2024
After millions of preventable deaths, climate change must be treated like a health emergency
Carlson C. After millions of preventable deaths, climate change must be treated like a health emergency. Nature Medicine 2024, 30: 622-622. PMID: 38291300, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02765-y.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 casesThe two extinctions of the Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
BURGIO K, CARLSON C, BOND A, RUBEGA M, TINGLEY M. The two extinctions of the Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis. Bird Conservation International 2021, 32: 498-505. DOI: 10.1017/s0959270921000241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubspecies C. c.C. c.Conuropsis carolinensisCarolina parakeetThreatened groups of birdsExtinction dateGroups of birdsIsland endemicsExtinct speciesHabitat conversionThreatened groupSpecies extinctionConservation effortsCarolinensisParakeetsSpeciesExtinction processObservational dataClimate changeExtinctionSubspeciesHabitatEndemismLudovicianusConservative solutions
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
2016
An Ecological Assessment of the Pandemic Threat of Zika Virus
Carlson C, Dougherty E, Getz W. An Ecological Assessment of the Pandemic Threat of Zika Virus. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2016, 10: e0004968. PMID: 27564232, PMCID: PMC5001720, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEcological niche modelsSignificant evolutionary changeEcological nichesNiche modelsGenetic shiftNative rangeSeasonality of precipitationEvolutionary changesDiurnal temperature fluctuationsEcological assessmentOccurrence datasetNorthward expansionDistribution of dengue feverHuman healthPotential establishmentClimate changeSevere threatVector speciesZika virusOutbreak of Zika virusPathogensClimatic eventsOutbreak of casesNicheNorth America