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52
Citations
11043
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3453
National Ranking
1215

Overview

Michael C. Runge is affiliated with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the United States. Their research spans across multiple disciplines with a primary focus on Medicine and Environmental Science. Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Modeling and Simulation, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Epidemiology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their scholarly work covers a wide range of topics such as COVID-19 epidemiological studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Influenza Virus Research Studies, and Economic and Environmental Valuation.

Michael C. Runge has published numerous papers in several notable academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Epidemics
  • UNC Libraries
  • Conservation Biology
  • Ecological Applications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael C. Runge include:

  • Modeling of Future COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Rates and Nonpharmaceutical Intervention Scenarios - United States, April-September 2021 (2021), MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • An introduction to decision science for conservation (2021), Conservation Biology
  • The changing dynamics of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1: Next steps for management & science in North America (2023), Biological Conservation
  • Harnessing multiple models for outbreak management (2020), Science
  • Collaborative Hubs: Making the Most of Predictive Epidemic Modeling (2022), American Journal of Public Health

Michael C. Runge has collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Katriona Shea
  • Cécile Viboud
  • Emily Howerton
  • Rebecca K. Borchering
  • Justin Lessler

Best Publications

  • Ecological and evolutionary traps.

    Martin A. Schlaepfer;Michael C. Runge;Paul W. Sherman

  • Which uncertainty? Using expert elicitation and expected value of information to design an adaptive program

    Michael C. Runge;Michael C. Runge;Sarah J. Converse;James E. Lyons

  • Monitoring in the Context of Structured Decision-Making and Adaptive Management

    James E. Lyons;Michael C. Runge;Harold P. Laskowski;William L. Kendall

  • Introduced species as evolutionary traps

    Martin A. Schlaepfer;Paul W. Sherman;Bernd Blossey;Michael C. Runge

  • Structured decision making as a conceptual framework to identify thresholds for conservation and management.

    Julien Martin;Julien Martin;Michael C. Runge;James D. Nichols;Bruce C. Lubow

  • Climate change threatens polar bear populations: a stochastic demographic analysis

    Christine M. Hunter;Hal Caswell;Michael C. Runge;Eric V. Regehr

  • Adaptive harvest management of North American waterfowl populations: a brief history and future prospects

    James D. Nichols;Michael C. Runge;Fred A. Johnson;Byron K. Williams

  • The role of local populations within a landscape context: defining and classifying sources and sinks.

    Jonathan P. Runge;Michael C. Runge;James D. Nichols

  • New interventions are needed to save coral reefs

    Ken Anthony;Line K Bay;Robert Costanza;Jennifer Firn

  • Decision support frameworks and tools for conservation

    Mark W. Schwartz;Carly N. Cook;Robert L. Pressey;Andrew S. Pullin

  • The use of photographic rates to estimate densities of tigers and other cryptic mammals: a comment on misleading conclusions

    Christopher S. Jennelle;Michael C. Runge;Darryl I. MacKenzie

  • An Introduction to Adaptive Management for Threatened and Endangered Species

    Michael C. Runge

  • Allocating monitoring effort in the face of unknown unknowns

    Brendan A. Wintle;Michael C. Runge;Sarah A. Bekessy

  • An introduction to decision science for conservation.

    Victoria Hemming;Abbey E Camaclang;Megan Adams;Mark Burgman

  • Conservation in the face of climate change: The roles of alternative models, monitoring, and adaptation in confronting and reducing uncertainty

    Michael J. Conroy;Michael C. Runge;Michael C. Runge;James D. Nichols;Kirk W. Stodola

  • Optimal timing for managed relocation of species faced with climate change

    Eve McDonald-Madden;Eve McDonald-Madden;Michael C. Runge;Michael C. Runge;Hugh P. Possingham;Tara G. Martin;Tara G. Martin

  • Planning for robust reserve networks using uncertainty analysis

    Atte Moilanen;Michael Runge;Jane Elith;Andrew J. Tyre

  • White-nose syndrome is likely to extirpate the endangered Indiana bat over large parts of its range

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Carol A. Sanders-Reed;Jennifer A. Szymanski;Patrick C. McKann

  • Modeling seasonal interactions in the population dynamics of migratory birds

    M. C. Runge;Peter P. Marra

  • How much is new information worth? Evaluating the financial benefit of resolving management uncertainty

    Sean L. Maxwell;Jonathan R. Rhodes;Michael C. Runge;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Special Issue Article: Adaptive management for biodiversity conservation in an uncertain world Which uncertainty? Using expert elicitation and expected value of information to design an adaptive program

    Michael C. Runge;Sarah J. Converse;James E. Lyons

Frequent Co-Authors

Katriona Shea
Katriona Shea Pennsylvania State University
Julien Martin
Julien Martin United States Geological Survey
Eve McDonald-Madden
Eve McDonald-Madden University of Queensland
James D. Nichols
James D. Nichols United States Geological Survey
Wayne E. Thogmartin
Wayne E. Thogmartin United States Geological Survey
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Brendan A. Wintle
Brendan A. Wintle University of Melbourne
Joslin L. Moore
Joslin L. Moore Monash University
John M. Eadie
John M. Eadie University of California, Davis
William L. Kendall
William L. Kendall United States Geological Survey

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