Search Results - "Neal T. Halstead"

Biodiversity inhibits parasites: Broad evidence for the dilution effect by Civitello, David J, Jeremy Cohen, Hiba Fatima, Neal T. Halstead, Josue Liriano, Taegan A. McMahon, C. Nicole Ortega, Erin Louise Sauer, Tanya Sehgal, Suzanne Young, Jason R. Rohr

“…Infectious diseases of humans, wildlife, and domesticated species are increasing worldwide, driving the need to understand the mechanisms that shape outbreaks…”
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Predator diversity, intraguild predation, and indirect effects drive parasite transmission by Rohr, Jason R., Civitello, David J., Crumrine, Patrick W., Halstead, Neal T., Miller, Andrew D., Schotthoefer, Anna M., Stenoien, Carl, Johnson, Lucinda B., Beasley, Val R.

“…Significance Humans are altering biodiversity globally and infectious diseases are on the rise; thus, there is considerable interest in understanding how…”
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Agrochemicals increase risk of human schistosomiasis by supporting higher densities of intermediate hosts by Halstead, Neal T., Hoover, Christopher M., Arakala, Arathi, Civitello, David J., De Leo, Giulio A., Gambhir, Manoj, Johnson, Steve A., Jouanard, Nicolas, Loerns, Kristin A., McMahon, Taegan A., Ndione, Raphael A., Nguyen, Karena, Raffel, Thomas R., Remais, Justin V., Riveau, Gilles, Sokolow, Susanne H., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne parasitic disease that ranks among the most important water-based diseases of humans in developing countries. Increased…”
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Reply to Salkeld et al: Diversity-disease patterns are robust to study design, selection criteria, and publication bias by Civitello, David J., Cohen, Jeremy, Fatima, Hiba, Halstead, Neal T., McMahon, Taegan A., Ortega, C. Nicole, Sauer, Erin L., Young, Suzanne, Rohr, Jason R.

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Disease and thermal acclimation in a more variable and unpredictable climate by Raffel, Thomas R., Romansic, John M., Halstead, Neal T., McMahon, Taegan A., Venesky, Matthew D., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Few studies have considered the effects of changes in climatic variability on disease incidence. Now research based on laboratory experiments and field data…”
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Temperature variability and moisture synergistically interact to exacerbate an epizootic disease by Raffel, Thomas R., Halstead, Neal T., McMahon, Taegan A., Davis, Andrew K., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Climate change is altering global patterns of precipitation and temperature variability, with implications for parasitic diseases of humans and wildlife. A…”
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Amphibians acquire resistance to live and dead fungus overcoming fungal immunosuppression by McMahon, Taegan A., Sears, Brittany F., Venesky, Matthew D., Bessler, Scott M., Brown, Jenise M., Deutsch, Kaitlin, Halstead, Neal T., Lentz, Garrett, Tenouri, Nadia, Young, Suzanne, Civitello, David J., Ortega, Nicole, Fites, J. Scott, Reinert, Laura K., Rollins-Smith, Louise A., Raffel, Thomas R., Rohr, Jason R.

“…The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been implicated in the decline of a large number of amphibian species; here it is shown that frogs can…”
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Comparative toxicities of organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides to aquatic macroarthropods by Halstead, Neal T., Civitello, David J., Rohr, Jason R.

“…•We exposed crayfish and water bugs to pyrethroid and organophosphate insecticides.•Insecticide class was a significant predictor of risk of mortality during…”
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Reducing disease and producing food: Effects of 13 agrochemicals on snail biomass and human schistosomes by Haggerty, Christopher J. E., Halstead, Neal T., Civitello, David J., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Agricultural expansion is predicted to increase agrochemical use two to fivefold by 2050 to meet food demand. Experimental evidence suggests that agrochemical…”
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Community ecology theory predicts the effects of agrochemical mixtures on aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem properties by Halstead, Neal T, McMahon, Taegan A, Johnson, Steve A, Raffel, Thomas R, Romansic, John M, Crumrine, Patrick W, Rohr, Jason R, Fussmann, Gregor

“…Ecosystems are often exposed to mixtures of chemical contaminants, but the scientific community lacks a theoretical framework to predict the effects of…”
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Fungicide-induced declines of freshwater biodiversity modify ecosystem functions and services by McMahon, Taegan A., Halstead, Neal T., Johnson, Steven, Raffel, Thomas R., Romansic, John M., Crumrine, Patrick W., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Although studies on biodiversity and ecosystem function are often framed within the context of anthropogenic change, a central question that remains is how…”
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Effects of pesticides on exposure and susceptibility to parasites can be generalised to pesticide class and type in aquatic communities by Rumschlag, Samantha L., Halstead, Neal T., Hoverman, Jason T., Raffel, Thomas R., Carrick, Hunter J., Hudson, Peter J., Rohr, Jason R., Sih, Andrew

“…Pesticide pollution can alter parasite transmission, but scientists are unaware if effects of pesticides on parasite exposure and host susceptibility (i.e…”
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Early-life exposure to a herbicide has enduring effects on pathogen-induced mortality by Rohr, Jason R., Raffel, Thomas R., Halstead, Neal T., McMahon, Taegan A., Johnson, Steve A., Boughton, Raoul K., Martin, Lynn B.

“…Exposure to stressors at formative stages in the development of wildlife and humans can have enduring effects on health. Understanding which, when and how…”
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Parasitism in a community context: trait-mediated interactions with competition and predation by Raffel, Thomas R, Hoverman, Jason T, Halstead, Neal T, Michel, Patrick J, Rohr, Jason R

“…Predation and competition can induce important density- and trait-mediated effects on species, with implications for community stability. However, interactions…”
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The Fungicide Chlorothalonil Is Nonlinearly Associated with Corticosterone Levels, Immunity, and Mortality in Amphibians by McMahon, Taegan A., Halstead, Neal T., Johnson, Steve, Raffel, Thomas R., Romansic, John M., Crumrine, Patrick W., Boughton, Raoul K., Martin, Lynn B., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Background: Contaminants have been implicated in declines of amphibians, a taxon with vital systems similar to those of humans. However, many chemicals have…”
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Modelling the future distribution of the amphibian chytrid fungus: the influence of climate and human-associated factors by Rohr, Jason R., Halstead, Neal T., Raffel, Thomas R.

“…1. Many of the global losses of amphibians are believed to be caused by the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Hence, determining its present…”
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The herbicide atrazine, algae, and snail populations by Rohr, Jason R., Halstead, Neal T., Raffel, Thomas R.

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Temperature variability and moisture synergistically interact to exacerbate an epizootic disease by Raffel, Thomas R., Halstead, Neal T., McMahon, Taegan A., Davis, Andrew K., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Climate change is altering global patterns of precipitation and temperature variability, with implications for parasitic diseases of humans and wildlife. A…”
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Early-life exposure to a herbicide has enduring effects on pathogen-induced mortality by Rohr, Jason R., Raffel, Thomas R., Halstead, Neal T., McMahon, Taegan A., Johnson, Steve A., Boughton, Raoul K., Martin, Lynn B.

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Correction: Early-life exposure to a herbicide has enduring effects on pathogen-induced mortality by Rohr, Jason R., Raffel, Thomas R., Halstead, Neal T., McMahon, Taegan A., Johnson, Steve A., Boughton, Raoul K., Martin, Lynn B.

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