Published in Science on June 21, 2002
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The influence of mosquito resting behaviour and associated microclimate for malaria risk. Malar J (2011) 1.36
Sponge mass mortalities in a warming Mediterranean Sea: are cyanobacteria-harboring species worse off? PLoS One (2011) 1.32
Integrated approaches and empirical models for investigation of parasitic diseases in northern wildlife. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.31
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Climate extremes promote fatal co-infections during canine distemper epidemics in African lions. PLoS One (2008) 1.30
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Ocean warming and spread of pathogenic vibrios in the aquatic environment. Microb Ecol (2013) 1.26
Cellular responses in sea fan corals: granular amoebocytes react to pathogen and climate stressors. PLoS One (2008) 1.20
Temperature alters reproductive life history patterns in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal pathogen associated with the global loss of amphibians. Ecol Evol (2012) 1.19
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Ancient dispersal of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii from the Amazon rainforest. PLoS One (2013) 1.15
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Vibrio zinc-metalloprotease causes photoinactivation of coral endosymbionts and coral tissue lesions. PLoS One (2009) 1.13
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Fatal pneumonia epizootic in musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) in a period of extraordinary weather conditions. Ecohealth (2008) 1.10
Variation in thermal performance of a widespread pathogen, the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. PLoS One (2013) 1.10
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Blood parasites in owls with conservation implications for the Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis). PLoS One (2008) 1.06
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Climate warming may cause a parasite-induced collapse in coastal amphipod populations. Oecologia (2005) 1.04
Disease effects on reproduction can cause population cycles in seasonal environments. J Anim Ecol (2007) 1.03
Clonal spread of Geomyces destructans among bats, midwestern and southern United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.03
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Improving marine disease surveillance through sea temperature monitoring, outlooks and projections. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2016) 1.00
Caught in the middle: combined impacts of shark removal and coral loss on the fish communities of coral reefs. PLoS One (2013) 0.99
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Predicting the effect of climate change on African trypanosomiasis: integrating epidemiology with parasite and vector biology. J R Soc Interface (2011) 0.98
Climate change and habitat fragmentation drive the occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, at the northeastern limit of its distribution. Evol Appl (2014) 0.98
Avian cholera, a threat to the viability of an Arctic seabird colony? PLoS One (2012) 0.98
Growth anomalies on the coral genera Acropora and Porites are strongly associated with host density and human population size across the Indo-Pacific. PLoS One (2011) 0.97
Biodiversity loss decreases parasite diversity: theory and patterns. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2012) 0.97
Introduced species and their missing parasites. Nature (2003) 6.64
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Projected impacts of climate and land-use change on the global diversity of birds. PLoS Biol (2007) 6.10
The ecology of infectious disease: effects of host diversity and community composition on Lyme disease risk. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2003) 5.01
Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science (2011) 4.21
Epidemic dynamics at the human-animal interface. Science (2009) 3.79
Cholera and climate: revisiting the quantitative evidence. Microbes Infect (2002) 3.61
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Parasites dominate food web links. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 3.27
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West Nile virus risk assessment and the bridge vector paradigm. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 2.88
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Bolder thinking for conservation. Conserv Biol (2012) 2.32
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Estimation and inference of R0 of an infectious pathogen by a removal method. Math Biosci (2005) 2.09
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A disease-mediated trophic cascade in the Serengeti and its implications for ecosystem C. PLoS Biol (2009) 2.00
Parasites affect food web structure primarily through increased diversity and complexity. PLoS Biol (2013) 1.99
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Comparative tests of parasite species richness in primates. Am Nat (2003) 1.90
Agricultural intensification, priming for persistence and the emergence of Nipah virus: a lethal bat-borne zoonosis. J R Soc Interface (2011) 1.89
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Investigating and managing the rapid emergence of white-nose syndrome, a novel, fatal, infectious disease of hibernating bats. Conserv Biol (2011) 1.80
Experimental evidence for reduced rodent diversity causing increased hantavirus prevalence. PLoS One (2009) 1.75
