2021
The two extinctions of the Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
BURGIO K, CARLSON C, BOND A, RUBEGA M, TINGLEY M. The two extinctions of the Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis. Bird Conservation International 2021, 32: 498-505. DOI: 10.1017/s0959270921000241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubspecies C. c.C. c.Conuropsis carolinensisCarolina parakeetThreatened groups of birdsExtinction dateGroups of birdsIsland endemicsExtinct speciesHabitat conversionThreatened groupSpecies extinctionConservation effortsCarolinensisParakeetsSpeciesExtinction processObservational dataClimate changeExtinctionSubspeciesHabitatEndemismLudovicianusConservative solutions
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 ResearchZygomorphic flowers have fewer potential pollinator species
Yoder J, Gomez G, Carlson C. Zygomorphic flowers have fewer potential pollinator species. Biology Letters 2020, 16: 20200307. PMID: 32871089, PMCID: PMC7532724, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZygomorphic flowersCo-occurring plantsSpecialized pollinator interactionsEffective pollinatorsPlant visitorsVisitor diversityPollination interactionsPollinator behaviourRisk of extinctionPollinator speciesPollinator lossVisitor speciesPollinationFloral symmetryFlowersZygomorphic speciesPlantsSpeciesWeb asymmetryZygomorphySub-networksDiversityDiversificationCommunityExtinctionIs 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
Local extinctions of insular avifauna on the most remote inhabited island in the world
Bond A, Carlson C, Burgio K. Local extinctions of insular avifauna on the most remote inhabited island in the world. Journal Of Ornithology 2018, 160: 49-60. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-018-1590-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBiodiversity lossRemote inhabited islandExtinction dateEstimation of extinction datesProbability of persistenceHabitat lossHabitat alterationTristan albatrossesIsland ecosystemsAvian extinctionsHistorical extinctionsHuman persecutionLocal extinctionHistorical ecologyHuman overexploitationPermanent human settlementInsular avifaunasBlack ratsHuman settlementsRattus rattusTristan da CunhaAlbatrossesSpeciesExtinctionIslandsEstimating 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
2017
Parasite 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