Paltry past-precipitation: Predisposing prairie dogs to plague?

Droughts may increase susceptibility of prairie dogs to fleas: incongruity with hypothesized mechanisms of plague cycles in rodents

(2016) David A. Eads et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Infection Prevalence, Bacterial Loads, and Transmission Efficiency inOropsylla montana(Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) One Day After Exposure to Varying Concentrations ofYersinia pestisin Blood

(2016) Karen A. Boegler et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Plague cycles in two rodent species from China: dry years might provide context for epizootics in wet years

(2016) David A. Eads et al.   Ecosphere

Factors that affect parasitism of black-tailed prairie dogs by fleas

(2016) David A. Eads et al.   Ecosphere

Plague bacterium as a transformer species in prairie dogs and the grasslands of western North America

(2015) David A. Eads et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Model averaging and muddled multimodel inferences

(2015) Brian S. Cade   ECOLOGY

Differential sensitivity to regional-scale drought in six central US grasslands

(2015) Alan K. Knapp et al.   OECOLOGIA

Ectoparasites in Black-footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes) from the Largest Reintroduced Population of the Conata Basin, South Dakota, USA

(2014) Nyeema C. Harris et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Duration of Plague (Yersinia pestis) Outbreaks in Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Colonies of Northern Colorado

(2013) Krista St. Romain et al.   EcoHealth

Persistence of black-tailed prairie-dog populations affected by plague in northern Colorado, USA

(2013) Dylan B. George et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of Low-Temperature Flea Maintenance on the Transmission of Yersinia pestis by Oropsylla montana

(2013) Shanna K. Williams et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Climate, soils, and connectivity predict plague epizootics in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)

(2011) Lisa T. Savage et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Transmission Shifts Underlie Variability in Population Responses to Yersinia pestis Infection

(2011) Michael G. Buhnerkempe et al.   PLoS One

Plague and Climate: Scales Matter

(2011) Tamara Ben Ari et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Drought Leads to Collapse of Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Populations Reintroduced to the Chihuahuan Desert

(2010) Aaron N. Facka et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Spatial versus temporal variation in precipitation in a semiarid ecosystem

(2010) David J. Augustine   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Individuals and populations: the role of long-term, individual-based studies of animals in ecology and evolutionary biology

(2010) Tim Clutton-Brock et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Symposium on the Ecology of Plague and its Effects on Wildlife: A Model for Translational Research

(2010) Michael F. Antolin et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Enzootic Plague Reduces Black-Footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) Survival in Montana

(2010) Marc R. Matchett et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Vector Control Improves Survival of Three Species of Prairie Dogs (Cynomys) in Areas Considered Enzootic for Plague

(2010) Dean E. Biggins et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Evidence for the involvement of an alternate rodent host in the dynamics of introduced plague in prairie dogs

(2009) Paul Stapp et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Humans and evolutionary and ecological forces shaped the phylogeography of recently emerged diseases

(2009) Paul S. Keim et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Flea Abundance on Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) Increases During Plague Epizootics

(2009) Daniel W. Tripp et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Unpacking β: Within-Host Dynamics and the Evolutionary Ecology of Pathogen Transmission

(2008) Michael F. Antolin   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Transmission Efficiency of Two Flea Species (Oropsylla tuberculata cynomuris and Oropsylla hirsuta) Involved in Plague Epizootics among Prairie Dogs

(2008) Aryn P. Wilder et al.   EcoHealth

The abundance threshold for plague as a critical percolation phenomenon

(2008) S. Davis et al.   NATURE

Plague: Past, Present, and Future

(2008) Nils Chr Stenseth et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Climate‐Driven Spatial Dynamics of Plague among Prairie Dog Colonies

(2007) T. Snäll et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST