2024
Poisot T, Becker DJ, Brookson CB, Graeden E, Ryan SJ, Turon G, Carlson CJ. Ten simple rules to build a model life cycle. In press at PLOS Computational Biology.
Carlson CJ, Brookson C, Becker DJ, Cummings CA, Gibb R, Halliday FW, Heckley AM, Huang ZYX, Lavelle T, Robertson H, Vicente-Santos A, Weets C, Poistot T. Pathogens and planetary change. In press at Nature Reviews Biodiversity.
Fenton MB, Faure PA, Bernardo E, Becker DJ, Jackson AC, Kingston T, Lina PHC Markotter W, Moore SM, Mubareka S, Racey PA, Rupperecht CE, Worledge L. Bat handlers, bites, and rabies: vaccination and serological testing of humans at risk. In press at FACETS.
Karim S, Zenzal Jr TJ Beati L, Sen R, Adegoke A, Kumar D, Downs LP, Keko M, Nussbaum A, Becker DJ, Moore FR. Ticks without borders: microbiome of immature Neotropical tick species parasitizing migratory songbirds along northern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2024; 14; 1472598.
Betke BA, Gottdenker NL, Myers LA, Becker DJ. Ecological and evolutionary characteristics of synanthropic roosting ability in bats of the world. iScience. 2024; 27(7); 110369.
Carlson CJ, Becker DJ, O'Donoghue Z, De Oliveira T, Oyola S, Poisot T, Seifert SN, Phelan AL. Save lives in the next pandemic: ensure vaccine equity now.
Nature. 2024; 626:952–3.
Kirsch MR, Smith SN, Sankaranarayanan K, Becker DJ, Watters J, Marske KA, Siler CD, Lanier HC. Family shapes microbiome differences in Oklahoma salamanders. Frontiers in Microbiomes. 2024; 3.
Byrd A, Talbott KM, Smiley TM, Verrett TB, Gross MS, Hladik ML, Ketterson ED, Becker DJ. Determinants of spring migration departure dates in a New World sparrow: weather variables reign supreme. Ecology & Evolution. 2024; 14(2):e10874.
Heckley AM, Lock LR, Becker DJ. A meta-analysis exploring associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus prevalence and seroprevalence. Ecography. 2024; e07041.
The Lancet-PPATS Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover [Sizer N, Alders R, Amuasi J, Ashraf S, Becker DJ, Bukachi S, Buzra S, Cleaveland S, Omrani OE, Erondu N, Ferreira JM, Hassan L, Li B, Lloyd-Smith J, Loch-Temzelides T, Markotter W, Ogbuoji O, Peiris M, Pfeiffer D, Plowright RK, Popp A, Redvers N, Roche B, Scanlon J, Vale MM, Vora NM, Walzer C, Worah S], Mettenleiter TC, Winkler, AS. Draft of WHO Pandemic Agreement plays down primary prevention. The Lancet. 2024; 403(10426):P525–6.
DeAnglis IK, Andrews BR, Lock LR, Dyer KE, Yang A, Volokhov DV, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Downs CJ, Becker DJ. Bat cellular immunity varies by year and dietary habit amidst land conversion. Conservation Physiology. 2024; 12(1):coad102
Forero-Muñoz NR, Muylaert RL, Seifert SN, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Carlson CJ, Poisot T. The coevolutionary mosaic of bat betacoronavirus emergence risk.Virus Evolution. 2024; 10(1):vead079.
Carlson CJ, Brookson C, Becker DJ, Cummings CA, Gibb R, Halliday FW, Heckley AM, Huang ZYX, Lavelle T, Robertson H, Vicente-Santos A, Weets C, Poistot T. Pathogens and planetary change. In press at Nature Reviews Biodiversity.
Fenton MB, Faure PA, Bernardo E, Becker DJ, Jackson AC, Kingston T, Lina PHC Markotter W, Moore SM, Mubareka S, Racey PA, Rupperecht CE, Worledge L. Bat handlers, bites, and rabies: vaccination and serological testing of humans at risk. In press at FACETS.
Karim S, Zenzal Jr TJ Beati L, Sen R, Adegoke A, Kumar D, Downs LP, Keko M, Nussbaum A, Becker DJ, Moore FR. Ticks without borders: microbiome of immature Neotropical tick species parasitizing migratory songbirds along northern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2024; 14; 1472598.
Betke BA, Gottdenker NL, Myers LA, Becker DJ. Ecological and evolutionary characteristics of synanthropic roosting ability in bats of the world. iScience. 2024; 27(7); 110369.
Carlson CJ, Becker DJ, O'Donoghue Z, De Oliveira T, Oyola S, Poisot T, Seifert SN, Phelan AL. Save lives in the next pandemic: ensure vaccine equity now.
Nature. 2024; 626:952–3.
Kirsch MR, Smith SN, Sankaranarayanan K, Becker DJ, Watters J, Marske KA, Siler CD, Lanier HC. Family shapes microbiome differences in Oklahoma salamanders. Frontiers in Microbiomes. 2024; 3.
Byrd A, Talbott KM, Smiley TM, Verrett TB, Gross MS, Hladik ML, Ketterson ED, Becker DJ. Determinants of spring migration departure dates in a New World sparrow: weather variables reign supreme. Ecology & Evolution. 2024; 14(2):e10874.
Heckley AM, Lock LR, Becker DJ. A meta-analysis exploring associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus prevalence and seroprevalence. Ecography. 2024; e07041.
The Lancet-PPATS Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover [Sizer N, Alders R, Amuasi J, Ashraf S, Becker DJ, Bukachi S, Buzra S, Cleaveland S, Omrani OE, Erondu N, Ferreira JM, Hassan L, Li B, Lloyd-Smith J, Loch-Temzelides T, Markotter W, Ogbuoji O, Peiris M, Pfeiffer D, Plowright RK, Popp A, Redvers N, Roche B, Scanlon J, Vale MM, Vora NM, Walzer C, Worah S], Mettenleiter TC, Winkler, AS. Draft of WHO Pandemic Agreement plays down primary prevention. The Lancet. 2024; 403(10426):P525–6.
DeAnglis IK, Andrews BR, Lock LR, Dyer KE, Yang A, Volokhov DV, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Downs CJ, Becker DJ. Bat cellular immunity varies by year and dietary habit amidst land conversion. Conservation Physiology. 2024; 12(1):coad102
Forero-Muñoz NR, Muylaert RL, Seifert SN, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Carlson CJ, Poisot T. The coevolutionary mosaic of bat betacoronavirus emergence risk.Virus Evolution. 2024; 10(1):vead079.
2023
Becker DJ, Merrifield JM, Vágási CI, Czirják GÁ, Pap PL. Spatial variation in the cellular immune response of house sparrows in their native range.
EcoHealth. 2023; 20:231–5.
Vicente-Santos A, Lock LR, Allira M, Dyer KE, Dunsmore A, Volokhov DV, Tu W, Herrera C, Lei GS, Relich RF, Janech MG, Bland AM, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Serum proteomes reveal a tolerant immune phenotype across pathogen taxa in wild vampire bats. Frontiers in Immunology. 2023; 14.
Huang ZYX, Halliday FW, Becker DJ. Host functional traits as the nexus for multilevel infection patterns. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2023; 38(12):1125–8.
Yin S, Li N, Xu W, Becker DJ, de Boer WF, Xu C, Mundkur T, Fountain-Jones NM, Li C, Han G-Z, Wu Q, Huang ZYX. Functional traits explain waterbird host status, subtype richness, and community-level infection risk for avian influenza. Ecology Letters. 2023; 26(1):1780–91.
Becker DJ, Sandoval-Herrera NI, Simonis MC, Sánchez CA. Bioaccumulation and foraging behavior. A Natural History of Bat Foraging: Evolution, Physiology, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation. 2023.
Byrd A, Mullins C, Becker DJ, Fudickar AM. Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged day length in a New World sparrow. Journal of Avian Biology. 2023; 2023(11–12):e03113.
Volokhov DV, Lock LR, Dyer KE, DeAnglis IK, Andrews BR, Simonis MC, Stockmaier S, Carter GG, Downs CJ, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Expanded diversity of novel hemoplasmas in rare and undersampled Neotropical bats. One Health. 2023; 17:100633.
Scheben A, Mendivil Ramos O, Kramer M, Goodwin S, Oppenheim S, Becker DJ, Schatz MC, Simmons NB, Siepel A, McCombie WR. Long-read sequencing reveals rapid evolution of immunity- and cancer-related genes in bats. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2023; 15(9):evad148.
