Search Results - "Kerlin, Douglas H"
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Landscape Homogeneity May Drive the Distribution of Koala Vehicle Collisions on a Major Highway in the Clarke-Connors Range in Central Queensland, Australia
Published in Animals (Basel) (08-10-2024)“…After the loss and fragmentation of habitat, vehicle collisions are one of the main threats to the long-term survival of wild koalas. Koala road strike data…”
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Preferential invasion by Plasmodium merozoites and the self-regulation of parasite burden
Published in PloS one (27-02-2013)“…The preferential invasion of particular red blood cell (RBC) age classes may offer a mechanism by which certain species of Plasmodia regulate their population…”
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An analytical method for assessing stage-specific drug activity in Plasmodium vivax malaria: implications for ex vivo drug susceptibility testing
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-08-2012)“…The emergence of highly chloroquine (CQ) resistant P. vivax in Southeast Asia has created an urgent need for an improved understanding of the mechanisms of…”
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Quantifying 25 years of disease‐caused declines in Tasmanian devil populations: host density drives spatial pathogen spread
Published in Ecology letters (01-05-2021)“…Infectious diseases are strong drivers of wildlife population dynamics, however, empirical analyses from the early stages of pathogen emergence are rare…”
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Infectious disease and sickness behaviour: tumour progression affects interaction patterns and social network structure in wild Tasmanian devils
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (09-12-2020)“…Infectious diseases, including transmissible cancers, can have a broad range of impacts on host behaviour, particularly in the latter stages of disease…”
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Assessing the significance of endemic disease in conservation—koalas, chlamydia, and koala retrovirus as a case study
Published in Conservation letters (01-07-2018)“…It can be difficult to establish the conservation significance of endemic infectious diseases—those that are well established in a population—in contrast with…”
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Infection of the fittest: devil facial tumour disease has greatest effect on individuals with highest reproductive output
Published in Ecology letters (01-06-2017)“…Emerging infectious diseases rarely affect all members of a population equally and determining how individuals’ susceptibility to infection is related to other…”
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Intergenomic signatures of coevolution between Tasmanian devils and an infectious cancer
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (19-03-2024)“…Coevolution is common and frequently governs host-pathogen interaction outcomes. Phenotypes underlying these interactions often manifest as the combined…”
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Large‐effect loci affect survival in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) infected with a transmissible cancer
Published in Molecular ecology (01-11-2018)“…Identifying the genetic architecture of complex phenotypes is a central goal of modern biology, particularly for disease‐related traits. Genome‐wide…”
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Applying landscape-level principles to koala management in Australia: a comparative analysis
Published in Journal of environmental planning and management (23-02-2024)“…We provide a comparative analysis of two koala management plans for populations in two Australian municipalities, based on principles of landscape management:…”
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A simulation model of the within-host dynamics of Plasmodium vivax infection
Published in Malaria journal (05-02-2015)“…The benign reputation of Plasmodium vivax is at odds with the burden and severity of the disease. This reputation, combined with restricted in vitro…”
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State-dependent dynamics of cycles in red grouse abundance
Published in Ecography (Copenhagen) (01-10-2010)“…Fluctuating populations are frequently demonstrated to co-vary in abundance over space, but the dynamics of coupling between populations that gives rise to…”
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Spatial synchrony in red grouse population dynamics
Published in Oikos (01-12-2007)“…Red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus populations exhibit unstable dynamics that are often characterised by regular periodic fluctuations in abundance…”
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Forest landscapes increase diversity of honeybee diets in the tropics
Published in Forest ecology and management (15-01-2022)“…•Species diversity and evenness of bee bread is higher in forest landscapes.•Trees are the most abundant source in bee bread (52% of total abundance)•Bees seek…”
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Current trends and future directions in koala chlamydial disease research
Published in Biological conservation (01-11-2017)“…Infectious diseases can be key threatening processes for biodiversity conservation. However, establishing the relative importance of disease (among other…”
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Spatial synchrony in red grouse populations dynamics
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Modelling the spatial and temporal dynamics of upland birds in scotland
Published 01-01-2009“…Population numbers change in space and time. The construction of models to investigate the spatial and temporal dynamics of populations may offer a means to…”
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