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Michael C. Wimberly is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Global and Planetary Change, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist's work addresses key topics including mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, malaria research and control, fire effects on ecosystems, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, land use and ecosystem services, and climate change and health impacts.

Michael C. Wimberly has authored several research papers, notable among them:

  • Land cover affects microclimate and temperature suitability for arbovirus transmission in an urban landscape (2020), published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Satellite Observations and Malaria: New Opportunities for Research and Applications (2021), published in Trends in Parasitology

Other recent influential papers in the field related to environmental risk and disease transmission include:

  • Humidity - The overlooked variable in the thermal biology of mosquito-borne disease (2023), published in Ecology Letters (authored by Joel J. Brown)
  • Forest disturbance decreased in China from 1986 to 2020 despite regional variations (2023), published in Communications Earth & Environment (authored by Zhihua Liu)
  • Remote sensing of environmental risk factors for malaria in different geographic contexts (2021), published in International Journal of Health Geographics (authored by Andrea McMahon)

Frequent collaborators of Michael C. Wimberly include:

  • Dawn M. Nekorchuk
  • Courtney C. Murdock
  • Andrews Korah
  • Mercedes Pascual
  • Dan Wanyama

Their research is regularly published in venues such as:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Scientific Data
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Open Access Government
  • GeoHealth

Best Publications

  • Recent land use change in the Western Corn Belt threatens grasslands and wetlands

    Christopher K. Wright;Michael C. Wimberly

  • Simulating historical variability in the amount of old forests in the Oregon Coast Range.

    Michael C. Wimberly;Thomas A. Spies;Colin J. Long;Cathy Whitlock

  • Climate‐driven global changes in carbon use efficiency

    Yangjian Zhang;Guirui Yu;Jian Yang;Michael C. Wimberly

  • Assessment of fire severity and species diversity in the southern Appalachians using Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery

    Michael C. Wimberly;Matthew J. Reilly

  • Factors affecting the geographic distribution of West Nile virus in Georgia, USA: 2002-2004

    Samantha E J Gibbs;Michael C Wimberly;Marguerite Madden;Janna Masour

  • Estimation of wildfire size and risk changes due to fuels treatments

    M. A. Cochrane;C. J. Moran;M. C. Wimberly;A. D. Baer

  • Remote sensing-based time series models for malaria early warning in the highlands of Ethiopia

    Alemayehu Midekisa;Gabriel Senay;Geoffrey M Henebry;Paulos Semuniguse

  • Influences of forest roads on the spatial patterns of human- and lightning-caused wildfire ignitions

    Ganapathy Narayanaraj;Michael C. Wimberly

  • Distance-dependent and distance-independent models of Douglas-fir and western hemlock basal area growth following silvicultural treatment

    Michael C. Wimberly;B.Bruce Bare

  • Integrating modelling and smart sensors for environmental and human health

    Stefan Reis;Edmund Seto;Amanda Northcross;Nigel W.T. Quinn

  • Influences of environment and disturbance on forest patterns in coastal oregon watersheds

    Michael C. Wimberly;Thomas A. Spies

  • Weather and land cover influences on mosquito populations in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

    Ting Wu Chuang;Michael B. Hildreth;Denise L. Vanroekel;Michael C. Wimberly

  • A multi-scale assessment of human and environmental constraints on forest land cover change on the Oregon (USA) coast range

    Michael C. Wimberly;Janet L. Ohmann

  • Cropland expansion and grassland loss in the eastern Dakotas: New insights from a farm-level survey

    Michael Charles Wimberly;Larry L. Janssen;David A. Hennessy;Moses Luri

  • Assessing fuel treatment effectiveness using satellite imagery and spatial statistics.

    Michael C. Wimberly;Mark A. Cochrane;Adam D. Baer;Kari Pabst

  • Species dynamics in disturbed landscapes : when does a shifting habitat mosaic enhance connectivity?

    Michael Charles Wimberly

  • Mapping wildland fuels and forest structure for land management: a comparison of nearest neighbor imputation and other methods

    Kenneth B. PierceK.B. Pierce;Janet L. OhmannJ.L. Ohmann;Michael C. WimberlyM.C. Wimberly;Matthew J. GregoryM.J. Gregory

  • Spatial Patterns of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors in the Conterminous U.S.

    Akihiko Michimi;Michael Charles Wimberly

  • Seasonal associations of climatic drivers and malaria in the highlands of Ethiopia

    Alemayehu Midekisa;Belay Beyene;Abere Mihretie;Estifanos Bayabil

  • Spatial simulation of historical landscape patterns in coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest

    Michael C Wimberly

  • Grassland connectivity in fragmented agricultural landscapes of the north-central United States

    Michael C. Wimberly;Diane M. Narem;Peter J. Bauman;Benjamin T. Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey M. Henebry
Geoffrey M. Henebry Michigan State University
Thomas A. Spies
Thomas A. Spies US Forest Service
Gabriel B. Senay
Gabriel B. Senay United States Geological Survey
Mark A. Cochrane
Mark A. Cochrane University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Yangjian Zhang
Yangjian Zhang Hebei University
Michael J. Yabsley
Michael J. Yabsley University of Georgia
David A. Hennessy
David A. Hennessy Iowa State University
John A. Stanturf
John A. Stanturf US Forest Service
Todd J. Hawbaker
Todd J. Hawbaker United States Geological Survey
Zhiliang Zhu
Zhiliang Zhu United States Geological Survey

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