Publications

AL Rivas, SD Smith, V Basiladze, T Chaligava, L Malania, I Burjanadze, …. 2023. Geo-temporal patterns to design cost-effective interventions for zoonotic diseases-the case of brucellosis in the country of Georgia. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10

KM Pepin, CB Leach, NL Barrett, JW Ellis, KK VanDalen, CT Webb, …. 2023. Environmental transmission of influenza A virus in mallards. Mbio 14 (5), e00862-23

LM Beck-Johnson, EE Gorsich, C Hallman, MJ Tildesley, RS Miller, …. 2023. An exploration of within-herd dynamics of a transboundary livestock disease: A foot and mouth disease case study. Epidemics 42, 100668

ER Stuchiner, DE Lin Hunter, JL Neuwald, CT Webb, MM Balgopal. 2022. Intentional mentoring should increase inclusivity in ecology. Ecosphere 13 (1), e3902

S Sellman, LM Beck-Johnson, C Hallman, RS Miller, KAO Bonner, …. 2022. Modeling US cattle movements until the cows come home: Who ships to whom and how many?. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 203, 107483

E Schlatter, CL Klawon, C Webb, P Buston. 2022. Heritability of dispersal‐related larval traits in the clown anemonefish Amphiprion percula. Ecology and Evolution 12 (11), e9541

BD Golas, C Webb, P Cryan, D Hayman, K Huyvaert. 2022. Ecophysiological and behavioral determinants of niche range in hibernating bats affected by white nose syndrome. 2020-

K Gilbertson, P Brommesson, A Minter, C Hallman, RS Miller, K Portacci, …. 2022. The Importance of Livestock Demography and Infrastructure in Driving Foot and Mouth Disease Dynamics. Life 12 (10), 1604

JM Parker, CT Webb, D Daballen, SZ Goldenberg, J Lepirei, D Letitiya, …. 2021. Poaching of African elephants indirectly decreases population growth through lowered orphan survival. Current Biology 31 (18), 4156-4162. e5

CD McKee, Y Bai, CT Webb, MY Kosoy. 2021. Bats are key hosts in the radiation of mammal-associated Bartonella bacteria. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 89, 104719

DA Hartman, NA Bergren, T Kondash, W Schlatmann, CT Webb, …. 2021. Susceptibility and barriers to infection of Colorado mosquitoes with Rift Valley fever virus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 15 (10), e0009837

EE Gorsich, CT Webb, AA Merton, JA Hoeting, RS Miller, ML Farnsworth, …. 2021. Continental‐scale dynamics of avian influenza in US waterfowl are driven by demography, migration, and temperature. Ecological Applications 31 (2), e2245

Golas, B.D., Goodell, B. and Webb, C.T., 2021. Host adaptation to novel pathogen introduction: Predicting conditions that promote evolutionary rescue. Ecology Letters.

Brommesson, P., Sellman, S., Beck-Johnson, L., Hallman, C., Murrieta, D., Webb, C.T., Miller, R.S., Portacci, K., Lindström, T. 2021. Assessing intrastate shipments from interstate data and expert opinion. Royal Society Open Science, 8. 192042

Wilber, M.Q., Pepin, K.M., Campa III, H., Hygnstrom, S.E., Lavelle, M.J., Xifara, T., VerCauteren, K.C., Webb, C.T. 2019. Modelling multi-species and multi‐mode contact networks: implications for persistence of bovine tuberculosis at the wildlife-livestock interface. Journal of Applied Ecology 56(6): 1471-1481.

Tsao, K., Sellman, S., Beck-Johnson, L., Murrieta, D.J., Hallman, C., Lindström, T., Miller, R.S., Portacci, K., Tildesley, M.J., Webb, C.T. 2019. Effects of regional differences and demography in modelling foot-and-mouth disease in cattle at the national scale. Royal Society Interface Focus, 10(1)

McKee, C.D., Krawczyk, A.I., Sandor, A.D., Gorfol, T., Foldvari, M., Foldvari, G., Dekeukeleire, D., Haarsma, A.-J., Kosoy, M.Y., Webb, C.T., Sprong, H. 2019. Host phylogeny, geographic overlap, and roost sharing shape parasite communities in European bats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 69.

Hartman, D.A., Rice, L.M., DeMaria, J., Borland, E.M., Bergren, N.A., Fagre, A.C., Robb, L.L., Webb, C.T., Kading, R.C. 2019. Entomological risk factors for potential transmission of Rift Valley fever virus around concentrations of livestock in Colorado. In press at Transboundary and Emerging Diseases.

