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Benjamin M. Bolker

Benjamin M. Bolker

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
39271
World Ranking
1395
National Ranking
82

Overview

Benjamin M. Bolker is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada. Their research spans several main fields of study, including Medicine, Environmental Science, and Mathematics. Within these fields, their work is further focused on subfields such as Modeling and Simulation, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Ecology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research topics prominently cover COVID-19 epidemiological studies and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research. Additional areas of focus include Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Data-Driven Disease Surveillance, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Benjamin M. Bolker has contributed to various publication venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Reconciling early-outbreak estimates of the basic reproductive number and its uncertainty: framework and applications to the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, 2020, Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • Forward-looking serial intervals correctly link epidemic growth to reproduction numbers, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Parsimoniously Fitting Large Multivariate Random Effects in glmmTMB, 2025, Journal of Statistical Software
  • Reconciling early-outbreak estimates of the basic reproductive number and its uncertainty: framework and applications to the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bounding the levels of transmissibility & immune evasion of the Omicron variant in South Africa, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Benjamin M. Bolker frequently collaborates with several researchers including:

  • Jonathan Dushoff
  • David J. D. Earn
  • Michael Li
  • Sang Woo Park
  • David Champredon

Best Publications

  • glmmTMB Balances Speed and Flexibility Among Packages for Zero-inflated Generalized Linear Mixed Modeling

    Mollie Elizabeth Brooks;Kasper Kristensen;Koen J. van Benthem;Arni Magnusson

  • Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution

    Benjamin M. Bolker;Mollie E. Brooks;Connie J. Clark;Shane W. Geange

  • Ecological Models and Data in R

    Benjamin M. Bolker

  • A simple model for complex dynamical transitions in epidemics.

    David J. D. Earn;David J. D. Earn;Pejman Rohani;Benjamin M. Bolker;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • Mechanisms of disease-induced extinction

    Francisco De Castro;Benjamin Bolker

  • Spatial Moment Equations for Plant Competition: Understanding Spatial Strategies and the Advantages of Short Dispersal.

    Benjamin M. Bolker;Stephen Wilson Pacala

  • Using Moment Equations to Understand Stochastically Driven Spatial Pattern Formation in Ecological Systems

    Benjamin Bolker;Stephen W Pacala

  • Asymptotic profiles of the steady states for an SIS epidemic reaction-diffusion model

    Linda J. S. Allen;B. M. Bolker;Yuan Lou;A. L. Nevai

  • Effects of Landscape Corridors on Seed Dispersal by Birds

    Douglas J. Levey;Benjamin M. Bolker;Joshua J. Tewksbury;Sarah Sargent

  • A cross-system synthesis of consumer and nutrient resource control on producer biomass

    Daniel S. Gruner;Jennifer E. Smith;Eric W. Seabloom;Stuart A. Sandin

  • CONNECTING THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF TRAIT‐MEDIATED INTERACTIONS

    Benjamin Bolker;Marcel Holyoak;Vlastimil Křivan;Locke Rowe

  • Uncertain climate thresholds and optimal economic growth

    Klaus Keller;Benjamin M Bolker;David F Bradford

  • Modeling zero-inflated count data with glmmTMB

    Brooks Me;Kristensen K;van Benthem Kj;Magnusson A

  • Fire‐induced tree mortality in a neotropical forest: the roles of bark traits, tree size, wood density and fire behavior

    Paulo M. Brando;Paulo M. Brando;Daniel C. Nepstad;Jennifer K. Balch;Jennifer K. Balch;Benjamin Bolker

  • A Disease-Mediated Trophic Cascade in the Serengeti and its Implications for Ecosystem C

    Ricardo M. Holdo;Anthony R. E. Sinclair;Andrew P. Dobson;Kristine L. Metzger

  • Linear and generalized linear mixed models

    Benjamin M. Bolker

  • Chaos and Biological Complexity in Measles Dynamics

    B. M. Bolker;Bryan Thomas Grenfell

  • COMPARATIVE SEED SHADOWS OF BIRD-, MONKEY-, AND WIND-DISPERSED TREES

    C. J. Clark;J. R. Poulsen;B. M. Bolker;E. F. Connor

  • Space, persistence and dynamics of measles epidemics

    Benjamin Bolker;Bryan Thomas Grenfell

  • Spatial Dynamics in Model Plant Communities: What Do We Really Know?

    Benjamin M. Bolker;Stephen Wilson Pacala;Claudia Neuhauser

  • Asymptotic Profiles of the Steady States for an SIS Epidemic Patch Model

    Linda J. S. Allen;Benjamin M. Bolker;Yuan Lou;Andrew L. Nevai

  • Natal homing in juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta).

    Brian W. Bowen;Anna L. Bass;Shaio-Mei Chow;Meredith Bostrom

  • Size correction: comparing morphological traits among populations and environments

    Michael W. McCoy;Benjamin M. Bolker;Craig W. Osenberg;Benjamin G. Miner;Benjamin G. Miner

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Dushoff
Jonathan Dushoff McMaster University
Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Madan K. Oli
Madan K. Oli University of Florida
Sigal Balshine
Sigal Balshine McMaster University
John R. Poulsen
John R. Poulsen Duke University
Stephen W. Pacala
Stephen W. Pacala Princeton University
Alexander Shenkin
Alexander Shenkin Northern Arizona University
Joshua S. Weitz
Joshua S. Weitz Georgia Institute of Technology
Alan B. Bolten
Alan B. Bolten University of Florida
Craig W. Osenberg
Craig W. Osenberg University of Georgia

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