Biology

Authors

Yuri P. Springer, National Ecological Observatory Network
David Hoekman, National Ecological Observatory Network
Pieter T.J. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder
Paul A. Duffy, Neptune and Company, Inc.
Rebecca A. Hufft, Denver Botanic Gardens
David T. Barnett, National Ecological Observatory Network
Brian F. Allan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brian R. Amman, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Christopher M. Barker, University of California, Davis
Roberto Barrera, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention San Juan
Charles B. Beard, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Lorenza Beati, Georgia Southern University
Mike Begon, University of Liverpool
Mark S. Blackmore, Valdosta State University
William E. Bradshaw, University of Oregon
Dustin Brisson, University of Pennsylvania
Charles H. Calisher, Colorado State University
James E. Childs, Yale University
Maria A. Diuk-Wasser, Columbia University
Richard J. Douglass, Montana Technological University
Rebecca J. Eisen, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Desmond H. Foley, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Janet E. Foley, University of California, Davis
Holly D. Gaff, Old Dominion University
Scott L. Gardner, University of Nebraska State Museum
Howard S. Ginsberg, The University of Rhode Island
Gregory E. Glass, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sarah A. Hamer, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Mary H. Hayden, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Brian Hjelle, UNM School of Medicine
Christina M. Holzapfel, University of Oregon
Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University
Todd P. Livdahl, Clark UniversityFollow

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

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