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Scott R. Loss is affiliated with Oklahoma State University in the United States and specializes in research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work covers various subfields including Ecology, Infectious Diseases, Global and Planetary Change, Parasitology, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research primarily revolves around topics related to avian ecology and behavior, wildlife ecology and conservation, viral infections and vectors, species distribution and climate change, vector-borne infectious diseases, wildlife-road interactions and conservation, and human-animal interaction studies.

Some of the recent notable papers by Scott R. Loss include:

  • A meta-analysis of the influence of anthropogenic noise on terrestrial wildlife communication strategies, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Review and synthesis of the global literature on domestic cat impacts on wildlife, 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Limitations, lack of standardization, and recommended best practices in studies of renewable energy effects on birds and bats, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • Correlates of bird collisions with buildings across three North American countries, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • Estimates of wildlife killed by free-ranging cats in China, 2020, Biological Conservation

Scott R. Loss frequently collaborates with colleagues including Bruce H. Noden, Timothy J. O'Connell, Ellen P. Robertson, Jared A. Elmore, and David W. Londe.

The scientist has published multiple papers in key academic venues such as Ornithological Applications, Biological Conservation, Journal of Medical Entomology, Journal of Applied Ecology, and Conservation Biology.

Best Publications

  • The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States

    Scott R. Loss;Tom Will;Peter P. Marra

  • A call for full annual cycle research in animal ecology.

    Peter P. Marra;Emily B. Cohen;Scott R. Loss;Jordan E. Rutter

  • Bird–building collisions in the United States: Estimates of annual mortality and species vulnerability

    Scott R. Loss;Tom Will;Sara S. Loss;Peter P. Marra

  • Global distribution of earthworm diversity

    Helen R P Phillips;Carlos A Guerra;Marie L C Bartz;Maria J I Briones

  • Host Selection by Culex pipiens Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus Amplification

    Gabriel L. Hamer;Uriel D. Kitron;Tony L. Goldberg;Jeffrey D. Brawn

  • Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic Causes

    Scott R. Loss;Tom Will;Peter P. Marra

  • Estimates of bird collision mortality at wind facilities in the contiguous United States

    Scott R. Loss;Tom Will;Peter P. Marra

  • Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae): a bridge vector of West Nile virus to humans.

    Gabriel L. Hamer;Uriel D. Kitron;Jeffrey D. Brawn;Scott R. Loss

  • Assisted colonization: Integrating conservation strategies in the face of climate change

    Scott R. Loss;Lauren A. Terwilliger;Anna C. Peterson;Anna C. Peterson

  • Relationships between avian diversity, neighborhood age, income, and environmental characteristics of an urban landscape

    Scott R. Loss;Marilyn O. Ruiz;Jeffrey D. Brawn

  • Estimation of Bird-Vehicle Collision Mortality on U.S. Roads

    Scott R. Loss;Tom Will;Peter P. Marra

  • Refining estimates of bird collision and electrocution mortality at power lines in the United States.

    Scott R. Loss;Tom Will;Peter P. Marra

  • The unseen invaders: introduced earthworms as drivers of change in plant communities in North American forests (a meta-analysis)

    Dylan Craven;Madhav P. Thakur;Erin K. Cameron;Erin K. Cameron;Lee E. Frelich

  • Population impacts of free‐ranging domestic cats on mainland vertebrates

    Scott R Loss;Peter P Marra

  • Direct human-caused mortality of birds: improving quantification of magnitude and assessment of population impact

    Scott R Loss;Tom Will;Peter P Marra

  • Fine-Scale Variation in Vector Host Use and Force of Infection Drive Localized Patterns of West Nile Virus Transmission

    Gabriel L. Hamer;Gabriel L. Hamer;Luis Fernando Chaves;Luis Fernando Chaves;Tavis K. Anderson;Uriel D. Kitron

  • Rapid amplification of West Nile virus: the role of hatch-year birds.

    Gabriel L. Hamer;Edward D. Walker;Jeffrey D. Brawn;Scott R. Loss

  • Wild birds and urban ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2005-2010.

    Sarah A. Hamer;Tony L. Goldberg;Uriel D. Kitron;Jeffrey D. Brawn

  • Avian host community structure and prevalence of West Nile virus in Chicago, Illinois

    Scott R. Loss;Scott R. Loss;Gabriel L. Hamer;Edward D. Walker;Marilyn O. Ruiz

  • Side‐swiped: ecological cascades emanating from earthworm invasions

    Lee E Frelich;Bernd Blossey;Erin K Cameron;Erin K Cameron;Andrea Dávalos;Andrea Dávalos

  • Fine-scale genetic variation and evolution of West Nile Virus in a transmission “hot spot” in suburban Chicago, USA

    Luigi Bertolotti;Uriel D. Kitron;Edward D. Walker;Marilyn O. Ruiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter P. Marra
Peter P. Marra Georgetown University
Jeffrey D. Brawn
Jeffrey D. Brawn University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Uriel Kitron
Uriel Kitron Emory University
Tony L. Goldberg
Tony L. Goldberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Edward D. Walker
Edward D. Walker Michigan State University
Todd E. Katzner
Todd E. Katzner United States Geological Survey
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Bernd Blossey
Bernd Blossey Cornell University
Douglas H. Johnson
Douglas H. Johnson United States Geological Survey
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf Oklahoma State University

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