John Vinson (1), and Andrew Park (1, 2) (1) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia (2) Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia With global changes in diversity an understanding of how decreased host diversity will affect disease transmission is crucial. The dilution effect hypothesis […]
Paige B Miller (1), and John M Drake (1) (1) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia Spread of infectious diseases depends on dispersal of the host organism through space. For many disease systems (e.g, White Nose Syndrome, Ebola, and Sudden Oak Death) this results in a patchy distribution of […]
Michelle Evans (1), Nicole Solano (2), and Courtney Murdock (1) (1) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia (2) Agnes Scott College Mosquito life history traits relevant to disease transmission are highly dependent on microclimatic variables, such as temperature. The wide accessibility of remotely sensed temperature data allows for mechanistically […]
RajReni B. Kaul (1), and John M. Drake (1) (1) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia Incorporating environmental noise into stochastic population models lead to two general observations. On one hand, minor environmental noise in the model simply increases fluctuation of the population’s size around the stable upper bound […]
Robert L. Richards (1), John M. Drake (1), and Vanessa O. Ezenwa (1,2) (1) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia (2) Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia When parasites infect multiple host species, hosts that contribute disproportionately to transmission are common. These “transmission dominant” species are, by definition, […]
Cecilia A. Sanchez (1), Terry B. Reardon (2), Wayne S.J. Boardman (3), and Sonia Altizer (1) (1) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia (2) South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (3) University of South Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Flying-fox species occur across a large geographical area of […]
Daniel Becker (1), Daniel Streicker (2), and Sonia Altizer (1) (1) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia (2) Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow Food provided by human activities such as agriculture, recreational feeding, and conservation management can be less seasonal and more spatially […]
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