2022
insectDisease: programmatic access to the Ecological Database of the World's Insect Pathogens
Dallas T, Carlson C, Stephens P, Ryan S, Onstad D. insectDisease: programmatic access to the Ecological Database of the World's Insect Pathogens. Ecography 2022, 2022 DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInsect host-pathogen interactionsInsect pathogensHost-pathogen associationsSpatial distribution of speciesEcological databasesHost-pathogen interactionsDistribution of speciesBiotic interactionsSpecies interactionsCurated databaseInsect hostsProgrammatic accessCuration effortsR packagePathogensInfection outcomesEcologyDistribution dataSpatial distributionSpeciesInoculationCurationHostInteraction
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
2018
Going through the motions: incorporating movement analyses into disease research
Dougherty E, Seidel D, Carlson C, Spiegel O, Getz W. Going through the motions: incorporating movement analyses into disease research. Ecology Letters 2018, 21: 588-604. PMID: 29446237, DOI: 10.1111/ele.12917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMovement ecologyMovement-based methodsQuantify individual heterogeneityHost-pathogen dynamicsEcological processesPatterns of disease burdenWildlife diseasesHost movementMovement behaviorDisease researchEcologySpread pathogensPopulation scaleWildlifeHuman diseasesSpatiotemporal patternsPredictive capacityEcologistsIndividual heterogeneityAnalytical techniquesPathogensReproductionPopulationHostHeterogeneity