Gorsich, E.E., Miller, R.S., Mask, H.M., Hallman, C., Portacci, K., Webb, C.T. 2019. Spatio-temporal patterns and characteristics of swine shipments in the U.S. based on Interstate Certificates of Veterinary Inspection. Scientific Reports 9: 3915.

Beck-Johnson, L.M., Hallman, C., Miller, R.S., Portacci, K., Gorsich, E.E., Grear, D.A., Hartmann, K., Webb, C.T. 2019. Estimating and exploring the proportions of inter- and intrastate cattle shipments in the United States. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 162: 56-66.

Tabak, M.A., Webb, C.T., Miller, R.S. 2018. Propagule size and structure, life history, and environmental conditions affect establishment success of an invasive species. Scientific Reports 8(1): 10313.

Sellman, S., Tsao, K., Tildesley, M.J., Brommesson, P., Webb, C.T., Wennergren, U., Keeling M.J., Lindstrom T. 2018. Need for speed: An optimized gridding approach for spatially explicit disease simulations. PLoS Computational Biology 14(4): e1006086.

Hayman, D.T.S., Luis, A.D., Restif, O., Baker, K.S., Fooks, A.R., Leach, C., Horton, D.L., Suu-Ire, R., Cunningham, A.A., Wood, J.L.N., Webb, C.T. 2018. Maternal antibody and the maintenance of a lyssavirus in populations of seasonally breeding African bats. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198563.

Gorsich, E.E., McKee, C.D., Grear D.A., Miller, R.S., Portacci, K., Lindstrom, T., Webb, C.T. 2018. Model-guided suggestions for targeted surveillance based on cattle shipments in the U.S. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 150: 52-59.

Webb, C.T., Ferrari, M., Lindstrom, T., Carpenter, T., Durr, S., Garner, G., Jewell, C., Stevenson, M., Ward, M.P., Werkman, M., Backer, J., Tildesley, M. 2017. Ensemble modelling and structured decision-making to support emergency disease management. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 138: 124-133.

Pepin, K.M., Kay, S.L., Golas, B.D., Shriner, S.S., Gilbert, A.T., Miller, R.S., Graham, A.L., Riley, S., Cross, P.C., Samuel, M.D., Hooten, M.B., Hoeting, J.A., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Webb, C.T., Buhnerkempe, M.G. 2017. Inferring infection hazard in wildlife populations by linking data across individual and population scales. Ecology Letters 20(3): 275-292.

Dannemiller, N.G., Webb, C.T., Wilson, K.R.., Bentler, K.T., Mooers, N.L., Ellis, J.W., Root, J.J., Franklin, A.B., Shriner, S.A. 2017. Impact of body condition on influenza A virus infection dynamics in mallards following a secondary exposure. PloS ONE 12(4): e0175757.

Walter, K.S., Pepin, K.M., Webb, C.T., Gaff, H.D., Krause, P.J., Pitzer, V.E., Diuk-Wasser, M.A. 2016. Invasion of two tick-borne diseases across New England: harnessing human surveillance data to capture underlying ecological invasion processes. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 283(1832): 20160834.

Salkeld, D.J., Stapp, P., Tripp, D.W., Gage, K.L., Lowell, J., Webb, C.T., Brinkerhoff, R.J., Antolin, M.F. 2016. Ecological traits driving the outbreaks and emergence of zoonotic pathogens. BioScience 66(2): 118-129.

McKee, C.D., Hayman, D.T.S., Kosoy, M.Y., Webb, C.T. 2016. Phylogenetic and geographic patterns of bartonella host shifts among bat species. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 44: 382-394

Lo Iacono, G., Cunningham, A.A., Fichet-Calvet, E., Garry, R.F., Grant, D.S., Leach, M., Moses, L.M., Nichols, G., Schieffelin, J.S., Shaffer, J.G., Webb, C.T., Wood, J.L.N. 2016. A unified framework for the infection dynamics of zoonotic spillover and spread. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10(9): e0004957.

Leach, C., Webb, C.T., Cross, P.M. 2016. When environmentally persistent pathogens transform good habitat into ecological traps. Royal Society Open Science 3(3): 160051.

Hayman, D.T.S., Pulliam, J.R.C., Marshall, J.C., Cryan, P.M., Webb, C.T. 2016. Environment, host, and fungal traits predict continental-scale white-nose syndrome in bats. Science Advances 2(1): e1500831.

Gorsich, E.E., Luis, A.D., Buhnerkempe, M.G., Grear, D.A., Portacci, K., Miller, R.S., Webb, C.T. 2016. Mapping US cattle shipment networks: Spatial and temporal patterns of trade communities from 2009 to 2011. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 134: 82-91.