Silva NIO, Albery GF, Arruda MS, Oliveira GG, Costa TA, de Mello EM, Dias GM, Reis EV, Silvia SA, Silva MC, Almeida MG, Becker DJ, Carlson CJ, Vasilakis N, Hanley KA, Drumond BP. Ecological drivers of sustained enzootic yellow fever virus transmission in Brazil, 2017-2021. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2023; 17(6):e0011407.
Cohen LE, Fagre AC, Chen B, Carlson CJ, Becker DJ. Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996-2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nature Microbiology. 2023; 8(6):1176–86.
Poisot T, Ouellet MA, Mollentze N, Farrell MF, Becker DJ, Albery GF, Gibb RF, Seifert SN, Carlson CJ. Network embedding unveils the hidden interactions in the mammalian virome. Patterns. 2023; 4(6):100738.
Becker DJ, Banerjee A. Coupling field and laboratory studies of immunity and infection in zoonotic hosts. The Lancet Microbe. 2023; 4(5):e285–7.
Heckley AM, Becker DJ. Tropical bat ectoparasitism in continuous versus fragmented forests: a gap analysis and preliminary meta-analysis. Ecology & Evolution. 2023; 13(2):e9784.
EcoHealth. 2023; 20:231–5.
Vicente-Santos A, Lock LR, Allira M, Dyer KE, Dunsmore A, Volokhov DV, Tu W, Herrera C, Lei GS, Relich RF, Janech MG, Bland AM, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Serum proteomes reveal a tolerant immune phenotype across pathogen taxa in wild vampire bats. Frontiers in Immunology. 2023; 14.
Huang ZYX, Halliday FW, Becker DJ. Host functional traits as the nexus for multilevel infection patterns. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2023; 38(12):1125–8.
Yin S, Li N, Xu W, Becker DJ, de Boer WF, Xu C, Mundkur T, Fountain-Jones NM, Li C, Han G-Z, Wu Q, Huang ZYX. Functional traits explain waterbird host status, subtype richness, and community-level infection risk for avian influenza. Ecology Letters. 2023; 26(1):1780–91.
Becker DJ, Sandoval-Herrera NI, Simonis MC, Sánchez CA. Bioaccumulation and foraging behavior. A Natural History of Bat Foraging: Evolution, Physiology, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation. 2023.
Byrd A, Mullins C, Becker DJ, Fudickar AM. Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged day length in a New World sparrow. Journal of Avian Biology. 2023; 2023(11–12):e03113.
Volokhov DV, Lock LR, Dyer KE, DeAnglis IK, Andrews BR, Simonis MC, Stockmaier S, Carter GG, Downs CJ, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Expanded diversity of novel hemoplasmas in rare and undersampled Neotropical bats. One Health. 2023; 17:100633.
Scheben A, Mendivil Ramos O, Kramer M, Goodwin S, Oppenheim S, Becker DJ, Schatz MC, Simmons NB, Siepel A, McCombie WR. Long-read sequencing reveals rapid evolution of immunity- and cancer-related genes in bats. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2023; 15(9):evad148.
Silva NIO, Albery GF, Arruda MS, Oliveira GG, Costa TA, de Mello EM, Dias GM, Reis EV, Silvia SA, Silva MC, Almeida MG, Becker DJ, Carlson CJ, Vasilakis N, Hanley KA, Drumond BP. Ecological drivers of sustained enzootic yellow fever virus transmission in Brazil, 2017-2021. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2023; 17(6):e0011407.
Cohen LE, Fagre AC, Chen B, Carlson CJ, Becker DJ. Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996-2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nature Microbiology. 2023; 8(6):1176–86.
Poisot T, Ouellet MA, Mollentze N, Farrell MF, Becker DJ, Albery GF, Gibb RF, Seifert SN, Carlson CJ. Network embedding unveils the hidden interactions in the mammalian virome. Patterns. 2023; 4(6):100738.
Becker DJ, Banerjee A. Coupling field and laboratory studies of immunity and infection in zoonotic hosts. The Lancet Microbe. 2023; 4(5):e285–7.
Heckley AM, Becker DJ. Tropical bat ectoparasitism in continuous versus fragmented forests: a gap analysis and preliminary meta-analysis. Ecology & Evolution. 2023; 13(2):e9784.
2022
Ketterson ED, Becker DJ, Brown G, Byrd A, Clay K, Fudickar AM, Houser M, Jahn AE, Lau JA, Wanamaker SM. Biodiversity and species movements: nurturing and managing biodiversity in Indiana. Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond. 2022.
Becker DJ, Byrd A, Smiley TM, Fernandes Marques M, Villegas Nunez J, Talbott KM, Atwell JW, Volokhov DV, Ketterson ED, Jahn AE, Clark KL. Novel Rickettsia spp. in two common overwintering North American songbirds. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 2022; 11(1):2746–48.
Becker DJ, Eby P, Madden W, Peel AJ, Plowright RK. Ecological conditions experienced by bat reservoir hosts predict the intensity of Hendra virus excretion over space and time. Ecology Letters. 2022; 26(1):23–36.
Kimmit AA, Becker DJ, Diller SN, Gerlarch NM, Rosvall KA, Ketterson ED. Plasticity in female timing may explain earlier breeding in a North American songbird. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2022; 91(10):1988–98.
Sánchez CA, Penrose M, Kessler MK, Becker DJ, McKeown A, Hannappel M, Boyd V, Camus MS, Padgett-Stewart T, Hunt BE, Graves AF, Peel AJ, Westcott DA, Rainwater TR, Chumchal MM, Cobb GP, Altizer S, Plowright RK, Boardman WSJ. Land use, season, and parasitism predict metal concentrations in Australian flying fox fur. Science of the Total Environment. 2022; 841:156699.
Talbott KM, Becker DJ, Soini HA, Higgins BJ, Novotny MN, Ketterson ED. Songbird preen oil odor reflects haemosporidian parasite load. Animal Behavior. 2022; 188:147–55.
Koltz AM, Civitello DJ, Becker DJ, Deem SL, Classen AT, Barton B, Brenn-White M, Johnson ZE, Kutz S, Malishev M, Preston DL, Vannatta JT, Penczykowski RM, Ezenwa VO. Sublethal effects of parasitism on ruminants have cascading consequences for ecosystems. PNAS. 2022; 119(20):e2117381119.
Albery GF, Carlson CJ, Cohen L, Eskew EA, Gibb R, Ryan SJ, Sweeny AR, Becker DJ. Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2022; 6(6):794–801.
Griffiths ME, Broos A, Bergner LM, Meza DV, Suarez NM, Filipe ADS, Tello C, Becker DJ, Streicker DG. Longitudinal deep sequencing informs vector selection and future deployment strategies for transmissible vaccines. PLoS Biology. 2022; 20(4): e3001580.
Mull N, Carlson CJ, Forbes KM, Becker DJ. Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2022; 91(6):1290–1302.
Becker DJ, Lei GS, Janech MG, Bland AM, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Relich RF, Neely BA. Serum proteomics identifies immune pathways and candidate biomarkers of coronavirus infection in wild vampire bats. Frontiers in Virology. 2022; 2.
Reaser JK, Hunt BE, Ruiz-Aravena M, Tabor GM, Patz JA, Becker DJ, Locke H, Hudson PJ, Plowright RK. Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: a science-based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms. Conservation Letters. 2022; 15(3):e12869.
Becker DJ, Albery GF, Sjodin AR, Poisot T, Bergner LM, Chen B, Cohen L, Fagre AC, Dallas TA, Eskew EA, Farrell MF, Guth S, Han BA, Simmons NB, Stock M, Teeling EC, Carlson CJ. Optimizing predictive models to prioritize viral discovery in zoonotic reservoirs. Lancet Microbe. 2022; 3(8):e625–37.
Albery GF, Sweeny AR, Becker DJ, Bansal S. Fine-scale spatial patterns of wildlife disease are common and understudied. Functional Ecology. 2022; 36(1):214–5.
Becker DJ, Byrd A, Smiley TM, Fernandes Marques M, Villegas Nunez J, Talbott KM, Atwell JW, Volokhov DV, Ketterson ED, Jahn AE, Clark KL. Novel Rickettsia spp. in two common overwintering North American songbirds. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 2022; 11(1):2746–48.
Becker DJ, Eby P, Madden W, Peel AJ, Plowright RK. Ecological conditions experienced by bat reservoir hosts predict the intensity of Hendra virus excretion over space and time. Ecology Letters. 2022; 26(1):23–36.
