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72
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22561
World Ranking
1227
National Ranking
455

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Pieter T. J. Johnson is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with extensive work in ecology, genetics, global and planetary change, public health, environmental and occupational health, and ecological modeling. Their contributions amount to more than eighty published works within these fields.

The scientist's main topics of study include parasite biology and host interactions, amphibian and reptile biology, evolution and genetic dynamics, species distribution and climate change, helminth infection and control, zoonotic diseases and public health, and broader parasites and host interactions. These thematic areas reflect a strong emphasis on disease ecology and host-parasite relationships, particularly within amphibian species and broader ecological contexts.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Why disease ecology needs life-history theory: a host perspective" (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • "Towards a mechanistic understanding of competence: a missing link in diversity-disease research" (2020, Parasitology)
  • "Navigating the trade-offs between environmental DNA and conventional field surveys for improved amphibian monitoring" (2022, Ecosphere)
  • "Tracking the assembly of nested parasite communities: Using β-diversity to understand variation in parasite richness and composition over time and scale" (2020, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • "Toxoplasmosis: Recent Advances in Understanding the Link Between Infection and Host Behavior" (2020, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Pieter T. J. Johnson has coauthored multiple works with Dana M. Calhoun, Travis McDevitt-Galles, Wynne E. Moss, Tara E. Stewart Merrill, and Cheryl J. Briggs. The frequency of these collaborations suggests active involvement in diverse research projects within their field.

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in several key venues that include Ecology Letters, Parasitology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Helminthology, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. Each of these journals features multiple publications by them, indicating sustained contributions to these outlets.

Pieter T. J. Johnson received the George Mercer Award from The Ecological Society of America in 2013, a recognition related to their ecological research contributions.

Best Publications

  • Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

    Andrea J. Reid;Andrew K. Carlson;Irena F. Creed;Erika J. Eliason

  • Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: From Evidence to a Predictive Framework

    Sonia Altizer;Richard S. Ostfeld;Pieter T. J. Johnson;Susan Kutz

  • Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links

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

  • Dam invaders: impoundments facilitate biological invasions into freshwaters

    Pieter Tj Johnson;Julian D Olden;M Jake Vander Zanden

  • The effect of trematode infection on amphibian limb development and survivorship.

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Kevin B. Lunde;Euan G. Ritchie;Alan E. Launer

  • Why infectious disease research needs community ecology.

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Jacobus C. de Roode;Andy Fenton

  • Aquatic eutrophication promotes pathogenic infection in amphibians

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Jonathan M. Chase;Katherine L. Dosch;Richard B. Hartson

  • The complexity of amphibian population declines: understanding the role of cofactors in driving amphibian losses

    Andrew R. Blaustein;Barbara A. Han;Rick A. Relyea;Pieter T.J. Johnson

  • Biodiversity decreases disease through predictable changes in host community competence

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Daniel L. Preston;Jason T. Hoverman;Katherine L. D. Richgels

  • Frontiers in climate change–disease research

    Jason R. Rohr;Andrew P. Dobson;Pieter T.J. Johnson;A. Marm Kilpatrick

  • Diversity, decoys and the dilution effect: how ecological communities affect disease risk

    P. T. J. Johnson;D. W. Thieltges

  • When parasites become prey: ecological and epidemiological significance of eating parasites

    Pieter T.J. Johnson;Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty;David J. Marcogliese

  • From superspreaders to disease hotspots: linking transmission across hosts and space.

    Sara H Paull;Sejin Song;Katherine M McClure;Katherine M McClure;Loren C Sackett

  • Parasite (Ribeiroia ondatrae) infection linked to amphibian malformations in the western United States

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Kevin B. Lunde;E. Michael Thurman;Euan G. Ritchie

  • The complexity of deformed amphibians

    Andrew R. Blaustein;Pieter T. J. Johnson

  • Linking environmental nutrient enrichment and disease emergence in humans and wildlife

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Alan R. Townsend;Cory C. Cleveland;Patricia M. Glibert

  • Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines

    Evan H. Campbell Grant;David A. W. Miller;Benedikt R. Schmidt;Michael J. Adams

  • Frontiers in research on biodiversity and disease

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Richard S. Ostfeld;Felicia Keesing

  • Living fast and dying of infection: host life history drives interspecific variation in infection and disease risk

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Jason R. Rohr;Jason T. Hoverman;Esra Kellermanns

  • Chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has nonamphibian hosts and releases chemicals that cause pathology in the absence of infection

    Taegan A. McMahon;Laura A. Brannelly;Matthew W. H. Chatfield;Pieter T. J. Johnson

  • Parasites in the food web: linking amphibian malformations and aquatic eutrophication

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Jonathan M. Chase

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason T. Hoverman
Jason T. Hoverman Purdue University West Lafayette
Andrew R. Blaustein
Andrew R. Blaustein Oregon State University
Jason R. Rohr
Jason R. Rohr University of Notre Dame
Cheryl J. Briggs
Cheryl J. Briggs University of California, Santa Barbara
Julian D. Olden
Julian D. Olden University of Washington
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kevin D. Lafferty
Kevin D. Lafferty United States Geological Survey
Richard S. Ostfeld
Richard S. Ostfeld Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
David W. Thieltges
David W. Thieltges Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Diane M. McKnight
Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder

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