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Scott Lyell Gardner is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science, with a focus on parasite biology and host interactions, evolution and paleontology studies, and zoonotic diseases and public health.

The primary areas of study include:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Gardner has published extensively in related subfields such as ecology, paleontology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, public health, environmental and occupational health, and genetics.

Frequent publication venues for Gardner include:

  • Parasitology
  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • Journal of Parasitology
  • ZooKeys
  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology

Some recent papers associated with Gardner's research include:

  • "Filling the gap in distribution ranges and conservation status in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)", 2023, Journal of Mammalogy
  • "Host relationships and geographic distribution of species of Acanthobothrium Blanchard, 1848 (Onchoproteocephalidea, Onchobothriidae) in elasmobranchs: a metadata analysis", 2020, ZooKeys
  • "Conservation status and natural history of Ctenomys, tuco-tucos in Bolivia", 2021, Therya
  • "Host-Switching Events in Litomosoides Chandler, 1931 (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) are Not Rampant But Clade Dependent", 2021, Journal of Parasitology
  • "Helminth and protozoan parasites of subterranean rodents (Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia) of the world", 2023, ZooKeys

Gardner also has coauthored with several researchers multiple times. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Altangerel Tsogtsaikhan Dursahinhan
  • Sebastián Botero-Cañola
  • F. Agustín Jiménez
  • Juliana Notarnicola
  • Francisco Tiago de Vasconcelos Melo

Gardner has contributed to book publications, with two titles released by Princeton University Press in 2022, both titled Parasites.

Best Publications

  • Mapping the presence of Wolbachia pipientis on the phylogeny of filarial nematodes: evidence for symbiont loss during evolution.

    Maurizio Casiraghi;Odile Bain;Ricardo Guerrero;Coralie Martin

  • Are Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum a single species

    Daniela Leles;Scott L. Gardner;Karl Reinhard;Alena M Iñiguez

  • A phylogenetic hypothesis for species of the genus Taenia (Eucestoda : Taeniidae).

    Eric P. Hoberg;Arlene Jones;Robert L. Rausch;Keeseon S. Eom

  • Phylogenetic analysis of nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus using nuclear 26S rDNA

    Luma Al-Banna;Valerie M Williamson;Scott Lyell Gardner

  • Finding them before they find us: informatics, parasites, and environments in accelerating climate change.

    Daniel R. Brooks;Eric P. Hoberg;Walter A. Boeger;Scott Lyell Gardner

  • Parasites as probes for prehistoric human migrations

    Adauto Araújo;Karl J. Reinhard;Luiz Fernando Ferreira;Scott Lyell Gardner

  • Parasites as probes for biodiversity.

    Scott Lyell Gardner;Mariel L. Campbell

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Designation and curatorial management of type host specimens (Symbiotypes) for new parasite species

    Jennifer K. Frey;Terry L. Yates;Donald W. Duszynski;William L. Gannon

  • The Enterobiinae subfam. nov. (Nematoda, Oxyurida) pinworm parasites of primates and rodents

    Jean-Pierre Hugot;Scott Lyell Gardner;Serge Morand

  • Phylogenetic analysis based on 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences supports the existence of class polyacanthocephala (acanthocephala)

    Martin Garcia-Varela;Michael P. Cummings;Gerardo Perez-Ponce de Leon;Scott Lyell Gardner

  • Body size evolution of oxyurid (Nematoda) parasites: the role of hosts.

    Serge Morand;Pierre Legendre;Scott Lyell Gardner;Jean-Pierre Hugot

  • Building an integrated infrastructure for exploring biodiversity: field collections and archives of mammals and parasites.

    Kurt E Galbreath;Eric P Hoberg;Joseph A Cook;Blas Armién

  • A new species of Heterorhabditis from the Hawaiian Islands.

    Gardner Sl;Stock Sp;Kaya Hk

  • Systematics of the Eucestoda: advances toward a new phylogenetic paradigm, and observations on the early diversification of tapeworms and vertebrates.

    Eric P. Hoberg;Scott Lyell Gardner;Ronald A. Campbell

  • Polymorphism of Eimerian Oocysts Can be a Problem in Naturally Infected Hosts: An Example from Subterranean Rodents in Bolivia

    Scott Lyell Gardner;Donald W. Duszynski

  • Trematode–gastropod associations in nine non-lacustrine habitats in the Mwanza region of Tanzania

    E. S. Loker;H. G. Moyo;S. L. Gardner

  • Zoonotic and Human Parasites of Inhabitants of Cueva de Los Muertos Chiquitos, Rio Zape Valley, Durango, Mexico

    F. Agustín Jiménez;Scott L. Gardner;Adauto Araújo;Martín Fugassa

  • New and Known Species of Litomosoides (Nematoda: Filarioidea): Important Adult and Larval Characters and Taxonomic Changes

    Ricardo Guerrero;Coralie Martin;Scott Lyell Gardner;Odile Bain

  • Discovery of a 240 million year old nematode parasite egg in a cynodont coprolite sheds light on the early origin of pinworms in vertebrates

    Jean Pierre Hugot;Scott L Gardner;Victor Borba;Priscilla Araujo

  • New Species of Ctenomys Blainville 1826 (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from the Lowlands and Central Valleys of Bolivia

    Scott Lyell Gardner;Jorge Salazar-Bravo;Joseph A. Cook

  • Parasitism of the Zweeloo Woman: Dicrocoeliasis evidenced in a Roman period bog mummy

    Nicole Searcey;Karl J. Reinhard;Eduard Egarter-Vigl;Frank Maixner

  • Parasitism of Prehistoric Humans and Companion Animals from Antelope Cave, Mojave County, Northwest Arizona

    Martín Horacio Fugassa;Karl Reinhard;Keith L. Johnson;Scott L. Gardner

  • Tick‐, mosquito‐, and rodent‐borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network

    Yuri P. Springer;Yuri P. Springer;David Hoekman;David Hoekman;Pieter T. J. Johnson;Paul A. Duffy

  • Identification of Heterorhabditis ( Nematoda : Heterorhabditidae ) from California with a new species isolated from the larvae of the ghost moth Hepialis californicus ( Lepidoptera : Hepialidae ) from the Bodega Bay Natural Reserve

    S. Patricia Stock;Donald R. Strong;Scott Lyell Gardner

  • Phyletic coevolution between subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Hystricognathi) and nematodes of the genus Paraspidodera (Heterakoidea: Aspidoderidae) in the Neotropics: temporal and evolutionary implications

    Scott Lyell Gardner

  • Critical Comment: Designation and Curatorial Management of Type Host Specimens (Symbiotypes) for New Parasite Species

    Jennifer K. Frey;Terry L. Yates;Donald Duszynski;William L. Gannon

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Duszynski
Donald W. Duszynski University of New Mexico
Serge Morand
Serge Morand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Eric P. Hoberg
Eric P. Hoberg United States Department of Agriculture
A. Townsend Peterson
A. Townsend Peterson University of Kansas
Joseph A. Cook
Joseph A. Cook University of New Mexico
Harry K. Kaya
Harry K. Kaya University of California, Davis
Laura D. Kramer
Laura D. Kramer University at Albany, State University of New York
Walter A. Boeger
Walter A. Boeger Federal University of Paraná
Gerald D. Schmidt
Gerald D. Schmidt University of Washington
Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León
Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León National Autonomous University of Mexico

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