Kimmit AA, Becker DJ, Diller SN, Gerlarch NM, Rosvall KA, Ketterson ED. Plasticity in female timing may explain earlier breeding in a North American songbird. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2022; 91(10):1988–98.
Sánchez CA, Penrose M, Kessler MK, Becker DJ, McKeown A, Hannappel M, Boyd V, Camus MS, Padgett-Stewart T, Hunt BE, Graves AF, Peel AJ, Westcott DA, Rainwater TR, Chumchal MM, Cobb GP, Altizer S, Plowright RK, Boardman WSJ. Land use, season, and parasitism predict metal concentrations in Australian flying fox fur. Science of the Total Environment. 2022; 841:156699.
Talbott KM, Becker DJ, Soini HA, Higgins BJ, Novotny MN, Ketterson ED. Songbird preen oil odor reflects haemosporidian parasite load. Animal Behavior. 2022; 188:147–55.
Koltz AM, Civitello DJ, Becker DJ, Deem SL, Classen AT, Barton B, Brenn-White M, Johnson ZE, Kutz S, Malishev M, Preston DL, Vannatta JT, Penczykowski RM, Ezenwa VO. Sublethal effects of parasitism on ruminants have cascading consequences for ecosystems. PNAS. 2022; 119(20):e2117381119.
Albery GF, Carlson CJ, Cohen L, Eskew EA, Gibb R, Ryan SJ, Sweeny AR, Becker DJ. Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2022; 6(6):794–801.
Griffiths ME, Broos A, Bergner LM, Meza DV, Suarez NM, Filipe ADS, Tello C, Becker DJ, Streicker DG. Longitudinal deep sequencing informs vector selection and future deployment strategies for transmissible vaccines. PLoS Biology. 2022; 20(4): e3001580.
Mull N, Carlson CJ, Forbes KM, Becker DJ. Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2022; 91(6):1290–1302.
Becker DJ, Lei GS, Janech MG, Bland AM, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Relich RF, Neely BA. Serum proteomics identifies immune pathways and candidate biomarkers of coronavirus infection in wild vampire bats. Frontiers in Virology. 2022; 2.
Reaser JK, Hunt BE, Ruiz-Aravena M, Tabor GM, Patz JA, Becker DJ, Locke H, Hudson PJ, Plowright RK. Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: a science-based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms. Conservation Letters. 2022; 15(3):e12869.
Becker DJ, Albery GF, Sjodin AR, Poisot T, Bergner LM, Chen B, Cohen L, Fagre AC, Dallas TA, Eskew EA, Farrell MF, Guth S, Han BA, Simmons NB, Stock M, Teeling EC, Carlson CJ. Optimizing predictive models to prioritize viral discovery in zoonotic reservoirs. Lancet Microbe. 2022; 3(8):e625–37.
Albery GF, Sweeny AR, Becker DJ, Bansal S. Fine-scale spatial patterns of wildlife disease are common and understudied. Functional Ecology. 2022; 36(1):214–5.
2021
Brandell EE, Becker DJ, Sampson L, Forbes KM. Demography, education, and research trends in the interdisciplinary field of disease ecology.
Ecology & Evolution. 2021; 11(24):17581–92.
Albery GF, Becker DJ, Brierley L, Brook C, Christofferson R, Cohen LE, Dallas TA, Eskew EA, Fagre A, Farrell MJ, Glennon EE, Guth S, Joseph MB, Mollentze N, Neely BA, Poisot T [...], Ryan SJ, Sjodin AR, Seifert SN, Sorrell E, Carlson CJ. The science of the host–virus network. Nature Microbiology. 2021; 6:1483–92.
Millán J, Becker DJ. Patterns of exposure and infection with microparasites in Iberian wild carnivores: a review and meta-analysis. Animals. 2021; 11(9).
Sweeny AR, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Eskew EA, Carlson CJ. Synzootics. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2021; 90(12):2744–54.
Gibb R, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Brierly L, Connor R, Dallas TA, Farrell MJ, Rasmussen AL, Ryan SJ, Sweeny AR, Carlson CJ, Poisot T. Data proliferation, reconciliation, and synthesis in viral ecology. BioScience. 2021; 71(11):1148–56.
Sandoval-Herrera NI, Mastromonaco GF, Becker DJ, Simmons NB, Welch KC. Inter- and intra-specific variation in hair cortisol concentrations
of Neotropical bats. Conservation Physiology. 2021; 9(1).
Cornelius Ruhs E, Becker DJ, Oakey S, Ogunsina O, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Martin LB, Downs CJ. Body size shapes immune cell proportions in birds and non-volant mammals but not bats. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2021; 224(13).
Ezenwa VO, Civitello DJ, Classen AT, Barton BT, Becker DJ, Brenn-White M, Deem SL, Kutz S, Malishev M, Penczykowski RM, Preston DL, Vannatta JT, Koltz AM. Response to Charlier et al.: climate–disease feedbacks mediated by livestock methane emissions are plausible. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2021; 36(7):578–9.
Neely BA, Janech MG, MB Fenton, Simmons NB, Bland AM, Becker DJ. Surveying the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) serum proteome: a resource for identifying immunological proteins and detecting pathogens. Journal of Proteome Research. 2021; 20(5):2547–59.
Reaser JK, Tabor GM, Becker DJ, Muruthi P, Witt A, Woodley SJ, Ruiz-Aravena M, Patz JA, Hickey V, Hudson PJ, Locke H, Plowright RK. Land use–induced spillover: principles and priority actions for protected and conserved area managers. PARKS. 2021; 27:161–78.
Plowright RK, Reaser JK, Locke H, Woodley S, Patz J, Becker DJ, Oppler G, Hudson PJ, Tabor G. Land use–induced zoonotic spillover: a call to action to safeguard environmental, animal, and human health. Lancet Planetary Health. 2021; 5(4):e237–45.
Bergner LM, Becker DJ, Tello C, Carrera JE, Streicker DG. Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in the saliva of diverse Neotropical bats. Zoonoses and Public Health. 2021; 68(3):271–6.
Becker DJ, Han BA. The macroecology and evolution of avian competence for Borrelia burgdorferi. Global Ecology & Biogeography. 2021; 30(3):710–24.
Dallas TA, Becker DJ. Taxonomic resolution affects host–parasite association model performance. Parasitology. 2021; 148(5):584–90.
Becker DJ, Speer KA, Korstian JM, Volokhov DV, Droke HF, Brown AM, Baijnauth C, Padgett-Stewart T, Broders HG, Plowright RK, Rainwater TR,
Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Chumchal MM. Disentangling interactions among mercury, immunity, and infection in a Neotropical bat community.
Journal of Applied Ecology. 2021; 58(4):879–89.
Bergner LM, Orton RJ, Broos A, Tello C, Becker DJ, Carrera JE, Patel AH, Biek R, Streicker DG. Diversification of mammalian deltaviruses by host shifting.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2021; 118(3).
Becker DJ, Broos A, Bergner LM, Meza DK, Simmons NB, Fenton MB, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Temporal patterns of vampire bat rabies and host connectivity in Belize. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2021; 68(2):870–9.
Albery GF, Becker DJ. Fast-lived hosts and zoonotic risk. Trends in Parasitology. 2021; 58(4):879–89.
Ecology & Evolution. 2021; 11(24):17581–92.
Albery GF, Becker DJ, Brierley L, Brook C, Christofferson R, Cohen LE, Dallas TA, Eskew EA, Fagre A, Farrell MJ, Glennon EE, Guth S, Joseph MB, Mollentze N, Neely BA, Poisot T [...], Ryan SJ, Sjodin AR, Seifert SN, Sorrell E, Carlson CJ. The science of the host–virus network. Nature Microbiology. 2021; 6:1483–92.
Millán J, Becker DJ. Patterns of exposure and infection with microparasites in Iberian wild carnivores: a review and meta-analysis. Animals. 2021; 11(9).
Sweeny AR, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Eskew EA, Carlson CJ. Synzootics. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2021; 90(12):2744–54.
Gibb R, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Brierly L, Connor R, Dallas TA, Farrell MJ, Rasmussen AL, Ryan SJ, Sweeny AR, Carlson CJ, Poisot T. Data proliferation, reconciliation, and synthesis in viral ecology. BioScience. 2021; 71(11):1148–56.
Sandoval-Herrera NI, Mastromonaco GF, Becker DJ, Simmons NB, Welch KC. Inter- and intra-specific variation in hair cortisol concentrations
of Neotropical bats. Conservation Physiology. 2021; 9(1).
