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Browsing Department of Vertebrate Zoology by Author "Young, Hillary S."

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  • Context-dependent effects of large-wildlife declines on small-mammal communities in central Kenya 
    Young, Hillary S.; McCauley, Douglas J.; Dirzo, Rodolfo; Goheen, Jacob R.; Agwanda, Bernard; Brook, Cara; Otarola-Castillo, Erik; Ferguson, Adam W.; Kinyua, Stephen N.; McDonough, Molly M.; Palmer, Todd M.; Pringle, Robert M.; Young, Truman P.; Helgen, Kristofer M. (2015)
    Many species of large wildlife have declined drastically worldwide. These reductions often lead to profound shifts in the ecology of entire communities and ecosystems. However, the effects of these large-wildlife declines ...
  • Declines in large wildlife increase landscape-level prevalence of rodent-borne disease in Africa 
    Young, Hillary S.; Dirzo, Rodolfo; Helgen, Kristofer M.; McCauley, Douglas J.; Billeter, Sarah A.; Kosoy, Michael Y.; Osikowicz, Lynn M.; Salkeld, Daniel J.; Young, Truman P.; Dittmar, Katharina (2014)
  • Drivers of intensity and prevalence of flea parasitism on small mammals in East African savanna ecosystems 
    Young, Hillary S.; Dirzo, Rodolfo; McCauley, Douglas J.; Agwanda, Bernard; Cattaneo, Lia; Dittmar, Katharina; Eckerlin, Ralph P.; Fleischer, Robert C.; Helgen, Lauren E.; Hintz, Ashley; Montenieri, John; Zhao, Serena; Helgen, Kristofer M. (2015)
    Abstract The relative importance of both environmental factors and host factors in explaining variation in prevalence and intensity of flea parasitism in small mammal communities is poorly established. We examine these ...
  • Effects of mammalian herbivore declines on plant communities: observations and experiments in an African savanna 
    Young, Hillary S.; McCauley, Douglas J.; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Goheen, Jacob R.; Otárola-Castillo, Erik; Palmer, Todd M.; Pringle, Robert M.; Young, Truman P.; Dirzo, Rodolfo (2013)
    * Herbivores influence the structure and composition of terrestrial plant communities. However, responses of plant communities to herbivory are variable and depend on environmental conditions, herbivore identity and herbivore ...
  • Genome sequence, population history, and pelage genetics of the endangered African wild dog (<I>Lycaon pictus</I>) 
    Campana, Michael G.; Parker, Lillian D.; Hawkins, Melissa T. R.; Young, Hillary S.; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Szykman Gunther, Micaela; Woodroffe, Rosie; Maldonado, Jesús E.; Fleischer, Robert C. (2016)
    BACKGROUND: The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is an endangered African canid threatened by severe habitat fragmentation, human-wildlife conflict, and infectious disease. A highly specialized carnivore, it is distinguished ...
  • Host-Parasite Associations in Small Mammal Communities in Semiarid Savanna Ecosystems of East Africa 
    Guerra, Ana Sofia; Eckerlin, Ralph P.; Dowling, Ashley P. G.; Durden, Lance A.; Robbins, Richard G.; Dittmar, Katharina; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Agwanda, Bernard; Allan, Brian F.; Hedlund, Tyler; Young, Hillary S. (2016)
    Despite the established importance of rodents as reservoirs of vector-borne zoonoses in East Africa, there is relatively limited information regarding the infestation parameters and host associations of ectoparasites that ...
  • Interacting effects of land use and climate on rodent-borne pathogens in central Kenya 
    Young, Hillary S.; McCauley, Douglas J.; Dirzo, Rodolfo; Nunn, Charles L.; Campana, Michael G.; Agwanda, Bernard; Otarola-Castillo, Erik R.; Castillo, Eric R.; Pringle, Robert M.; Veblen, Kari E.; Salkeld, Daniel J.; Stewardson, Kristin; Fleischer, Robert; Lambin, Eric F.; Palmer, Todd M.; Helgen, Kristofer M. (2017)
    Understanding the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on zoonotic disease risk is both a critical conservation objective and a public health priority. Here, we evaluate the effects of multiple forms of anthropogenic ...
  • Large wildlife removal drives immune defence increases in rodents 
    Young, Hillary S.; Dirzo, Rodolfo; Helgen, Kristofer M.; McCauley, Douglas J.; Nunn, Charles L.; Snyder, Paul; Veblen, Kari E.; Zhao, Serena; Ezenwa, Vanessa O. (2016)
    * Anthropogenic disturbances involving land use change, climate disruption, pollution and invasive species have been shown to impact immune function of wild animals. These immune changes have direct impacts on the fitness ...
  • Piecewise Disassembly of a Large-Herbivore community across a rainfall gradient: The UHURU experiment 
    Goheen, Jacob R.; Palmer, Todd M.; Charles, Grace K.; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Kinyua, Stephen N.; Maclean, Janet E.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Young, Hillary S.; Pringle, Robert M. (2013)
  • Simultaneous identification of host, ectoparasite and pathogen DNA via in-solution capture 
    Campana, Michael G.; Hawkins, Melissa T. R.; Henson, Lauren H.; Stewardson, Kristin; Young, Hillary S.; Card, Leah R.; Lock, Justin; Agwanda, Bernard; Brinkerhoff, Jory; Gaff, Holly D.; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Maldonado, Jesús E.; McShea, William J.; Fleischer, Robert C. (2016)
    Ectoparasites frequently vector pathogens from often unknown pathogen reservoirs to both human and animal populations. Simultaneous identification of the ectoparasite species, the wildlife host that provided their most ...

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