2024
Reconstructing 120 years of climate change impacts on Joshua tree flowering
Yoder J, Andrade A, DeFalco L, Esque T, Carlson C, Shryock D, Yeager R, Smith C. Reconstructing 120 years of climate change impacts on Joshua tree flowering. Ecology Letters 2024, 27: e14478. PMID: 39092581, DOI: 10.1111/ele.14478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClimate change impactsJoshua treesChange impactsMasting eventsWild populationsClimate change effectsDrought stressFlowering eventsTree flowersFlowersMojave DesertChange effectsAnnual precipitationIncreased variationWeather recordsNegative impactHistorical recordsTreesClimateSystematic datasetPerennialsBiodiversitySpecies
2023
Rapid range shifts in African Anopheles mosquitoes over the last century
Carlson C, Bannon E, Mendenhall E, Newfield T, Bansal S. Rapid range shifts in African Anopheles mosquitoes over the last century. Biology Letters 2023, 19: 20220365. PMID: 36789530, PMCID: PMC9929507, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0365.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Plague risk in the western United States over seven decades of environmental change
Carlson C, Bevins S, Schmid B. Plague risk in the western United States over seven decades of environmental change. Global Change Biology 2021, 28: 753-769. PMID: 34796590, PMCID: PMC9299200, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15966.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWestern United StatesRodent communitiesSpillover riskRodent species richnessEnvironmental changesImpacts of climate changeClimate change impactsInfectious disease distributionsLong-term persistenceSpecies richnessMid-elevationsSoil biochemistryChange impactsDisease geographyChanging climateLong-term trendsClimate changePlague reservoirsReservoirs of plagueWildlife reservoirsSpillover eventsInterannual variationsPlague ecologyClimateHuman casesFrom fAIrplay to climate wars: making climate change scenarios more dynamic, creative, and integrative
Pereira L, Morrow D, Aquila V, Beckage B, Beckbesinger S, Beukes L, Buck H, Carlson C, Geden O, Jones A, Keller D, Mach K, Mashigo M, Moreno-Cruz J, Visioni D, Nicholson S, Trisos C. From fAIrplay to climate wars: making climate change scenarios more dynamic, creative, and integrative. Ecology And Society 2021, 26 DOI: 10.5751/es-12856-260430.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Compound climate risks in the COVID-19 pandemic
Phillips C, Caldas A, Cleetus R, Dahl K, Declet-Barreto J, Licker R, Merner L, Ortiz-Partida J, Phelan A, Spanger-Siegfried E, Talati S, Trisos C, Carlson C. Compound climate risks in the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Climate Change 2020, 10: 586-588. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0804-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Climate engineering needs a clean bill of health
Carlson C, Trisos C. Climate engineering needs a clean bill of health. Nature Climate Change 2018, 8: 843-845. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0294-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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