Cornelius Ruhs E, Becker DJ, Oakey S, Ogunsina O, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Martin LB, Downs CJ. Body size shapes immune cell proportions in birds and non-volant mammals but not bats. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2021; 224(13).
Ezenwa VO, Civitello DJ, Classen AT, Barton BT, Becker DJ, Brenn-White M, Deem SL, Kutz S, Malishev M, Penczykowski RM, Preston DL, Vannatta JT, Koltz AM. Response to Charlier et al.: climate–disease feedbacks mediated by livestock methane emissions are plausible. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2021; 36(7):578–9.
Neely BA, Janech MG, MB Fenton, Simmons NB, Bland AM, Becker DJ. Surveying the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) serum proteome: a resource for identifying immunological proteins and detecting pathogens. Journal of Proteome Research. 2021; 20(5):2547–59.
Reaser JK, Tabor GM, Becker DJ, Muruthi P, Witt A, Woodley SJ, Ruiz-Aravena M, Patz JA, Hickey V, Hudson PJ, Locke H, Plowright RK. Land use–induced spillover: principles and priority actions for protected and conserved area managers. PARKS. 2021; 27:161–78.
Plowright RK, Reaser JK, Locke H, Woodley S, Patz J, Becker DJ, Oppler G, Hudson PJ, Tabor G. Land use–induced zoonotic spillover: a call to action to safeguard environmental, animal, and human health. Lancet Planetary Health. 2021; 5(4):e237–45.
Bergner LM, Becker DJ, Tello C, Carrera JE, Streicker DG. Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in the saliva of diverse Neotropical bats. Zoonoses and Public Health. 2021; 68(3):271–6.
Becker DJ, Han BA. The macroecology and evolution of avian competence for Borrelia burgdorferi. Global Ecology & Biogeography. 2021; 30(3):710–24.
Dallas TA, Becker DJ. Taxonomic resolution affects host–parasite association model performance. Parasitology. 2021; 148(5):584–90.
Becker DJ, Speer KA, Korstian JM, Volokhov DV, Droke HF, Brown AM, Baijnauth C, Padgett-Stewart T, Broders HG, Plowright RK, Rainwater TR,
Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Chumchal MM. Disentangling interactions among mercury, immunity, and infection in a Neotropical bat community.
Journal of Applied Ecology. 2021; 58(4):879–89.
Bergner LM, Orton RJ, Broos A, Tello C, Becker DJ, Carrera JE, Patel AH, Biek R, Streicker DG. Diversification of mammalian deltaviruses by host shifting.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2021; 118(3).
Becker DJ, Broos A, Bergner LM, Meza DK, Simmons NB, Fenton MB, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Temporal patterns of vampire bat rabies and host connectivity in Belize. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2021; 68(2):870–9.
Albery GF, Becker DJ. Fast-lived hosts and zoonotic risk. Trends in Parasitology. 2021; 58(4):879–89.
2020
Millán J, Di Cataldo S, Volokhov DV, Becker DJ. Worldwide occurrence of hemoplasmas in wildlife: insights into the patterns of infection, transmission, pathology, and zoonotic potential. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2020.
Meza DK, Broos A, Becker DJ, Behdenna A, Willet B, Viana M, Streicker DG. Predicting the presence and titer of rabies virus neutralizing antibodies from low- volume serum samples in low-containment facilities. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2020.
Griffith ME, Bergner LM, Broos A, Meza DK, Filipe ADS, Davidson A, Tello C, Becker DJ, Streicker DG. Epidemiology and biology of a herpesvirus in rabies-endemic vampire bat populations. Nature Communications. 2020; 11(1):5951.
Ezenwa VO, Civitello DJ, Barton BT, Becker DJ, Brenn-White M, Classen AT, Deem SL, Johnson ZE, Kutz S, Malishev M, Penczkowski RM, Preston DL,
Vannatta JT, Koltz AM. Infectious disease, livestock, and climate: a vicious cycle? Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2020; 35(11):959–62.
Becker DJ, Singh D, Pan Q, Montoure JD, Talbott KM, Wanamaker SM, Ketterson ED. Artificial light at night amplifies seasonal relapse of haemosporidian parasites in a widespread songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2020; 287, 20201831.
Becker DJ, Ketterson ED, Hall RJ. Reactivation of latent infections with migration shapes population-level disease dynamics.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2020; 287, 20201829.
Becker DJ, Seifert SN, Carlson CJ. Beyond infection: integrating competence into reservoir host prediction. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2020; 35(12):1062–5.
Becker DJ, Albery GF. Expanding host specificity and pathogen sharing beyond viruses. Molecular Ecology. 2020; 29(17):3170–2.
Botto G, Becker DJ, Lawrence RL, Plowright RK. Synergistic effects of grassland fragmentation and temperature on bovine rabies emergence. EcoHealth. 2020; 17(2):203–16.
Fenton MB, Mubareka S, Tsang SM, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. COVID-19 and threats to bats. FACETS. 2020; 5:349–352.
Crowley DE, Becker DJ, Washburne AD, Plowright RK. Identifying suspect bat reservoirs of emerging infections. Vaccines. 2020; 8:228.
Becker DJ, Speer KA, Brown AM, Fenton MB, Washburne AD, Altizer S, Streicker DG, Plowright RK [...] Simmons NB, Volokhov DV. Ecological and evolutionary drivers of hemoplasma infection & bacterial genotype sharing in a Neotropical bat community. Molecular Ecology. 2020; 29(8):1534–49.
Becker DJ, Albery GF, Kessler MK, Lunn T, Falvo CA, Czirják GÁ, Martin LM, Plowright RK. Macroimmunology: the drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune defense. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2020; 89(4):972–95.
Bergner LM, Orton RJ, Benavides JA, Becker DJ, Tello C, Biek R, Streicker DG. Demographic and environmental drivers of metagenomic viral diversity in vampire bats. Molecular Ecology. 2020; 29(1):26–39.
Meza DK, Broos A, Becker DJ, Behdenna A, Willet B, Viana M, Streicker DG. Predicting the presence and titer of rabies virus neutralizing antibodies from low- volume serum samples in low-containment facilities. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2020.
Griffith ME, Bergner LM, Broos A, Meza DK, Filipe ADS, Davidson A, Tello C, Becker DJ, Streicker DG. Epidemiology and biology of a herpesvirus in rabies-endemic vampire bat populations. Nature Communications. 2020; 11(1):5951.
Ezenwa VO, Civitello DJ, Barton BT, Becker DJ, Brenn-White M, Classen AT, Deem SL, Johnson ZE, Kutz S, Malishev M, Penczkowski RM, Preston DL,
Vannatta JT, Koltz AM. Infectious disease, livestock, and climate: a vicious cycle? Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2020; 35(11):959–62.
Becker DJ, Singh D, Pan Q, Montoure JD, Talbott KM, Wanamaker SM, Ketterson ED. Artificial light at night amplifies seasonal relapse of haemosporidian parasites in a widespread songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2020; 287, 20201831.
Becker DJ, Ketterson ED, Hall RJ. Reactivation of latent infections with migration shapes population-level disease dynamics.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2020; 287, 20201829.
Becker DJ, Seifert SN, Carlson CJ. Beyond infection: integrating competence into reservoir host prediction. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2020; 35(12):1062–5.
Becker DJ, Albery GF. Expanding host specificity and pathogen sharing beyond viruses. Molecular Ecology. 2020; 29(17):3170–2.
Botto G, Becker DJ, Lawrence RL, Plowright RK. Synergistic effects of grassland fragmentation and temperature on bovine rabies emergence. EcoHealth. 2020; 17(2):203–16.
Fenton MB, Mubareka S, Tsang SM, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. COVID-19 and threats to bats. FACETS. 2020; 5:349–352.
Crowley DE, Becker DJ, Washburne AD, Plowright RK. Identifying suspect bat reservoirs of emerging infections. Vaccines. 2020; 8:228.
Becker DJ, Speer KA, Brown AM, Fenton MB, Washburne AD, Altizer S, Streicker DG, Plowright RK [...] Simmons NB, Volokhov DV. Ecological and evolutionary drivers of hemoplasma infection & bacterial genotype sharing in a Neotropical bat community. Molecular Ecology. 2020; 29(8):1534–49.
Becker DJ, Albery GF, Kessler MK, Lunn T, Falvo CA, Czirják GÁ, Martin LM, Plowright RK. Macroimmunology: the drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune defense. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2020; 89(4):972–95.
