2022
Assessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health
Fagre A, Cohen L, Eskew E, Farrell M, Glennon E, Joseph M, Frank H, Ryan S, Carlson C, Albery G. Assessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health. Ecology Letters 2022, 25: 1534-1549. PMID: 35318793, PMCID: PMC9313783, DOI: 10.1111/ele.14003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-human primatesPathogen transmissionThreatened animalsThreaten conservationHuman healthRisk assessmentHuman pathogensPrimatesIncreasing concernSampling biasPublic healthConservationTransmission of pathogensDocumented examplesPathogensEvidence of sampling biasTransmission eventsHuman parasitesWildlife
2020
A global parasite conservation plan
Carlson C, Hopkins S, Bell K, Doña J, Godfrey S, Kwak M, Lafferty K, Moir M, Speer K, Strona G, Torchin M, Wood C. A global parasite conservation plan. Biological Conservation 2020, 250: 108596. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIs the New England medicinal leech (Macrobdella sestertia) extinct?
Carlson C, Phillips A. Is the New England medicinal leech (Macrobdella sestertia) extinct? Biological Conservation 2020, 243: 108495. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108495.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
The Mathematics of Extinction Across Scales: From Populations to the Biosphere
Carlson C, Burgio K, Dallas T, Getz W. The Mathematics of Extinction Across Scales: From Populations to the Biosphere. Mathematics Of Planet Earth 2019, 5: 225-264. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22044-0_9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecies–area relationshipPopulation viability analysisOccupancy modelsSighting recordsExtinction riskConservation biologistsRare birdsViability analysisExtinction dateExtinction ratesEvolutionary rescueSpix's macawsMass extinctionExtinctionQuantitative challengesChanging environmentEcologistsEcosystemConservationBirdsAnalytical methodBiosphereSpeciesSpixPopulation
2018
Ecological metrics and methods for GPS movement data
Seidel D, Dougherty E, Carlson C, Getz W. Ecological metrics and methods for GPS movement data. International Journal Of Geographical Information Science 2018, 32: 2272-2293. PMID: 30631244, PMCID: PMC6322554, DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2018.1498097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMovement ecologySpace-use patternsGPS movement dataAnimal movement dataMovement dataIndividual foraging decisionsConservation planningEcological metricsAnimal ecologistsForaging decisionsMovement metricsEcologyAnimal behaviorInter alia</i>,EcologistsPublic healthConservationLandscapeAnalytical methodGeographical analysisGeographic information scienceCommunityAvailabilityGeographicallyMetricsParasite Collections: Overlooked Resources for Integrative Research and Conservation
Bell K, Carlson C, Phillips A. Parasite Collections: Overlooked Resources for Integrative Research and Conservation. Trends In Parasitology 2018, 34: 637-639. PMID: 29759934, DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEstimating the extinction date of the thylacine with mixed certainty data
Carlson C, Bond A, Burgio K. Estimating the extinction date of the thylacine with mixed certainty data. Conservation Biology 2018, 32: 477-483. PMID: 29067718, DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtinction dateCape York PeninsulaThylacinus cynocephalusMarsupial carnivoreWildlife biologyCharismatic taxaThylacineExtinction modelNorthern QueenslandYork PeninsulaCape YorkExtinctionSpeciesTasmaniaCaptive individualsSightWildlifeCarnivoresMegafaunaThylacinusPersistenceTheory of extinctionCapeConservationHunting