Suchergebnisse - "Stephens, Patrick R."

Estimating the normal background rate of species extinction von De Vos, Jurriaan M, Joppa, Lucas N, Gittleman, John L, Stephens, Patrick R, Pimm, Stuart L

“… A key measure of humanity's global impact is by how much it has increased species extinction rates. Familiar statements are that these are 100–1000 times …”
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Spatial risks of Orthoebolavirus spillover vary based on outbreak type von Sundaram, Mekala, Stephens, Patrick R.

“… •We present an accurate map of Orthoebolavirus risk and test its validity.•We also show that the factors predicting spillover vary among classes of …”
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Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology von Wiens, John J, Ackerly, David D, Allen, Andrew P, Anacker, Brian L, Buckley, Lauren B, Cornell, Howard V, Damschen, Ellen I, Jonathan Davies, T, Grytnes, John-Arvid, Harrison, Susan P, Hawkins, Bradford A, Holt, Robert D, McCain, Christy M, Stephens, Patrick R

“… The diversity of life is ultimately generated by evolution, and much attention has focused on the rapid evolution of ecological traits. Yet, the tendency for …”
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Global Mammal Parasite Database version 2.0 von Stephens, Patrick R., Pappalardo, Paula, Huang, Shan, Byers, James E., Farrell, Maxwell J., Gehman, Alyssa, Ghai, Ria R., Haas, Sarah E., Han, Barbara, Park, Andrew W., Schmidt, John P., Altizer, Sonia, Ezenwa, Vanessa O., Nunn, Charles L.

“… Illuminating the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of parasites is one of the most pressing issues facing modern science, and is critical for basic science, …”
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Traits, phylogeny and host cell receptors predict Ebolavirus host status among African mammals von Sundaram, Mekala, Schmidt, John Paul, Han, Barbara A., Drake, John M., Stephens, Patrick R.

“… We explore how animal host traits, phylogenetic identity and cell receptor sequences relate to infection status and mortality from ebolaviruses. We gathered …”
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Preliminary Investigation of Schmalhausen’s Law in a Directly Transmitted Pathogen Outbreak System von Filion, Antoine, Sundaram, Mekala, Stephens, Patrick R.

“… The past few decades have been marked by drastic modifications to the landscape by anthropogenic processes, leading to increased variability in the …”
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The macroecology of infectious diseases: a new perspective on global-scale drivers of pathogen distributions and impacts von Stephens, Patrick R., Altizer, Sonia, Smith, Katherine F., Alonso Aguirre, A., Brown, James H., Budischak, Sarah A., Byers, James E., Dallas, Tad A., Jonathan Davies, T., Drake, John M., Ezenwa, Vanessa O., Farrell, Maxwell J., Gittleman, John L., Han, Barbara A., Huang, Shan, Hutchinson, Rebecca A., Johnson, Pieter, Nunn, Charles L., Onstad, David, Park, Andrew, Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M., Schmidt, John P., Poulin, Robert

“… Identifying drivers of infectious disease patterns and impacts at the broadest scales of organisation is one of the most crucial challenges for modern science, …”
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Linking Ecology and Epidemiology to Understand Predictors of Multi-Host Responses to an Emerging Pathogen, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus von Gervasi, Stephanie S., Stephens, Patrick R., Hua, Jessica, Searle, Catherine L., Xie, Gisselle Yang, Urbina, Jenny, Olson, Deanna H., Bancroft, Betsy A., Weis, Virginia, Hammond, John I., Relyea, Rick A., Blaustein, Andrew R.

“… Variation in host responses to pathogens can have cascading effects on populations and communities when some individuals or groups of individuals display …”
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Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the latitudinal diversity gradient in mammals von Buckley, Lauren B, Davies, T Jonathan, Ackerly, David D, Kraft, Nathan J B, Harrison, Susan P, Anacker, Brian L, Cornell, Howard V, Damschen, Ellen I, Grytnes, John-Avid, Hawkins, Bradford A, McCain, Christy M, Stephens, Patrick R, Wiens, John J