Bergner LM, Orton RJ, Benavides JA, Becker DJ, Tello C, Biek R, Streicker DG. Demographic and environmental drivers of metagenomic viral diversity in vampire bats. Molecular Ecology. 2020; 29(1):26–39.
2019
Becker DJ, Schultz EM, Atwell JW, Ketterson ED. Urban residency and leukocyte profiles in a traditionally migratory songbird. Animal Migration. 2019; 6(1):49–59.
Becker DJ, Talbott KM, Smiley TM, Clark KL, Sauer PE, Ketterson ED. Leukocyte profiles vary with breeding latitude and infection status in a seasonally sympatric songbird. Animal Migration. 2019; 6(1):28–40.
Becker DJ, Crowley DE, Washburne AD, Plowright RK. Temporal and spatial limitations in global surveillance for bat filoviruses and henipaviruses. Biology Letters. 2019; 15(12):20190423.
Murray MH, Sánchez CA, Becker DJ, Byers KA, Worsley-Tonks KEL, Craft ME. City sicker? A meta-analysis of wildlife health and urbanization. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2019;17(10):575–83.
Brown P, RELISH Consortium (over 1000 coauthors, including Becker DJ), Zhou Y. Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search. Database. 2019.
Becker DJ, Downs CJ, Martin LB. Multi-scale drivers of immunological variation and consequences for infectious disease dynamics. Integrative & Comparative Biology. 2019; 59(5):1129–37.
Becker DJ, Washburne AD, Faust CL, Mordecai EA, Plowright RK. The problem of scale in the prediction and management of pathogen spillover. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20190224.
Plowright RK, Becker DJ, McCallum H, Manlove KR. Sampling to elucidate the dynamics of infections in reservoir hosts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20180336.
Glennon EE, Becker DJ, Peel AJ, Garnier R, Suu-Ire R, Baker KS, Wood JLN, Cunningham AA, Plowright RK, Restif O. What's stirring in the reservoir? Modeling mechanisms of henipavirus circulation in fruit bat hosts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20190021.
Washburne AD, Crowley DE, Becker DJ, Manlove KR, Childs ML, Plowright RK. Percolation models of pathogen spillover. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20180331.
Sokolow SH, Nova N, Pepin KM, Peel AJ, Manlove KR, Cross PC, Becker DJ, Plowright RK, McCallum H, Pulliam JRC, De Leo GA. Ecological interventions to prevent and manage zoonotic pathogen spillover. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20180342.
Becker DJ, Washburne AD, Faust CL, Pulliam JRC, Mordecai EA, Lloyd-Smith JO, Plowright RK. Dynamic and integrative approaches to understanding pathogen spillover. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20190014.
Plowright RK, Becker DJ, Crowley DE, Washburne AD, Huang T, Nameer PO, Gurley ES, Han BA. Prioritizing surveillance of Nipah virus in India. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2019; 13(6):e0007393.
Ingala MR, Becker DJ, Holm JB, Kristiansen K, Simmons NB. Habitat fragmentation is associated with dietary shifts and microbiota variability in common vampire bats. Ecology & Evolution. 2019; 10.1002/ece3.5228
Botto G, Becker DJ, Plowright RK. The emergence of vampire bat rabies in Uruguay within a historical context. Epidemiology & Infection. 2019; 147.
Albery GF, Becker DJ, Kenyon F, Nussey DH, Pemberton JM. The fine-scale landscape of immunity and parasitism in a wild ungulate population. Integrative & Comparative Biology. 2019; 59(5):1165–75.
Becker DJ, Nachtmann C, Argibay HD, Botto G, Escalera-Zamudio M, Carerra JE, Winiarksi E, Greenwood AD, Mendez-Ojeda ML, Loza-Rubio E, Lavergne A, de Thoisy B, Czirják GÁ, Plowright RK, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Leukocyte profiles reflect geographic range limits in a widespread Neotropical bat. Integrative & Comparative Biology. 2019; 59(5):1176–89.
Washburne AD, Silverman JD, Morton JT, Becker DJ, Crowley D, Mukherjee S, David LA, Plowright RK. Phylofactorization: a graph partitioning algorithm to identify phylogenetic scales of ecological data. Ecological Monographs. 2019; 0(0):e01353.
Bergner LM, Orton RJ, Filipe A da S, Shaw AE, Becker DJ, Tello C, Biek R, Streicker DG. Using noninvasive metagenomics to characterize viral communities from wildlife. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2019; 19(1):128–43.
Becker DJ, Czirják GÁ, Rynda-Apple A, Plowright RK. Handling stress and sample storage are associated with weaker complement-mediated bactericidal ability in birds but not bats. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 2019; 92(1):37–48.
Becker DJ, Talbott KM, Smiley TM, Clark KL, Sauer PE, Ketterson ED. Leukocyte profiles vary with breeding latitude and infection status in a seasonally sympatric songbird. Animal Migration. 2019; 6(1):28–40.
Becker DJ, Crowley DE, Washburne AD, Plowright RK. Temporal and spatial limitations in global surveillance for bat filoviruses and henipaviruses. Biology Letters. 2019; 15(12):20190423.
Murray MH, Sánchez CA, Becker DJ, Byers KA, Worsley-Tonks KEL, Craft ME. City sicker? A meta-analysis of wildlife health and urbanization. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2019;17(10):575–83.
Brown P, RELISH Consortium (over 1000 coauthors, including Becker DJ), Zhou Y. Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search. Database. 2019.
Becker DJ, Downs CJ, Martin LB. Multi-scale drivers of immunological variation and consequences for infectious disease dynamics. Integrative & Comparative Biology. 2019; 59(5):1129–37.
Becker DJ, Washburne AD, Faust CL, Mordecai EA, Plowright RK. The problem of scale in the prediction and management of pathogen spillover. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20190224.
Plowright RK, Becker DJ, McCallum H, Manlove KR. Sampling to elucidate the dynamics of infections in reservoir hosts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20180336.
Glennon EE, Becker DJ, Peel AJ, Garnier R, Suu-Ire R, Baker KS, Wood JLN, Cunningham AA, Plowright RK, Restif O. What's stirring in the reservoir? Modeling mechanisms of henipavirus circulation in fruit bat hosts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20190021.
Washburne AD, Crowley DE, Becker DJ, Manlove KR, Childs ML, Plowright RK. Percolation models of pathogen spillover. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20180331.
Sokolow SH, Nova N, Pepin KM, Peel AJ, Manlove KR, Cross PC, Becker DJ, Plowright RK, McCallum H, Pulliam JRC, De Leo GA. Ecological interventions to prevent and manage zoonotic pathogen spillover. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20180342.
Becker DJ, Washburne AD, Faust CL, Pulliam JRC, Mordecai EA, Lloyd-Smith JO, Plowright RK. Dynamic and integrative approaches to understanding pathogen spillover. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019; 374(1782):20190014.
Plowright RK, Becker DJ, Crowley DE, Washburne AD, Huang T, Nameer PO, Gurley ES, Han BA. Prioritizing surveillance of Nipah virus in India. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2019; 13(6):e0007393.
Ingala MR, Becker DJ, Holm JB, Kristiansen K, Simmons NB. Habitat fragmentation is associated with dietary shifts and microbiota variability in common vampire bats. Ecology & Evolution. 2019; 10.1002/ece3.5228
Botto G, Becker DJ, Plowright RK. The emergence of vampire bat rabies in Uruguay within a historical context. Epidemiology & Infection. 2019; 147.
Albery GF, Becker DJ, Kenyon F, Nussey DH, Pemberton JM. The fine-scale landscape of immunity and parasitism in a wild ungulate population. Integrative & Comparative Biology. 2019; 59(5):1165–75.
Becker DJ, Nachtmann C, Argibay HD, Botto G, Escalera-Zamudio M, Carerra JE, Winiarksi E, Greenwood AD, Mendez-Ojeda ML, Loza-Rubio E, Lavergne A, de Thoisy B, Czirják GÁ, Plowright RK, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Leukocyte profiles reflect geographic range limits in a widespread Neotropical bat. Integrative & Comparative Biology. 2019; 59(5):1176–89.
Washburne AD, Silverman JD, Morton JT, Becker DJ, Crowley D, Mukherjee S, David LA, Plowright RK. Phylofactorization: a graph partitioning algorithm to identify phylogenetic scales of ecological data. Ecological Monographs. 2019; 0(0):e01353.
Bergner LM, Orton RJ, Filipe A da S, Shaw AE, Becker DJ, Tello C, Biek R, Streicker DG. Using noninvasive metagenomics to characterize viral communities from wildlife. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2019; 19(1):128–43.
