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42
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7633
World Ranking
5532
National Ranking
1891

Overview

Kenneth A. Schmidt is affiliated with Texas Tech University in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Medicine and Environmental Science, with notable focus areas encompassing Surgery, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Sociology and Political Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse topics and venues. These papers include:

  • "Climate change affects bird nesting phenology: Comparing contemporary field and historical museum nesting records," 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Current applications of gait analysis after total knee arthroplasty: A scoping review," 2022, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
  • "Deterioration of nature's information webs in the Anthropocene," 2021, Oikos
  • "Embedding information flows within ecological networks," 2025, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Characterization of the Mucosally-Adherent Duodenal Microbiome in Children with and without Crohn's Disease," 2022, Pharmaceuticals

Frequent co-authors in Schmidt's work include Jakub Szymkowiak, Neeraj Vij, Christian Leber, John M. Bates, and Mason Fidino. Collaboration with these researchers has contributed broadly across ecology-related studies and medical research.

Schmidt's research topics cover several areas within their fields of study, including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

They have published frequently in journals such as Oikos, Journal of Animal Ecology, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, and Pharmaceuticals. Among these, Oikos remains the primary venue with multiple articles authored.

Best Publications

  • The ecology of infectious disease: Effects of host diversity and community composition on Lyme disease risk

    Kathleen LoGiudice;Richard S. Ostfeld;Kenneth A. Schmidt;Felicia Keesing

  • BIODIVERSITY AND THE DILUTION EFFECT IN DISEASE ECOLOGY

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Richard S. Ostfeld

  • The ecology of information: an overview on the ecological significance of making informed decisions

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Sasha R. X. Dall;Jan A. Van Gils

  • Effects of Exotic Lonicera and Rhamnus on Songbird Nest Predation

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Christopher J. Whelan

  • Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease

    F. Keesing;J. Brunner;S. Duerr;M. Killilea;M. Killilea

  • Impact of host community composition on Lyme disease risk.

    Kathleen LoGiudice;Kathleen LoGiudice;Shannon T. K. Duerr;Michael J. Newhouse;Kenneth A. Schmidt;Kenneth A. Schmidt

  • Nest predation research: Recent findings and future perspectives

    J.D. Ibanez-Alamo;Robert D Magrath;J.C. Oteyza;A.D. Chalfoun

  • Adaptive Breeding-Habitat Selection: Is it for the Birds?

    Anna D. Chalfoun;Kenneth A. Schmidt

  • SONGBIRD POPULATIONS IN FLUCTUATING ENVIRONMENTS: PREDATOR RESPONSES TO PULSED RESOURCES

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Richard S. Ostfeld

  • Co-Infection of Blacklegged Ticks with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi Is Higher than Expected and Acquired from Small Mammal Hosts

    Michelle H. Hersh;Richard S. Ostfeld;Diana J. McHenry;Michael Tibbetts

  • Foraging theory as a conceptual framework for studying nest predation

    Kenneth A. Schmidt

  • NUMERICAL AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS WITHIN A PULSE-DRIVEN SYSTEM: CONSEQUENCES FOR SHARED PREY

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Richard S. Ostfeld

  • Site fidelity in temporally correlated environments enhances population persistence

    Kenneth A. Schmidt

  • Nest Predation and Population Declines in Illinois Songbirds: a Case for Mesopredator Effects

    Kenneth A. Schmidt

  • Nest predation on woodland songbirds: When is nest predation density dependent?

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Christopher J. Whelan

  • Reservoir Competence of Vertebrate Hosts for Anaplasma phagocytophilum

    Felicia Keesing;Michelle H. Hersh;Michael Tibbetts;Diana J. McHenry

  • Infestation of Peromyscus leucopus and Tamias striatus by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in relation to the abundance of hosts and parasites.

    K. A. Schmidt;R. S. Ostfeld;E. M. Schauber

  • Wood thrush nest success and post‐fledging survival across a temporal pulse of small mammal abundance in an oak forest

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Scott A. Rush;Richard S. Ostfeld

  • The Relative Impacts of Nest Predation and Brood Parasitism on Seasonal Fecundity in Songbirds

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Christopher J. Whelan

  • Spatial heterogeneity in predator activity, nest survivorship, and nest-site selection in two forest thrushes.

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Richard S. Ostfeld;Kristina N. Smyth

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard S. Ostfeld
Richard S. Ostfeld Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Christopher J. Whelan
Christopher J. Whelan University of Illinois at Chicago
Felicia Keesing
Felicia Keesing Bard College
Joel S. Brown
Joel S. Brown University of Illinois at Chicago
Matthew G. Betts
Matthew G. Betts Oregon State University
Sasha R. X. Dall
Sasha R. X. Dall University of Exeter
François Massol
François Massol University of Lille
Jan A. van Gils
Jan A. van Gils Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Jacob R. Goheen
Jacob R. Goheen University of Wyoming
Kathryn E. Sieving
Kathryn E. Sieving University of Florida

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