“… Biologists have long searched for mechanisms responsible for the increase in species richness with decreasing latitude. The strong correlation between species …”
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The evolution of maximum body size of terrestrial mammals von Smith, Felisa A, Boyer, Alison G, Brown, James H, Costa, Daniel P, Dayan, Tamar, Ernest, S K Morgan, Evans, Alistair R, Fortelius, Mikael, Gittleman, John L, Hamilton, Marcus J, Harding, Larisa E, Lintulaakso, Kari, Lyons, S Kathleen, McCain, Christy, Okie, Jordan G, Saarinen, Juha J, Sibly, Richard M, Stephens, Patrick R, Theodor, Jessica, Uhen, Mark D

“… The extinction of dinosaurs at the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary was the seminal event that opened the door for the subsequent diversification of …”
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Explaining species richness from continents to communities: the time-for-speciation effect in emydid turtles von Stephens, Patrick R, Wiens, John J

“… Speciation is the process that ultimately generates species richness. However, the time required for speciation to build up diversity in a region is rarely …”
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Evidence of repeated zoonotic pathogen spillover events at ecological boundaries von Filion, Antoine, Sundaram, Mekala, Schmidt, John Paul, Drake, John M., Stephens, Patrick R.

“… Anthropogenic modifications to the landscape have altered several ecological processes worldwide, creating new ecological boundaries at the human/wildlife …”
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The maximum rate of mammal evolution von Evans, Alistair R, Jones, David, Boyer, Alison G, Brown, James H, Costa, Daniel P, Ernest, S K Morgan, Fitzgerald, Erich M G, Fortelius, Mikael, Gittleman, John L, Hamilton, Marcus J, Harding, Larisa E, Lintulaakso, Kari, Lyons, S Kathleen, Okie, Jordan G, Saarinen, Juha J, Sibly, Richard M, Smith, Felisa A, Stephens, Patrick R, Theodor, Jessica M, Uhen, Mark D

“… How fast can a mammal evolve from the size of a mouse to the size of an elephant? Achieving such a large transformation calls for major biological …”
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Phylogenetic patterns of trait and trait plasticity evolution: Insights from amphibian embryos von Relyea, Rick A., Stephens, Patrick R., Barrow, Lisa N., Blaustein, Andrew R., Bradley, Paul W., Buck, Julia C., Chang, Ann, Collins, James P., Crother, Brian, Earl, Julia, Gervasi, Stephanie S., Hoverman, Jason T., Hyman, Oliver, Lemmon, Emily Moriarty, Luhring, Thomas M., Michelson, Moses, Murray, Chris, Price, Steven, Semlitsch, Raymond D., Sih, Andrew, Stoler, Aaron B., VandenBroek, Nick, Warwick, Alexa, Wengert, Greta, Hammond, John I.

“… Environmental variation favors the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. For many species, we understand the costs and benefits of different phenotypes, but we …”
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Infectious disease macroecology: parasite diversity and dynamics across the globe von Huang, Shan, Farrell, Maxwell, Stephens, Patrick R

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Footprint of war: integrating armed conflicts in disease ecology von Sundaram, Mekala, Filion, Antoine, Akaribo, Benedicta E., Stephens, Patrick R.

“… War is an understudied and yet significant contributor to disease outbreaks, necessitating approaches incorporating conflicts into disease studies. We discuss …”
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Characteristics of the 100 largest modern zoonotic disease outbreaks von Stephens, Patrick R, Gottdenker, N, Schatz, A M, Schmidt, J P, Drake, John M

“… Zoonotic disease outbreaks are an important threat to human health and numerous drivers have been recognized as contributing to their increasing frequency …”
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Footprint of war: integrating armed conflicts in disease ecology: (Trends in Parasitology, 39:4 p:238–241, 2023) von Sundaram, Mekala, Filion, Antoine, Akaribo, Benedicta E., Stephens, Patrick R.

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Phylogenetic patterns of trait and trait plasticity evolution: Insights from tadpoles von Relyea, Rick A., Stephens, Patrick R., Hammond, John I.

“… Environmental heterogeneity has led to the widespread evolution of phenotypic plasticity in all taxonomic groups. Although phenotypic plasticity has been …”
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Global Diversity Patterns are Explained by Diversification Rates and Dispersal at Ancient, not Shallow, Timescales von Stephens, Patrick R, Farrell, Maxwell J, Davies, T Jonathan, Gittleman, John L, Meiri, Shai, Moreira, Matthew O, Roll, Uri, Wiens, John J

“… Explaining global species richness patterns is a major goal of evolution, ecology, and biogeography. These richness patterns are often attributed to spatial …”
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