Becker DJ, Czirják GÁ, Rynda-Apple A, Plowright RK. Handling stress and sample storage are associated with weaker complement-mediated bactericidal ability in birds but not bats. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 2019; 92(1):37–48.
2018
Becker DJ, Teitelbaum CS, Murray MH, Curry SE, Welch CN, Ellison T, Adams HC, Rozier RS, Lipp EK, Hernandez SM, Altizer S, Hall RJ. Assessing the contributions of intraspecific and environmental sources of infection in urban wildlife: Salmonella enterica and white ibis as a case study. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 2018; 15(149):20180654.
Washburne AD, Crowley DE, Becker DJ, Olival KJ, Taylor M, Munster VJ, Plowright RK. Taxonomic patterns in the zoonotic potential of mammalian viruses. PeerJ. 2018; 6:e5979.
Sánchez CA, Becker DJ, Teitelbaum CS, Barriga P, Brown LM, Majewska AA, Hall RJ, Altizer S. On the relationship between body condition and parasite infection in wildlife: a review and meta-analysis. Ecology Letters. 2018; 21(12):1869–84.
Becker DJ, Bergner LM, Bentz AB, Orton RJ, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Genetic diversity, infection prevalence, and possible transmission routes of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2018; 12(9):e0006786.
Becker DJ, Snedden C, Altizer S, Hall RJ. Host dispersal responses to resource supplementation determine pathogen spread in wildlife metapopulations. The American Naturalist. 2018; 192(4):503–17.
Kessler MK, Becker DJ, Peel AJ, Justice NV, Lunn T, Crowley DE, Jones DN, Eby P, Sánchez CA, Plowright RK. Changing resource landscapes and spillover of henipaviruses. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2018; 1429(1):78–99.
Martin G, Becker DJ, Plowright RK. Environmental persistence of influenza H5N1 is driven by temperature and salinity: insights from a Bayesian meta-analysis. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution. 2018; 6:131.
Becker DJ, Hall RJ, Forbes KM, Plowright RK, Altizer S. Anthropogenic resource subsidies and host–parasite dynamics in wildlife. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2018; 373(1745):20170086.
Becker DJ, Czirjak GA, Volokhov DV, Bentz AB, Carrera JE, Camus MS, Navara KJ, Chizhikov VE, Simmons NB, Fenton MB, Recuenco SE, Gilbert AT, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles, and bacterial infection risk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2018; 373(1745):20170089.
Altizer S, Becker DJ, Epstein JH, Forbes KM, Gillespie TR, Hawley DM, Hall RJ, Martin LB, Plowright RK, Satterfield DA, Streicker DG. Food for contagion: synthesis and future directions for studying host–parasite responses to resource shifts in anthropogenic environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2018; 373(1745):20170102.
Becker DJ, Streicker DG, Altizer S. Using host species traits to understand the consequences of resource provisioning for host–parasite interactions. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2018; 87(2):511–25.
Becker DJ, Chumchal MM, Broders HG, Korstian JM, Clare EL, Rainwater TR, Platt SG, Simmons NB, Fenton MB. Mercury bioaccumulation in bats reflects dietary connectivity to aquatic food webs. Environmental Pollution. 2018; 1(233):1076–85.
Pusch EA, Bentz AB, Becker DJ, Navara KJ. Behavioral phenotype predicts physiological responses to chronic stress in proactive and reactive birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 2018; 1(255):71-7.
Washburne AD, Crowley DE, Becker DJ, Olival KJ, Taylor M, Munster VJ, Plowright RK. Taxonomic patterns in the zoonotic potential of mammalian viruses. PeerJ. 2018; 6:e5979.
Sánchez CA, Becker DJ, Teitelbaum CS, Barriga P, Brown LM, Majewska AA, Hall RJ, Altizer S. On the relationship between body condition and parasite infection in wildlife: a review and meta-analysis. Ecology Letters. 2018; 21(12):1869–84.
Becker DJ, Bergner LM, Bentz AB, Orton RJ, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Genetic diversity, infection prevalence, and possible transmission routes of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2018; 12(9):e0006786.
Becker DJ, Snedden C, Altizer S, Hall RJ. Host dispersal responses to resource supplementation determine pathogen spread in wildlife metapopulations. The American Naturalist. 2018; 192(4):503–17.
Kessler MK, Becker DJ, Peel AJ, Justice NV, Lunn T, Crowley DE, Jones DN, Eby P, Sánchez CA, Plowright RK. Changing resource landscapes and spillover of henipaviruses. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2018; 1429(1):78–99.
Martin G, Becker DJ, Plowright RK. Environmental persistence of influenza H5N1 is driven by temperature and salinity: insights from a Bayesian meta-analysis. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution. 2018; 6:131.
Becker DJ, Hall RJ, Forbes KM, Plowright RK, Altizer S. Anthropogenic resource subsidies and host–parasite dynamics in wildlife. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2018; 373(1745):20170086.
Becker DJ, Czirjak GA, Volokhov DV, Bentz AB, Carrera JE, Camus MS, Navara KJ, Chizhikov VE, Simmons NB, Fenton MB, Recuenco SE, Gilbert AT, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles, and bacterial infection risk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2018; 373(1745):20170089.
Altizer S, Becker DJ, Epstein JH, Forbes KM, Gillespie TR, Hawley DM, Hall RJ, Martin LB, Plowright RK, Satterfield DA, Streicker DG. Food for contagion: synthesis and future directions for studying host–parasite responses to resource shifts in anthropogenic environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2018; 373(1745):20170102.
Becker DJ, Streicker DG, Altizer S. Using host species traits to understand the consequences of resource provisioning for host–parasite interactions. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2018; 87(2):511–25.
Becker DJ, Chumchal MM, Broders HG, Korstian JM, Clare EL, Rainwater TR, Platt SG, Simmons NB, Fenton MB. Mercury bioaccumulation in bats reflects dietary connectivity to aquatic food webs. Environmental Pollution. 2018; 1(233):1076–85.
Pusch EA, Bentz AB, Becker DJ, Navara KJ. Behavioral phenotype predicts physiological responses to chronic stress in proactive and reactive birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 2018; 1(255):71-7.
2017
Volokhov DV, Becker DJ, Bergner LM, Camus MS, Orton RJ, Chizhikov VE, Altizer SM, Streicker DG. Novel hemotropic mycoplasmas are widespread and genetically diverse in vampire bats. Epidemiology & Infection. 2017; 145(15):3154–67.
Becker DJ, Chumchal MM, Bentz AB, Platt SG, Czirják GÁ, Rainwater TR, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Predictors and immunological correlates of sublethal mercury exposure in vampire bats. Royal Society Open Science. 2017; 4(4):170073.
Becker DJ, Chumchal MM, Bentz AB, Platt SG, Czirják GÁ, Rainwater TR, Altizer S, Streicker DG. Predictors and immunological correlates of sublethal mercury exposure in vampire bats. Royal Society Open Science. 2017; 4(4):170073.
2016
Bentz AB, Becker DJ, Navara KJ. Evolutionary implications of interspecific variation in a maternal effect: a meta-analysis of yolk testosterone response to competition. Royal Society Open Science. 2016; 3(11):160499.
Murray MA, Becker DJ, Hall RJ, Hernandez SM. Wildlife health and supplemental feeding: a review and management recommendations. Biological Conservation. 2016; 204, Part B:163–74.
Becker DJ, Hall RJ. Heterogeneity in patch quality buffers metapopulations from pathogen impacts. Theoretical Ecology. 2016; 9(2):197–205.
Murray MA, Becker DJ, Hall RJ, Hernandez SM. Wildlife health and supplemental feeding: a review and management recommendations. Biological Conservation. 2016; 204, Part B:163–74.
Becker DJ, Hall RJ. Heterogeneity in patch quality buffers metapopulations from pathogen impacts. Theoretical Ecology. 2016; 9(2):197–205.
2015
Becker DJ, Oloya J, Ezeamama AE. Household socioeconomic and demographic correlates of Cryptosporidium seropositivity in the United States. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2015; 9(9):e0004080.
Becker DJ, Streicker DG, Altizer S. Linking anthropogenic resources to wildlife-pathogen dynamics: a review and meta-analysis. Ecology Letters. 2015. doi: 10.1111/ele.1242.
Becker DJ, Streicker DG, Altizer S. Linking anthropogenic resources to wildlife-pathogen dynamics: a review and meta-analysis. Ecology Letters. 2015. doi: 10.1111/ele.1242.
