Erin A. Mordecai

The paper examines how ecological opportunity and evolutionary relatedness predict parasite sharing across different mammalian taxonomic scales, finding that geography's importance declines while evolutionary relatedness increases with broader taxonomic scope.

The paper finds that bird functional dispersion predicts dengue vector presence in Costa Rican landscapes, outperforming other predictors.

This study assesses the vector competence of North American Culex mosquitoes for the JEV Nakayama strain across temperatures, finding low but non-zero transmission potential with Cx. pipiens as the most permissive species.

The paper examines how WNV infection and temperature interact to affect mosquito traits and transmission potential, finding infection alters thermal performance and reduces estimated transmission intensity.

This study develops species distribution models for Aedes sierrensis, finding that temperature and precipitation nonlinearly shape its range, with optimal conditions in specific temperature ranges and seasonal rainfall patterns.

The paper shows CDV persists in Arctic foxes for over a decade and spreads across species and regions, connecting North America to Eurasia.

The paper examines how heatwaves affect mosquito-parasite interactions, finding that heatwaves reduce parasitism and increase survival by allowing mosquitoes to evade infection.

The paper examines how water availability affects West Nile virus dynamics in water-limited regions using mosquito data and panel models, finding contrasting effects on abundance and infection rates.

The paper investigates how temperature affects mosquito parasite infection across a climate gradient, finding nonlinear thermal responses and consistent results between field and lab studies.

This paper introduces flexTPC, a flexible and interpretable thermal performance curve model that outperforms existing models in predictive performance across microbial and entomological datasets.

GeneDrive.jl optimizes vector-borne disease management strategies under climate change by integrating genetic biocontrol and temperature-responsive dynamics.

The paper examines how local tree cover affects mosquito species richness and disease vector presence in tropical landscapes, finding tree cover supports biodiversity and reduces vector presence at small spatial scales.

This study reviews 178 studies on mosquito range shifts, finding most expansions linked to human activities rather than climate change.

The paper shows that rising temperatures correlate with increased West Nile virus genetic diversity and transmission potential in mosquitoes.

This study shows Aedes sierrensis has heritable genetic variation in heat tolerance that could allow it to adapt to warming faster than projected climate changes.

This study estimates thermal safety margins for 8 mosquito species across their ranges to assess vulnerability to climate warming, finding higher vulnerability in subtropical regions and desert biomes.

This study compares mechanistic and machine learning approaches to estimate mosquito thermal responses, finding strong agreement for thermal minima but less for optima between lab and field data.

The paper examines body size and thermal tolerance in mosquito populations across a latitudinal gradient, finding that lower latitude populations are more thermally tolerant and smaller.

The paper uses machine learning and remote sensing to analyze 30 years of snail occurrence data in Brazil, showing climate change and urbanization have altered Biomphalaria habitat suitability.