Impact of host community composition on Lyme disease risk. Ecology (2008) 1.75
Pathogen spillover in disease epidemics. Am Nat (2004) 1.74
Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis. Ecology (2007) 1.70
Antagonistic interactions among coral-associated bacteria. Environ Microbiol (2009) 1.69
Conspicuous impacts of inconspicuous hosts on the Lyme disease epidemic. Proc Biol Sci (2008) 1.61
Infectious diseases and extinction risk in wild mammals. Conserv Biol (2007) 1.60
Synergy between pathogen release and resource availability in plant invasion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.57
Virulence-transmission trade-offs and population divergence in virulence in a naturally occurring butterfly parasite. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.57
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Sacred cows and sympathetic squirrels: the importance of biological diversity to human health. PLoS Med (2006) 1.53
Multiple causes of variable tick burdens on small-mammal hosts. Ecology (2008) 1.53
Straw men don't get Lyme disease: response to Wood and Lafferty. Trends Ecol Evol (2013) 1.50
Modeling the population dynamics of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae), along an elevational gradient in Hawaii. J Med Entomol (2004) 1.47
Climate change and wildlife diseases: when does the host matter the most? Ecology (2009) 1.44
Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of rabies exposure in vampire bats: implications for transmission and control. Proc Biol Sci (2012) 1.42
Sources and sinks: revisiting the criteria for identifying reservoirs for American cutaneous leishmaniasis. Trends Parasitol (2007) 1.40
Pathogen-induced reversal of native dominance in a grassland community. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.39
Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness? Glob Chang Biol (2013) 1.34
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Numerical and behavioral effects within a pulse-driven system: consequences for shared prey. Ecology (2008) 1.30
Laboratory and field evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) for controlling questing adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). J Med Entomol (2002) 1.29
Spatial and temporal association of outbreaks of H5N1 influenza virus infection in wild birds with the 0 degrees C isotherm. PLoS Pathog (2010) 1.26
Host-parasite genetic interactions and virulence-transmission relationships in natural populations of monarch butterflies. Evolution (2009) 1.26
Underestimating malaria risk under variable temperatures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.24
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The redder the better: wing color predicts flight performance in monarch butterflies. PLoS One (2012) 1.23
Spatial and temporal patterns of chronic wasting disease: fine-scale mapping of a wildlife epidemic in Wisconsin. Ecol Appl (2009) 1.23
Chronic wasting disease in free-ranging Wisconsin White-tailed Deer. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.22
Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide. Ecol Lett (2014) 1.22
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Host culling as an adaptive management tool for chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer: a modelling study. J Appl Ecol (2009) 1.15
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Urban land use predicts West Nile virus exposure in songbirds. Ecol Appl (2008) 1.11
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Linking community and disease ecology: the impact of biodiversity on pathogen transmission. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2012) 1.11
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Spatial heterogeneity in predator activity, nest survivorship, and nest-site selection in two forest thrushes. Oecologia (2006) 1.06
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) infection in red foxes fed infected bird carcasses. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.00
Resolving the roles of immunity, pathogenesis, and immigration for rabies persistence in vampire bats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 0.99
Ecological theory to enhance infectious disease control and public health policy. Front Ecol Environ (2005) 0.99
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Strength in numbers: high parasite burdens increase transmission of a protozoan parasite of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Oecologia (2009) 0.98
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Effects of an invasive forest pathogen on abundance of ticks and their vertebrate hosts in a California Lyme disease focus. Oecologia (2010) 0.95
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The role of lizards in the ecology of Lyme disease in two endemic zones of the northeastern United States. J Parasitol (2007) 0.93
An Experimental Test of Competition among Mice, Chipmunks, and Squirrels in Deciduous Forest Fragments. PLoS One (2013) 0.93
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Partitioning the aggregation of parasites on hosts into intrinsic and extrinsic components via an extended Poisson-gamma mixture model. PLoS One (2011) 0.93
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Borrelia burgdorferi has minimal impact on the Lyme disease reservoir host Peromyscus leucopus. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2010) 0.92
The role of genetics in chronic wasting disease of North American cervids. Prion (2012) 0.92