biodiversity faces extinction and redistribution in a changing climate. Science Advances 2017, 3: e1602422. PMID: 28913417, PMCID: PMC5587099, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602422.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChanging climateExtinction ratesClimate-driven habitat lossClimate changeLocal extinction ratesSpatially explicit dataEstimate extinction ratesNegative impacts of climate changeImpacts of climate changeHabitat lossNative speciesEcological consequencesWildlife extinctionTemperate ecosystemsExplicit dataParasite richnessGeographic rangeFace extinctionParasite diversityDisease emergenceIndirect pressureModel projectionsParasite speciesClimateSpeciesParasite vulnerability to climate change: an evidence-based functional trait approach
Cizauskas C, Carlson C, Burgio K, Clements C, Dougherty E, Harris N, Phillips A. Parasite vulnerability to climate change: an evidence-based functional trait approach. Royal Society Open Science 2017, 4: 160535. PMID: 28280551, PMCID: PMC5319317, DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional trait approachTrait approachClimate changeVulnerability to extinctionRisk of disappearanceConservation targetsTrophic groupsConservation effortsEcological roleBiological traitsInterdisciplinary toolboxFunctional diversityGlobal changeIdentified speciesKnowledge of parasite biologyParasite speciesParasite cladesClimateNext centuryVirulent pathogensSpeciesParasite biologyExtinctionClimate sensitivityParasites
2015
Paradigms for parasite conservation
Dougherty E, Carlson C, Bueno V, Burgio K, Cizauskas C, Clements C, Seidel D, Harris N. Paradigms for parasite conservation. Conservation Biology 2015, 30: 724-733. PMID: 26400623, DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParasite conservationParasite biodiversityAssess extinction riskPopulation viability analysisNegative impact of parasitismParasite speciesEx situ breeding programsEquilibrium population sizeImpact of parasitesHost-parasite assemblagesMinimal health risksApex predatorsDependent speciesConservation toolConservation goalsConservation practitionersExtinction riskConservation challengesConsumer speciesConservation paradigmViability analysisEarth's biodiversityHealth risksBiodiversityHost extinction