Biology
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Parasites and pathogens are increasingly recognized as significant drivers of ecological and evolutionary change in natural ecosystems. Concurrently, transmission of infectious agents among human, livestock, and wildlife populations represents a growing threat to veterinary and human health. In light of these trends and the scarcity of long-term time series data on infection rates among vectors and reservoirs, the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) will collect measurements and samples of a suite of tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasites through a continental-scale surveillance program. Here, we describe the sampling designs for these efforts, highlighting sampling priorities, field and analytical methods, and the data as well as archived samples to be made available to the research community. Insights generated by this sampling will advance current understanding of and ability to predict changes in infection and disease dynamics in novel, interdisciplinary, and collaborative ways.
Publication Title
Ecosphere
Publication Date
5-2016
Volume
7
Issue
5
ISSN
2150-8925
DOI
10.1002/ecs2.1271
Keywords
Infectious disease, Mosquito, National ecological observatory network, NEON design, Parasite, Pathogen, Reservoir, Rodent, Sampling design, Special feature NEON design, Tick, Vector, Zoonoses
Repository Citation
Springer, Yuri P.; Hoekman, David; Johnson, Pieter T.J.; Duffy, Paul A.; Hufft, Rebecca A.; Barnett, David T.; Allan, Brian F.; Amman, Brian R.; Barker, Christopher M.; Barrera, Roberto; Beard, Charles B.; Beati, Lorenza; Begon, Mike; Blackmore, Mark S.; Bradshaw, William E.; Brisson, Dustin; Calisher, Charles H.; Childs, James E.; Diuk-Wasser, Maria A.; Douglass, Richard J.; Eisen, Rebecca J.; Foley, Desmond H.; Foley, Janet E.; Gaff, Holly D.; Gardner, Scott L.; Ginsberg, Howard S.; Glass, Gregory E.; Hamer, Sarah A.; Hayden, Mary H.; Hjelle, Brian; Holzapfel, Christina M.; Juliano, Steven A.; and Livdahl, Todd P., "Tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network" (2016). Biology. 405.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_biology/405
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Springer, Y. P., Hoekman, D., Johnson, P. T., Duffy, P. A., Hufft, R. A., Barnett, D. T., ... & Yabsley, M. J. (2016). Tick‐, mosquito‐, and rodent‐borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere, 7(5), e01271. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1271