Buhnerkempe, M.G., Webb, C.T., Merton, A.A., Buhnerkempe, J.E., Givens, G.H., Miller, R.S., Hoeting, J.A. 2016. Identification of migratory bird flyways in North America using community detection on biological networks. Ecological Applications 26(3): 740-751.

Probert, W.J.M., Shea, K., Fonnesbeck, C.J., Runge, M.C., Webb, C.T., Tildesley, M.J., Ferrari, M.J. 2015. Decision-making for foot-and-mouth disease control: Objectives matter. Epidemics 15: 10-19.

Pepin, K.M., Leach, C.B., Marques-Toledo, C., Laass, K.H., Paixao, K.S., Luis, A.D., Hayman, D.T.S., Johnson, N.G., Buhnerkempe, M.G., Carver, S., Grear, D.A., Tsao, K., Eiras, A.E., Webb, C.T. 2015. Utility of mosquito surveillance data for spatial prioritization of vector control against dengue viruses in three Brazilian cities. Parasites & Vectors 8(1): 98.

Luis, A.D., O’Shea, T.J., Hayman, D.T.S., Wood, J.L.N., Cunningham A.A., Gilbert, A.T., Mills, J.N., Webb, C.T. 2015. Network analysis of host-virus communities in bats and rodents reveals determinants of cross-species transmission. Ecology Letters 18(11): 1153-1162.

Lo Iacono, G., Cunningham, A.A., Fichet-Calvet, E., Garry, R.F., Grant, D.S., Khan, S.H., Leach, M., Moses, L.M., Schieffelin, J.S., Shaffer, J.G., Webb, C.T., Wood, J.L.N. 2015. Using modelling to disentangle the relative contributions of zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission: the case of Lassa fever. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 9(1): e3398.

Lindstrom, T., Tildesley, M., Webb, C.T. 2015. A Bayesian ensemble approach for epidemiological projections. PLoS Computational Biology 11(4): e1004187.

Kanarek, A.R., Webb, C.T., Barfield, M., Holt, R.D. 2015. Overcoming Allee effects through evolutionary, genetic, and demographic rescue. Journal of Biological Dynamics 9(1): 15-33.

Enquist, B.J., Norberg, J., Bonser, S.P., Violle, C., Webb, C.T., Henderson, A., Sloat, L.L., Savage, V.M. 2015. Scaling from traits to ecosystems: Developing a general Trait Driver Theory via integrating trait-based and metabolic scaling theories. Advances in Ecological Research 52: 249-318.

Davis, M.A., Douglas, M.R., Webb, C.T., Collyer, M.L., Holycross, A.T., Painter, C.W., Kamees, L.K., Douglas, M.E. 2015. Nowhere to go but up: Impacts of climate change on demographics of a short-range endemic (Crotalus willardi obscurus) in the sky-islands of southwestern North America. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0131067.

Tsao, K., Robbe-Austerman, S., Miller, R.S., Portacci, K., Grear, D.A., Webb, C. 2014. Sources of bovine tuberculosis in the United States. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 28: 137-143.

Pepin, K.M., Spackman, E., Brown, J.D., Pabilonia, K.L., Garber, L.P., Weaver, J.T., Kennedy, D.A., Patyk, K.A., Huyvaert, K.P., Miller, R.S., Franklin, A.B., Pedersen, K., Bogich, T.L., Rohani, P., Shriner, S.A., Webb, C.T., Riley, S. 2014. Using quantitative disease dynamics as a tool for guiding response to avian influenza in poultry in the United States of America. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 113(4): 376-397.

Peel, A.J., Pulliam, J.R.C., Luis, A.D., Plowright, R.K., O’Shea, T.J., Hayman, D.T.S., Wood, J.L.N., Webb, C.T., Restif, O. 2014. The effect of seasonal birth pulses on pathogen persistence in wild mammal populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 281(1786): 20132962.

Lewis, D.L., Breck, S.W., Wilson, K.R. and Webb, C.T. 2014. Modeling black bear population dynamics in a human-dominated stochastic environment. Ecological Modelling. 294: 51-58.

Grear, D.A., Kaneene, J.B., Averill, J.J., Webb, C.T. 2014. Local cattle movements in response to ongoing bovine tuberculosis zonation and regulations in Michigan, USA. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 114(3-4): 201-212.

Ciannelli, L., Hunsicker, M., Beaudreau, A., Bailey, K., Crowder, L.B., Finley, C., Webb, C., Reynolds, J., Sagmiller, K., Anderies, J.M., Hawthorne, D., Parris, J., Heppell, S., Conway, F., Chigbu, P. 2014. Transdisciplinary graduate education in marine resource science and management. ICES Journal of Marine Science 71(5): 1047-1051.