2014 and earlier
Becker DJ, Hall RJ. Too much of a good thing: resource provisioning alters infectious disease dynamics in wildlife. Biology Letters. 2014; 10(7):20140309. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0309.
McCartor A, Becker DJ. World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report. New York: Blacksmith Institute; 2010.
McCartor A, Becker DJ. World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report. New York: Blacksmith Institute; 2010.
in the pipeline
Becker DJ, Dyer KE, Lock LR, Olbrys BL, Pladas SA, Sukhadia AA, Demory B, Batista JMN, Pineda M, Simmons NB, Adams AM, Frick WF, O'Mara MT, Volokhov DV. Geographically widespread and novel hemotropic mycoplasmas and bartonellae in Mexican free-tailed bats and sympatric North American bat species. In revision at mSphere.
Simonis MC, Becker DJ. A general framework for modeling pathogen transmission in co-roosting host communities. In revision at Ecology.
Lagergren J, Ruiz-Aravena M, Becker DJ, Madden W, Ruytenberg L, Hoegh A, Han BA, Peel AJ, Eby P, Jacobson D, Plowright RK. Ecological predictors of food shortages for subtropical Australian flying foxes. In revision at Biology Letters.
Nikc K, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Eskew EA, Fagre AC, Ryan SJ, Carlson CJ. Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species. In revision at Ecology & Evolution.
Fulton AM, Bergey EA, Becker DJ, Lanier HC, Watters JL, Marske KA, Siler CD. Comparative analysis of survey methodologies for population-level studies of Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum). In revision at Ichthyology & Herpetology.
Albery GF, Becker DJ, Firth J, Silk M, Sweeny AR, ... [over 90 other coauthors], Bansal S. Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems. In revision at Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Marquez MR, Talukder H, Cheng W, Becker DJ, Wimberly MC, Yang A. Micro- and macro-habitat influences on tick abundance in Oklahoma City urban parks. In revision at American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Gonzalez V, Hurtado-Monzon AH, O'Krafka S, Mühlberger E, Letko M, Frank HK, Laing E, Phelps KL, Becker DJ, Munster VJ, Falzarano D, Seifert SN, Banerjee B. Studying bats using a One Health lens: bridging the gap between bat virology and disease ecology. In revision at Journal of Virology.
Simonis MC, Whitmore K, Dyer KE, Allira M, Demory B, Chumchal MM, Becker DJ. A paired analysis of mercury among non-invasive tissues to inform bat conservation monitoring. In review at Environmental Pollution.
Tseng KK, Koehler H, Becker DJ, Gibb R, Carlson CJ, Fernandez P, Seifert SN. Viral genomic features predict orthopoxvirus reservoir hosts. In review at Communications Biology.
Stevens T, Zimmerman R, Albery G, Becker DJ, Kading RC, Keiser CN, Khandelwal S, Kramer-Schadt S, Krut-Landau R, McKee C, Montecino-Latorre D, O'Donoghue Z, Olson SH, Poisot T, Robertson H, Ryan SJ, Seifert SN, Simons D, Vicente-Santos A, Wood CL, Graeden E, Carlson CJ. A minimum data standard for wildlife disease studies. In review at Scientific Data.
Gibb R, Ryan SJ, Pigott D, Fernandez MP, Muylaert R, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Blackburn J, Caceres-Escobar H, Celone M, Eskew EA, Frank HF, Han BA, Hulland EN, Jones KE, Katz R, Kucharski A, Limmathurotsakul D, Lippi CA, Longbottom J, Martinez J, Messina JP, Nsoesie EO, Redding DW, Romero-Alvarez D, Schmid BM, Seifert SN, Shearer F, Trisos C, Wille M, Carlson CJ. The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases. In review at Nature.
Jahn AE, Koller K, Martin LB, Verrett TB, Smiley TE, Ketterson ED, Williams EJ, Becker DJ. Drivers of exposure to West Nile virus by American robins (Turdus migratorius) in the Midwest. In review at Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology.
Cummings CA, Vicente-Santos A, Carlson CJ, Becker DJ. Viral epidemic potential is not uniformly distributed across the bat phylogeny. In review at Communications Biology.
Simonis MC, Becker DJ. A general framework for modeling pathogen transmission in co-roosting host communities. In revision at Ecology.
Lagergren J, Ruiz-Aravena M, Becker DJ, Madden W, Ruytenberg L, Hoegh A, Han BA, Peel AJ, Eby P, Jacobson D, Plowright RK. Ecological predictors of food shortages for subtropical Australian flying foxes. In revision at Biology Letters.
Nikc K, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Eskew EA, Fagre AC, Ryan SJ, Carlson CJ. Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species. In revision at Ecology & Evolution.
Fulton AM, Bergey EA, Becker DJ, Lanier HC, Watters JL, Marske KA, Siler CD. Comparative analysis of survey methodologies for population-level studies of Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum). In revision at Ichthyology & Herpetology.
Albery GF, Becker DJ, Firth J, Silk M, Sweeny AR, ... [over 90 other coauthors], Bansal S. Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems. In revision at Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Marquez MR, Talukder H, Cheng W, Becker DJ, Wimberly MC, Yang A. Micro- and macro-habitat influences on tick abundance in Oklahoma City urban parks. In revision at American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Gonzalez V, Hurtado-Monzon AH, O'Krafka S, Mühlberger E, Letko M, Frank HK, Laing E, Phelps KL, Becker DJ, Munster VJ, Falzarano D, Seifert SN, Banerjee B. Studying bats using a One Health lens: bridging the gap between bat virology and disease ecology. In revision at Journal of Virology.
Simonis MC, Whitmore K, Dyer KE, Allira M, Demory B, Chumchal MM, Becker DJ. A paired analysis of mercury among non-invasive tissues to inform bat conservation monitoring. In review at Environmental Pollution.
Tseng KK, Koehler H, Becker DJ, Gibb R, Carlson CJ, Fernandez P, Seifert SN. Viral genomic features predict orthopoxvirus reservoir hosts. In review at Communications Biology.
Stevens T, Zimmerman R, Albery G, Becker DJ, Kading RC, Keiser CN, Khandelwal S, Kramer-Schadt S, Krut-Landau R, McKee C, Montecino-Latorre D, O'Donoghue Z, Olson SH, Poisot T, Robertson H, Ryan SJ, Seifert SN, Simons D, Vicente-Santos A, Wood CL, Graeden E, Carlson CJ. A minimum data standard for wildlife disease studies. In review at Scientific Data.
Gibb R, Ryan SJ, Pigott D, Fernandez MP, Muylaert R, Albery GF, Becker DJ, Blackburn J, Caceres-Escobar H, Celone M, Eskew EA, Frank HF, Han BA, Hulland EN, Jones KE, Katz R, Kucharski A, Limmathurotsakul D, Lippi CA, Longbottom J, Martinez J, Messina JP, Nsoesie EO, Redding DW, Romero-Alvarez D, Schmid BM, Seifert SN, Shearer F, Trisos C, Wille M, Carlson CJ. The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases. In review at Nature.
Jahn AE, Koller K, Martin LB, Verrett TB, Smiley TE, Ketterson ED, Williams EJ, Becker DJ. Drivers of exposure to West Nile virus by American robins (Turdus migratorius) in the Midwest. In review at Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology.
Cummings CA, Vicente-Santos A, Carlson CJ, Becker DJ. Viral epidemic potential is not uniformly distributed across the bat phylogeny. In review at Communications Biology.
in advanced preparation
Betke BA, Gottdenker NL, Myers LA, Becker DJ. The role of anthropogenic roosting ecology in shaping viral outcomes in bats.
Verrett TB, Falvo CA, Benson E, Jones DN, Crowley DE, Dale AS, Lunn TJ, Ruiz-Aravena M, Eby P, McKee CD, Clark KL, Peel AJ, Plowright RK, Becker DJ. Black flying foxes in Australia harbor novel Borrelia lineages adjacent to Lyme and relapsing fever clades.
Vicente-Santos A, Ledezma-Campos P, Becker DJ, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Corrales-Aguilar E, Civitello DJ, Czirják GÁ, Gillespie TR. Human-induced disturbance affects immunity and multi-pathogen infection risk in ecologically divergent bats.
Becker DJ, Cummings CA, O'Shea M, Roistacher A, Rosen J, Allira M, Pereira MMT, Ansil BR, Reers AB, Vicente-Santos A, Banerjee A, Frank HK. Diverse hosts, diverse immune systems: evolutionary variation and hypotheses in bat immunology.
