Search Results - "Carran, Spencer"

Understanding how restoration reduces competition for habitat by combining theory, observation, and experiment by Polivka, Carlos M, Malone, Margaret A, Carran, Spencer A, Dwyer, Greg

“…Habitat selection theory enables inferences about species habitat choice across a range of observed population densities. However, it is relatively uncommon to…”
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Unintended consequences and the paradox of control: Management of emerging pathogens with age-specific virulence by Carran, Spencer, Ferrari, Matthew, Reluga, Timothy

“…We project forward total Zika virus disease (ZVD) under varying hazards of infection and consider how the age distribution of disease burden varies between…”
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Pattern in Escalations in Insurgent and Terrorist Activity by Johnson, Neil, Carran, Spencer, Botner, Joel, Fontaine, Kyle, Laxague, Nathan, Nuetzel, Philip, Turnley, Jessica, Tivnan, Brian

“…In military planning, it is important to be able to estimate not only the number of fatalities but how often attacks that result in fatalities will take place…”
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Sub-national variation in measles vaccine coverage and outbreak risk: a case study from a 2010 outbreak in Malawi by Kundrick, Avery, Huang, Zhuojie, Carran, Spencer, Kagoli, Matthew, Grais, Rebecca Freeman, Hurtado, Northan, Ferrari, Matthew

“…Despite progress towards increasing global vaccination coverage, measles continues to be one of the leading, preventable causes of death among children…”
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Measles outbreak response decision-making under uncertainty: a retrospective analysis by Fonnesbeck, Christopher J., Shea, Katriona, Carran, Spencer, Cassio de Moraes, Jose, Gregory, Christopher, Goodson, James L., Ferrari, Matthew J.

“…Resurgent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases that have previously been controlled or eliminated have been observed in many settings. Reactive…”
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Incorporating diapause to predict the interannual dynamics of an important agricultural pest by Pak, Damie, Carran, Spencer, Biddinger, David, Nelson, Bill, Bjørnstad, Ottar N.

“…We develop a new population‐scale model incorporating diapause induction and termination that allows multi‐year predictions of pest dynamics. In addition to…”
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Financial black swans driven by ultrafast machine ecology by Johnson, Neil, Zhao, Guannan, Hunsader, Eric, Meng, Jing, Ravindar, Amith, Carran, Spencer, Tivnan, Brian

“…Society's drive toward ever faster socio-technical systems, means that there is an urgent need to understand the threat from 'black swan' extreme events that…”
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Dynamic Red Queen explains patterns in fatal insurgent attacks by Johnson, Neil, Carran, Spencer, Botner, Joel, Fontaine, Kyle, Laxague, Nathan, Nuetzel, Philip, Turnley, Jessica, Tivnan, Brian

“…new version in Science Vol. 333 no. 6038 pp. 81-84 (1 July 2011) The Red Queen's notion "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place" has…”
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