Buhnerkempe, M.G., Tildesley, M.J., Lindstrom, T., Grear, D.A., Portacci, K., Miller, R.S., Lombard, J.E., Werkman, M., Keeling, M.J., Wennergren, U., Webb, C.T. 2014. The impact of movements and animal density on continental scale cattle disease outbreaks in the United States. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91724.

Pepin, K.M., Wang, J., Webb, C.T., Hoeting, J.A., Poss, M., Hudson, P.J., Hong, W., Zhu, H., Guan, Y., Riley, S. 2013. Anticipating the prevalence of avian influenza subtypes H9 and H5 in live-bird markets. PLoS ONE 8(2): e56157.

Pepin, K.M., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Webb, C.T., Holcumb, K., Zhu, H., Guan, Y., Riley, S. 2013. Minimizing the threat of pandemic emergence from avian influenza in poultry systems. BMC Infectious Diseases 13: 592.

Luis, A.D., Hayman, D.T.S., o’Shea, T.J., Cryan, P.M., Gilbert, A.T., Pulliam, J.R.C., Mills, J.N., Timonin, M.E., Willis, C.K.R, Cunningham, A.A., Fooks, A.R., Rupprecht, C.E., Wood, J.L.N., Webb, C.T. 2013. A comparison of bats and rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic viruses: Are bats special? Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 280(1756): 20122753.

Lindstrom, T., Grear, D.A., Buhnerkempe, M., Webb, C.T., Miller, R.S., Portacci, K., Wennergren, U. 2013. A Bayesian approach for modeling cattle movements in the United States: scaling up a partially observed network. PLoS ONE 8(1): e53432.

Kanarek, A.R., Webb, C.T., Barfield, M., Holt, R.D. 2013. Allee effects, aggregation, and invasion success. Theoretical Ecology 6(2): 153-164.

Hayman, D.T.S., Bowen, R.A., Cryan, P.M., McCracken, G.F., O’Shea, T.J., Peel, A.J., Gilbert, A., Webb, C.T., Wood, J.L.N. 2013. Ecology of zoonotic infectious diseases in bats: Current knowledge and future directions. Zoonoses and Public Health 60(1): 2-21.

George, D.B., Webb, C.T., Pepin, K.M., Savage, L.T., Antolin, M.F. 2013. Persistence of prairie-dog populations affected by plague in northern Colorado, USA. Ecology 94(7): 1572-1583.

Buhnerkempe, M.G., Grear, D.A., Portacci, K., Miller, R.S., Lombard, J.E., Webb, C.T. 2013. A national-scale picture of U.S. cattle movements obtained from Interstate Certificate of Veterinary Inspection data. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 112(3-4): 318-329.

Restif, O., Hayman, D.T.S., Pulliam, J.R.C., Plowright, R.K., George, D.B., Luis, A.D., Cunningham, A.A., Bowen, R.A., Fooks, A.R., O’Shea, T.J., Wood, J.L.N., Webb, C.T. 2012. Model-guided fieldwork: practical guidelines for multidisciplinary research on wildlife ecological and epidemiological dynamics. Ecology Letters 15(10): 1083-1094.

Pepin, K.M., Wang, J., Webb, C.T., Smith, G.J.D., Poss, M., Hudson, P.J., Hong, W., Zhu, H., Riley, S., Guan, Y. 2012. Multiannual patterns of influenza A transmission in Chinese live bird market systems. Influenza and Other Respiratory Illnesses 7(1): 97-107.

Pepin, K.M., VanDalen, K.K., Mooers, N.L., Ellis, J.W., Sullivan, H.J., Root, J.J., Webb, C.T., Franklin, A.B., Shriner, S.A. 2012. Quantification of heterosubtypic immunity between avian influenza subtypes H3N8 and H4N6 in multiple avian host species. Journal of General Virology 93(12): 2575-2583.

Farnsworth, M.L., Miller, R.S., Pedersen, K., Lutman, M.W., Swafford, S.R., Riggs, P.D., Webb, C.T. 2012. Environmental and demographic determinants of avian influenza viruses in waterfowl across the contiguous United States. PLoS ONE 7(3): e32729.

Simmons, M.P., Muller, K.F., Webb, C.T. 2011. The deterministic effects of alignment bias in phylogenetic inference. Cladistics 27(4): 402-416.

George, D.B., Webb, C.T., Farnsworth, M.L., O’Shea, T.J., Bowen, R.A., Smith, D.L., Stanley, T.R., Ellison, L.E., Rupprecht, C.E. 2011. Host and viral ecology determine bat rabies seasonality and persistence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108(25): 10208-10213.

