In my last post, I jokingly suggested several papers that might “Make the Parasite Ecology Blog Great Again.” Today, Nov. 14, I want to tell you about 14 actually great papers that came out (very) recently. Most of these are still on my to-read list, but I’m hoping that sharing them helps to motivate me to prioritize some reading time in the near future. Feel free to make more suggestions in the comments!
- Ok, not a paper, but CHECK. OUT. THIS. DATASET! Doña, J., Proctor, H., Mironov, S., Serrano, D. and Jovani, R. (2016), Global associations between birds and vane-dwelling feather mites. Ecology, 97: 3242. doi:10.1002/ecy.1528
- Manlove, K., Cassirer, E. F., Cross, P. C., Plowright, R. K. and Hudson, P. J. (2016), Disease introduction is associated with a phase transition in bighorn sheep demographics. Ecology, 97: 2593–2602. doi:10.1002/ecy.1520
- Nowakowski, A. J., Whitfield, S. M., Eskew, E. A., Thompson, M. E., Rose, J. P., Caraballo, B. L., Kerby, J. L., Donnelly, M. A. and Todd, B. D. (2016), Infection risk decreases with increasing mismatch in host and pathogen environmental tolerances. Ecol Lett, 19: 1051–1061. doi:10.1111/ele.12641
- Woodroffe, R., Donnelly, C. A., Ham, C., Jackson, S. Y. B., Moyes, K., Chapman, K., Stratton, N. G. and Cartwright, S. J. (2016), Badgers prefer cattle pasture but avoid cattle: implications for bovine tuberculosis control. Ecol Lett, 19: 1201–1208. doi:10.1111/ele.12654
- Scheele, B. C., Hunter, D. A., Banks, S. C., Pierson, J. C., Skerratt, L. F., Webb, R. and Driscoll, D. A. (2016), High adult mortality in disease-challenged frog populations increases vulnerability to drought. J Anim Ecol, 85: 1453–1460. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12569
- Leung, T. L. F. and Koprivnikar, J. (2016), Nematode parasite diversity in birds: the role of host ecology, life history and migration. J Anim Ecol, 85: 1471–1480. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12581
- Iverson, S. A., Gilchrist, H. G., Soos, C., Buttler, I. I., Harms, N. J. and Forbes, M. R. (2016), Injecting epidemiology into population viability analysis: avian cholera transmission dynamics at an arctic seabird colony. J Anim Ecol, 85: 1481–1490. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12585. (I want to read this if for no other reason than because the term “smoldering infection” occurs in the abstract.)
- Ingersoll, T. E., Sewall, B. J. and Amelon, S. K. (2016), Effects of white-nose syndrome on regional population patterns of 3 hibernating bat species. Conservation Biology, 30: 1048–1059. doi:10.1111/cobi.12690
- Dougherty, E. R., Carlson, C. J., Bueno, V. M., Burgio, K. R., Cizauskas, C. A., Clements, C. F., Seidel, D. P. and Harris, N. C. (2016), Paradigms for parasite conservation. Conservation Biology, 30: 724–733. doi:10.1111/cobi.12634
- Friesen, O. C. and Roth, J. D. (2016), Alternative prey use affects helminth parasite infections in grey wolves. J Anim Ecol, 85: 1265–1274. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12544
- Wood, C.L. and P. T. J. Johnson (2016) How Does Space Influence the Relationship Between Host and Parasite Diversity?. Journal of Parasitology: October 2016, Vol. 102, No. 5, pp. 485-494.
- VanderWaal, K. L. and Ezenwa, V. O. (2016), Heterogeneity in pathogen transmission: mechanisms and methodology. Funct Ecol, 30: 1606–1622. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12645
- Loss, S.R., Noden, B.H., Hamer, G.L. et al. (2016). A quantitative synthesis of the role of birds in carrying ticks and tick-borne pathogens in North America. Oecologia 182: 947.
- Hopkins, S.R., J.M. Wojdak, and L.K. Belden. (2016). Defensive symbionts mediate host-parasite interactions at multiple scales. Trends in Parasitology. *wink*
