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596

Mike Boots publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mike Boots sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 206 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Mike Boots D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mike Boots sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Mike Boots is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States. Their research interests span multiple interconnected areas within the biological and medical sciences, with a particular focus on evolutionary dynamics and zoonotic diseases.

Boots' main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of particular relevance to their work are Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Sociology and Political Science, and Insect Science.

Their primary research topics cover a wide range of subjects, including Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, Viral Infections and Vectors, Zoonotic diseases and public health, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Mike Boots has contributed scholarly papers to various scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Selected recent papers by Boots are:

  • Accelerated viral dynamics in bat cell lines, with implications for zoonotic emergence, 2020, eLife
  • Bats host the most virulent-but not the most dangerous-zoonotic viruses, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Antigenic escape selects for the evolution of higher pathogen transmission and virulence, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Ecological processes underlying the emergence of novel enzootic cycles: Arboviruses in the neotropics as a case study, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • The problem of mediocre generalists: population genetics and eco-evolutionary perspectives on host breadth evolution in pathogens, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Their work often involves collaboration, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Cara E. Brook
  • Graham R. Northrup
  • Elisa Visher
  • Sarah Guth
  • Chadi M. Saad-Roy

Best Publications

  • Deformed wing virus is a recent global epidemic in honeybees driven by Varroa mites

    L. Wilfert;G. Long;H. C. Leggett;P. Schmid-Hempel

  • Ecological replacement of native red squirrels by invasive greys driven by disease

    D. M. Tompkins;A. R. White;M. Boots

  • 'Small worlds' and the evolution of virulence: infection occurs locally and at a distance.

    M. Boots;A. Sasaki

  • Trade-offs with resistance to a granulosis virus in the Indian meal moth, examined by a laboratory evolution experiment

    M. Boots;M. Begon

  • Parasite Exposure Drives Selective Evolution of Constitutive versus Inducible Defense

    Edze R. Westra;Stineke van Houte;Sam Oyesiku-Blakemore;Ben Makin

  • The diversity-generating benefits of a prokaryotic adaptive immune system

    Stineke van Houte;Alice K. E. Ekroth;Jenny M. Broniewski;Hélène Chabas;Hélène Chabas

  • The evolution of parasites in response to tolerance in their hosts: The good, the bad, and apparent commensalism

    Martin R. Miller;Andrew White;Michael Boots

  • The role of ecological feedbacks in the evolution of host defence: what does theory tell us?

    Michael Boots;Alex Best;Martin R Miller;Andrew White

  • The Evolution of Costly Resistance in Host‐Parasite Systems

    Michael Boots;Yoshihiro Haraguchi

  • Invading with biological weapons: the importance of disease-mediated invasions

    Alexander Strauss;Andy White;Mike Boots

  • Local Interactions Select for Lower Pathogen Infectivity

    Michael Boots;Michael Mealor

  • Large Shifts in Pathogen Virulence Relate to Host Population Structure

    M. Boots;P. J. Hudson;A. Sasaki

  • Urban bird declines and the fear of cats

    A. P. Beckerman;M. Boots;K. J. Gaston

  • Emerging viral disease risk to pollinating insects: ecological, evolutionary and anthropogenic factors

    Robyn Manley;Mike Boots;Lena Wilfert

  • Group living and investment in immune defence: an interspecific analysis

    Kenneth Wilson;Robert Knell;Michael Boots;Jane Koch-Osborne

  • The evolution of host resistance: tolerance and control as distinct strategies.

    M.R. Miller;A. White;M. Boots

  • How important is vertical transmission in mosquitoes for the persistence of dengue? Insights from a mathematical model

    Ben Adams;Michael Boots

  • Maintenance of host variation in tolerance to pathogens and parasites.

    A. Best;A. White;M. Boots

  • Three mechanisms of host resistance to microparasites-avoidance, recovery and tolerance-show different evolutionary dynamics.

    Michael Boots;Roger G Bowers

  • Within and transgenerational immune priming in an insect to a DNA virus.

    Hannah J. Tidbury;Amy B. Pedersen;Mike Boots

  • Generalism and the evolution of parasite virulence.

    Helen C. Leggett;Helen C. Leggett;Angus Buckling;Gráinne H. Long;Mike Boots

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew White
Andrew White Heriot-Watt University
Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Darren P. Croft
Darren P. Croft University of Exeter
Robbie A. McDonald
Robbie A. McDonald University of Exeter
Marcel A. Müller
Marcel A. Müller Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Richard J. Delahay
Richard J. Delahay Animal and Plant Health Agency
Angus Buckling
Angus Buckling University of Exeter
David J. Hodgson
David J. Hodgson University of Exeter
Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Kartik Chandran
Kartik Chandran Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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