Crowley DE, Falvo CA, Grant CK, Lunn TJ, Jones DN, Bushmaker T, Dale AS, Benson E, Borremans B, Becker DJ, McKee CD, Yu YT, Ruiz-Arravena M, Laing E, Broder C, Sterling S, Michie M, Smith I, Goodman LB, Munster VJ, Rynda-Apple A, Peel AJ, Plowright RK. Cohorts of immature Pteropus bats show interannual variation in Hendra virus serology.
Jahn AE, Bell JA, Dispoto JH, de Angeli Dutra D, Fecchio A, Ketterson ED, Smiley TM, Verrett TB, Weckstein JD, Williams EJ, Becker DJ. Between- and within-population drivers of haemosporidian prevalence and diversity in American robins (Turdus migratorius).
Becker DJ, Vicente-Santos A, Dyer KE, Lock LR, Smotherman MS, Morales AE, Hiller M, Neely BA. Seasonal variation in immune proteins of a widespread migratory bat species.
Verrett TB, Becker DJ. The concrete jungle: effects of urban-adapted bird hosts on the specialization of their haemosporidian parasites.
Roistacher A, Gilson J, O'Shea M, Fagre AC, Seifert SN, Becker DJ. Bat immune responses examined through -omics approaches.
Lock LR, Dyer KE, Yang A, Volokhov DV, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Longitudinal impacts of habitat fragmentation on Bartonella and hemoplasma dynamics in vampire bats.
Vicente-Santos A, Cummings CA, Holmes IA, Becker DJ. Vulnerable species and deadly viruses: predicting mortality events in wildlife.
Becker DJ, Vicente-Santos A, Simonis MC, Demory B, Ciarrachi S, Ledezma-Campos P, Dyer KE, Rodríguez-Pastor R, Santibáñez P, Roistacher A, DeAnglis IK, Betke BA, Jackson RT, Lunn TJ, Webala PW, Forbes KM, Corrales-Aguilar E, Gillespie TR, Simon R, Wiantoro S, Tsang SM, Sears KE, Page RA, Simmons NB, Foster JT, Millán J, Volokhov DV. Model-guided characterization of bat hosts of hemoplasmas with zoonotic potential.
Carlson CJ, Becker DJ, Soghigian J, Sweeny AR, Bellekom B, Christofferson RR, Fagre AC, Gallichotte EN, Ryan SJ, Dallas TA. Evolutionary histories predict the life cycles of mosquito-borne viruses.
Allira M, Dyer KE, Demory B, Norman KM, Lang ML, Becker DJ. Adapting flow cytometry for studying immune tradeoffs in migratory bats.
Heckley AM, Becker DJ. Parasite traits shape the association between forest loss and infection prevalence globally.
Roistacher A, Demory B, Becker DJ. The effect of venipuncture site on hematology in bats: implications for comparative analyses.
Vicente-Santos A, Jones C, Neely BA, Ledezma-Campos P, Becker DJ, Czirják GÁ, Gillespie TR. Shifting landscapes, shifting diets: understanding the impact on vampire bat immunity.
Juman MM, Becker DJ, Restif O. Pteropodidae and paramyxoviruses: a systematic review.
Simonis MC, Ciarrachi S, Dyer KE, Allira M, Van Parys D, Whitmore K, Chumchal MM, Haase CG, Foster JT, Becker DJ. The impacts of simultaneous stressors on North American bat cellular immunity.
Vicente-Santos A, Cummings CA, Czirják GÁ, Ledezma-Campos P, Jordán L, Lock LR, Carrera JE, Dyer KE, Altizer S, Streicker DH, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Gillespie TR, Becker DJ. Ecological and evolutionary predictors of Neotropical bat immunity.
Becker DJ, Lei GS, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Relich RF. 229E- and NL63-like coronaviruses in Neotropical bats, Belize.
Verrett TB, Falvo CA, Benson E, Jones DN, Crowley DE, Dale AS, Lunn TJ, Ruiz-Aravena M, Eby P, McKee CD, Clark KL, Peel AJ, Plowright RK, Becker DJ. Black flying foxes in Australia harbor novel Borrelia lineages adjacent to Lyme and relapsing fever clades.
Vicente-Santos A, Ledezma-Campos P, Becker DJ, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Corrales-Aguilar E, Civitello DJ, Czirják GÁ, Gillespie TR. Human-induced disturbance affects immunity and multi-pathogen infection risk in ecologically divergent bats.
Becker DJ, Cummings CA, O'Shea M, Roistacher A, Rosen J, Allira M, Pereira MMT, Ansil BR, Reers AB, Vicente-Santos A, Banerjee A, Frank HK. Diverse hosts, diverse immune systems: evolutionary variation and hypotheses in bat immunology.
Crowley DE, Falvo CA, Grant CK, Lunn TJ, Jones DN, Bushmaker T, Dale AS, Benson E, Borremans B, Becker DJ, McKee CD, Yu YT, Ruiz-Arravena M, Laing E, Broder C, Sterling S, Michie M, Smith I, Goodman LB, Munster VJ, Rynda-Apple A, Peel AJ, Plowright RK. Cohorts of immature Pteropus bats show interannual variation in Hendra virus serology.
Jahn AE, Bell JA, Dispoto JH, de Angeli Dutra D, Fecchio A, Ketterson ED, Smiley TM, Verrett TB, Weckstein JD, Williams EJ, Becker DJ. Between- and within-population drivers of haemosporidian prevalence and diversity in American robins (Turdus migratorius).
Becker DJ, Vicente-Santos A, Dyer KE, Lock LR, Smotherman MS, Morales AE, Hiller M, Neely BA. Seasonal variation in immune proteins of a widespread migratory bat species.
Verrett TB, Becker DJ. The concrete jungle: effects of urban-adapted bird hosts on the specialization of their haemosporidian parasites.
Roistacher A, Gilson J, O'Shea M, Fagre AC, Seifert SN, Becker DJ. Bat immune responses examined through -omics approaches.
Lock LR, Dyer KE, Yang A, Volokhov DV, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Longitudinal impacts of habitat fragmentation on Bartonella and hemoplasma dynamics in vampire bats.
Vicente-Santos A, Cummings CA, Holmes IA, Becker DJ. Vulnerable species and deadly viruses: predicting mortality events in wildlife.
Becker DJ, Vicente-Santos A, Simonis MC, Demory B, Ciarrachi S, Ledezma-Campos P, Dyer KE, Rodríguez-Pastor R, Santibáñez P, Roistacher A, DeAnglis IK, Betke BA, Jackson RT, Lunn TJ, Webala PW, Forbes KM, Corrales-Aguilar E, Gillespie TR, Simon R, Wiantoro S, Tsang SM, Sears KE, Page RA, Simmons NB, Foster JT, Millán J, Volokhov DV. Model-guided characterization of bat hosts of hemoplasmas with zoonotic potential.
Carlson CJ, Becker DJ, Soghigian J, Sweeny AR, Bellekom B, Christofferson RR, Fagre AC, Gallichotte EN, Ryan SJ, Dallas TA. Evolutionary histories predict the life cycles of mosquito-borne viruses.
Allira M, Dyer KE, Demory B, Norman KM, Lang ML, Becker DJ. Adapting flow cytometry for studying immune tradeoffs in migratory bats.
Heckley AM, Becker DJ. Parasite traits shape the association between forest loss and infection prevalence globally.
Roistacher A, Demory B, Becker DJ. The effect of venipuncture site on hematology in bats: implications for comparative analyses.
Vicente-Santos A, Jones C, Neely BA, Ledezma-Campos P, Becker DJ, Czirják GÁ, Gillespie TR. Shifting landscapes, shifting diets: understanding the impact on vampire bat immunity.
Juman MM, Becker DJ, Restif O. Pteropodidae and paramyxoviruses: a systematic review.
Simonis MC, Ciarrachi S, Dyer KE, Allira M, Van Parys D, Whitmore K, Chumchal MM, Haase CG, Foster JT, Becker DJ. The impacts of simultaneous stressors on North American bat cellular immunity.
Vicente-Santos A, Cummings CA, Czirják GÁ, Ledezma-Campos P, Jordán L, Lock LR, Carrera JE, Dyer KE, Altizer S, Streicker DH, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Gillespie TR, Becker DJ. Ecological and evolutionary predictors of Neotropical bat immunity.
Becker DJ, Lei GS, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Relich RF. 229E- and NL63-like coronaviruses in Neotropical bats, Belize.
