Featured Publications
Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk
Carlson C, Albery G, Merow C, Trisos C, Zipfel C, Eskew E, Olival K, Ross N, Bansal S. Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk. Nature 2022, 607: 555-562. PMID: 35483403, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04788-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral sharingRange shiftsRange shifts of speciesHuman population densityGeographic range shiftsUnique dispersal abilityLand-use scenariosShifts of speciesGlobal environmental changeGeographically isolated speciesBiodiversity surveysBiodiversity hotspotHolding warmingMammal speciesDispersal abilityLand-useLand usePotential hotspotsClimate-changePopulation densityCross-species transmissionPhylogeographic modelsEnvironmental changesEcological transitionVirus species
2025
Pathogens and planetary change
Carlson C, Brookson C, Becker D, Cummings C, Gibb R, Halliday F, Heckley A, Huang Z, Lavelle T, Robertson H, Vicente-Santos A, Weets C, Poisot T. Pathogens and planetary change. Nature Reviews Biodiversity 2025, 1: 32-49. DOI: 10.1038/s44358-024-00005-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBiodiversity lossAnthropogenic environmental changesLand-use changeBiodiversity conservationWildlife healthLand-useEcological costsDie-offGlobal changeBiodiversityEnvironmental changesEcological interventionsLive animal marketsInfectious disease riskPathogen surveillanceHuman-animal contactPathogensVector-borne diseasesSpeciesEvolutionary principlesWildlifeHigh-risk virusesEcosystemGlobal gapConservation
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 cases
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