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42
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5521
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Overview

William E. Grant is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on areas such as Ecology, Parasitology, Insect Science, Infectious Diseases, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main research topics address vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, insect-plant interactions and control, insect pest control strategies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and species distribution and climate change.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with William E. Grant include:

  • Hsiao-Hsuan Wang
  • Tomasz E. Koralewski
  • Pete D. Teel
  • Michael J. Brewer
  • Norman C. Elliott

Their work has appeared in multiple scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling

Notable recent papers include:

  • Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach, 2020, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Increasing Incidence of Anaplasmosis in the United States, 2012 Through 2016, 2020, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Natural Enemies, Mediated by Landscape and Weather Conditions, Shape Response of the Sorghum Agroecosystem of North America to the Invasive Aphid Melanaphis sorghi, 2022, Frontiers in Insect Science
  • Increasing Incidence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in the United States, 2010-2018, 2022, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Effects of white-tailed deer habitat use preferences on southern cattle fever tick eradication: simulating impact on "pasture vacation" strategies, 2021, Parasites & Vectors

William E. Grant also has contributed to book publications, including the 2024 work titled La conectividad del paisaje como enfoque integrador en el manejo y conservación del territorio, published by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental eBooks.

Best Publications

  • IMPORTANCE OF VEGETATIVE COVER TO CYCLES OF MICROTUS POPULATIONS

    Elmer C. Birney;W. E. Grant;Donna Day Baird

  • Coastal erosion, global sea-level rise, and the loss of sand dune plant habitats

    Rusty A. Feagin;Douglas J. Sherman;William E. Grant

  • Ecology and Natural Resource Management: Systems Analysis and Simulation

    William E. Grant;Ellen K. Pedersen;Sandra L. Martin

  • Structure and Productivity of Grassland Small Mammal Communities Related to Grazing-Induced Changes in Vegetative Cover

    William E. Grant;Elmer C. Birney;Norman R. French;David M. Swift

  • SMALL MAMMAL ENERGETICS IN GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS

    N. R. French;W. E. Grant;W. Grodzinski;D. M. Swift

  • Simulation of a fire-sensitive ecological threshold: a case study of Ashe juniper on the Edwards Plateau of Texas, USA.

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;Fred E. Smeins;William E. Grant

  • AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELLING APPROACH TO SIMULATING ANIMAL/HABITAT INTERACTIONS

    H. Saarenmaa;N.D. Stone;L.J. Folse;J.M. Packard

  • BRAZILIAN FREE-TAILED BATS AS INSECT PEST REGULATORS IN TRANSGENIC AND CONVENTIONAL COTTON CROPS

    Paula Federico;Thomas G. Hallam;Gary F. McCracken;S. Thomas Purucker

  • Small Mammal Community Structure in North American Grasslands

    W. E. Grant;Elmer C. Birney

  • EFFECTS OF POCKET GOPHER MOUNDS ON PLANT PRODUCTION IN SHORTGRASS PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEMS

    W. E. Grant;N. R. French;L. J. Folse

  • AI modelling of animal movements in a heterogeneous habitat

    L.Joseph Folse;Jane M. Packard;William E. Grant

  • Fish bioenergetics and growth in aquaculture ponds: II. Effects of interactions among, size, temperature, dissolved oxygen, unionized ammonia and food on growth of individual fish

    Michael L. Cuenco;Robert R. Stickney;William E. Grant

  • Fish bioenergetics and growth in aquaculture ponds: I. Individual fish model development

    Michael L. Cuenco;Robert R. Stickney;William E. Grant

  • A simple ecological sustainability simulator (SESS) for stocking rate management on semi-arid grazinglands

    H. Dı́az-Solis;M.M. Kothmann;W.T. Hamilton;W.E. Grant

  • Integrated ecological models: simulation of socio-cultural constraints on ecological dynamics

    W.E. Grant;Paul B. Thompson

  • Evaluating recovery strategies for an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) population in the united states

    Aaron M. Haines;Michael E. Tewes;Linda L. Laack;William E. Grant

  • Adaptive management of stocking rates to reduce effects of drought on cow-calf production systems in semi-arid rangelands

    H. Díaz-Solís;W.E. Grant;M.M. Kothmann;W.R. Teague;W.R. Teague

  • Economic implications of maintaining rangeland ecosystem health in a semi-arid savanna.

    W.R. Teague;W.R. Teague;U.P. Kreuter;W.E. Grant;H. Diaz-Solis

  • Ecological Modeling : A Common-Sense Approach to Theory and Practice

    William E. Grant;Todd M. Swannack

  • Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach

    Takuya Iwanaga;Hsiao Hsuan Wang;Serena H. Hamilton;Serena H. Hamilton;Volker Grimm;Volker Grimm

  • Patch use under predation hazard : Effect of the red imported fire ant on deer mouse foraging behavior

    Wendee N. Holtcamp;William E. Grant;S. Bradleigh Vinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Lochmiller
Robert L. Lochmiller Oklahoma State University
Eric C. Hellgren
Eric C. Hellgren University of Florida
Pete D. Teel
Pete D. Teel Texas A&M University
Markus J. Peterson
Markus J. Peterson The University of Texas at El Paso
William E. Rogers
William E. Rogers Texas A&M University
Brian D. Fath
Brian D. Fath Towson University
Urs P. Kreuter
Urs P. Kreuter Texas A&M University
S. Bradleigh Vinson
S. Bradleigh Vinson Texas A&M University
Adalberto A. Pérez de León
Adalberto A. Pérez de León Agricultural Research Service
Michael L. Morrison
Michael L. Morrison Texas A&M University

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