Buhnerkempe, M.G., Eisen, R.J., Goodell, B., Gage, K.L., Antolin, M.F., Webb, C.T. 2011. Transmission shifts underlie variability in population responses to Yersinia pestis infection. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22498.

Antunes, M.S., Morey, K.J., Smith, J.J., Albrecht, K.D., Bowen, T.A., Zdunek, J.K., Troupe, J.F., Cuneo, M.J., Webb, C.T., Hellinga, H.W., Medford, J.I. 2011. Programmable ligand detection in plants through a synthetic signal transduction pathway. PLoS ONE 6(1): e16292.

Ames, G.M., George, D.B., Hampson, C.P., Kanarek, A.R., McBee, C.D., Lockwood, D.R., Achter, J.D., Webb, C.T. 2011. Using network properties to predict disease dynamics on human contact networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 278(1724): 3544-3550.

Webb, C.T., Hoeting, J.A., Ames, G.M., Pyne, M.I., Poff, N.L. 2010. A structured and dynamic framework to advance traits-based theory and prediction in ecology. Ecology Letters 13(3): 267-283.

Kanarek, A.R., Webb, C.T. 2010. Allee effects, adaptive evolution, and invasion success. Evolutionary Applications 3(2): 122-135.

Antunes, M.S., Morey, K.J., Tewari-Singh, N., Bowen, T.A., Smith, J.J., Webb, C.T., Hellinga, H.W., Medford, J.I. 2009. Engineering key components in a synthetic eukaryotic signal transduction pathway. Molecular Systems Biology 5(1): 270.

Simmons, M.P., Muller, K.F., Webb, C.T. 2008. The relative sensitivity of different alignment methods and character codings in sensitivity analysis. Cladistics 24(6): 1039-1050.

Webb, C.T. 2007. What is the role of ecology in understanding ecosystem resilience? BioScience 57(6): 470-471.

Simmons, M.P., Zhang, L.-B., Webb, C.T., Muller, K. 2007. A penalty of using anonymous dominant markers (AFLPs, ISSRs, and RAPDs) for phylogenetic inference. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42(2): 528-542.

Savage, V.M., Webb, C.T., Norberg, J. 2007. A general multi-trait-based framework for studying the effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. Journal of Theoretical Biology 247(2): 213-229.

Webb, C.T., Brooks, C.P., Gage, K.L., Antolin, M.F. 2006. Classic flea-borne transmission does not drive plague epizootics in prairie dogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(16): 6236-6241.

Simmons, M.P., Zhang, L.B., Webb, C.T., Reeves, A., Miller, J.A. 2006. The relative performance of Bayesian and parsimony approaches when sampling characters evolving under homogeneous and heterogeneous sets of parameters. Cladistics 22(2): 249-255.

Simmons, M.P., Zhang, L.B., Webb, C.T., Reeves, A. 2006. How can third codon positions outperform first and second codon positions in phylogenetic inference? An empirical example from the seed plants. Systematic Biology 55(2): 245-258.

Simmons, M.P., Webb, C.T. 2006. Quantification of the success of phylogenetic inference in simulations. Cladistics 22(3): 249-255.

Achter, J.A., Webb, C.T. 2006. Mixed dispersal strategies and response to disturbance. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8(8): 1377-1392.

Achter, J.A., Webb, C.T. 2006. Pair statistics clarify percolation properties of spatially explicit simulations. Theoretical Population Biology 69(2): 155-164.

Hacker, J., Hansen, J., Berner, J., Chen, Y., Eshel, G., Hakim, G., Lazarus, S., Majumdar, S., Morss R., Poje, A., Sheremet, V., Tang, Y., Webb, C. 2005. Future Scientific Directions: Predictability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 86(12): 1733-1737.

Webb, C.T. 2003. A complete classification of Darwinian extinction in ecological interactions. The American Naturalist 161(2): 181-205.

Hatch, L., Uriarte, M., Fink, D., Aldrich-Wolfe, L., Allen, R., Webb, C., Zamudio, K., Power, A. 2002. Jurisdiction over endangered species’ habitat: the impacts of people and property on recovery planning. Ecological Applications 12(3): 690-700.

Yampolsky, L.Yu., Webb, C.T., Shabalina, S.A., Kondrashov, A.S. 1999. Rapid accumulation of a vertically transmitted parasite triggered by relaxation of natural selection among hosts. Evolutionary Ecology Research 1: 581-589.

Bronikowski, A., Webb, C. 1996. Appendix: A critical examination of rainfall variability measures in behavioral ecology. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 39: 27-30.