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Overview

Kevin D. Lafferty is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology. Their body of work covers several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Global and Planetary Change; Molecular Biology; and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research topics encompass a diverse range of areas. Key subjects include:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine animal studies overview

Kevin D. Lafferty has contributed to multiple publications, with frequent appearances in specialized venues. Their top publication venues are:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Ecology
  • The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Their recent papers, published in 2020, include:

  • "A global parasite conservation plan" in Biological Conservation
  • "Calibrating Environmental DNA Metabarcoding to Conventional Surveys for Measuring Fish Species Richness" in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "How to identify win-win interventions that benefit human health and conservation" in Nature Sustainability
  • "At Palmyra Atoll, the fish-community environmental DNA signal changes across habitats but not with tides" in Journal of Fish Biology
  • "Models with environmental drivers offer a plausible mechanism for the rapid spread of infectious disease outbreaks in marine organisms" in Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in their research include Chelsea L. Wood, Susanne H. Sokolow, Giulio A. De Leo, Skylar Hopkins, and Isabel J. Jones. Each has contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing scientific partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Parasitology meets ecology on its own terms: Margolis et al. revisited.

    Albert O. Bush;Kevin D. Lafferty;Jeffrey M. Lotz;Allen W. Shostak

  • Introduced species and their missing parasites

    Mark E. Torchin;Kevin D. Lafferty;Andrew P. Dobson;Valerie J. McKenzie

  • The ecology of climate change and infectious diseases

    Kevin D. Lafferty

  • Is a healthy ecosystem one that is rich in parasites

    Peter John Hudson;Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty

  • Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Stefano Allesina;Matias Arim;Cherie J. Briggs

  • Parasites dominate food web links

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Andrew P. Dobson;Armand M. Kuris

  • Homage to Linnaeus: How many parasites? How many hosts?

    Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris;Ryan F. Hechinger

  • Infectious Diseases Affect Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics

    Kevin D. Lafferty;C. Drew Harvell;Jonathan M. Conrad;Carolyn S. Friedman

  • Optimal temperature for malaria transmission is dramatically lower than previously predicted.

    Eerin A. Mordecai;Krijin P. Paaijmans;Leah R. Johnson;Christian Balzer

  • Decadal trends in marine reserves reveal differential rates of change in direct and indirect effects

    RC Babcock;Nicholas Shears;AC Alcala;NS Barrett

  • Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries

    Armand M. Kuris;Ryan F. Hechinger;Jenny C. Shaw;Kathleen L. Whitney

  • Altered Behavior of Parasitized Killifish Increases Susceptibility to Predation by Bird Final Hosts

    Kevin D. Lafferty;A. Kimo Morris

  • Evidence for the Role of Infectious Disease in Species Extinction and Endangerment

    Katherine F. Smith;Dov F. Sax;Kevin D. Lafferty

  • Environmental parasitology: What can parasites tell us about human impacts on the environment?

    K.D. Lafferty

  • ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING CANDIDATE SITES FOR MARINE RESERVES

    Callum M. Roberts;Sandy Andelman;George Branch;Rodrigo H. Bustamante

  • Host diversity begets parasite diversity: bird final hosts and trematodes in snail intermediate hosts

    Ryan F Hechinger;Kevin D Lafferty

  • How environmental stress affects the impacts of parasites

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris

  • Keeping the herds healthy and alert: implications of predator control for infectious disease

    Craig Packer;Robert D. Holt;Peter J. Hudson;Kevin D. Lafferty

  • Applying ecological criteria to marine reserve design: A case study from the california channel islands

    Satie Airamé;Jenifer E. Dugan;Kevin D. Lafferty;Heather Leslie

  • APPLICATION OF ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA IN SELECTING MARINE RESERVES AND DEVELOPING RESERVE NETWORKS

    Callum M. Roberts;George Branch;Rodrigo H. Bustamante;Juan Carlos Castilla

  • The ecology of climate change and infectious diseases: reply

    Kevin D. Lafferty

Frequent Co-Authors

Armand M. Kuris
Armand M. Kuris University of California, Santa Barbara
Andrew P. Dobson
Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University
Mark E. Torchin
Mark E. Torchin Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Jenny Shaw
Jenny Shaw University of Manchester
Giulio A. De Leo
Giulio A. De Leo Stanford University
Frédéric Thomas
Frédéric Thomas University of Montpellier
Mercedes Pascual
Mercedes Pascual University of Chicago
Sadie J. Ryan
Sadie J. Ryan University of Florida
Richard F. Ambrose
Richard F. Ambrose University of California, Los Angeles
Per-Arne Amundsen
Per-Arne Amundsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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