G. Dwyer

Climate-Change Driven Decline of an Insect Pathogen Increases the Risk of Defoliation by a Forest Pest Insect

The paper projects that climate change will reduce a pathogen's effectiveness, leading to increased defoliation by a forest pest insect.

Use of a mechanistic growth model in evaluating post-restoration habitat quality for juvenile salmonids

The paper evaluates post-restoration habitat quality for juvenile salmonids using a mechanistic growth model, finding restoration benefits vary by species, year, and season.

An empirical test of the role of small-scale transmission in large-scale disease dynamics

The paper tests small-scale transmission's role in large-scale disease dynamics using baculovirus data, finding both small-scale and large-scale mechanisms contribute to epizootics.

Untangling the dynamics of persistence and colonization in microbial communities

This study introduces a dynamic statistical model to distinguish direct biotic interactions from shared environmental effects in microbial communities, applied to HPV coexistence data showing sparse direct interactions.

Effects of multiple sources of genetic drift on pathogen variation within hosts

This study shows that genetic drift across multiple scales explains pathogen diversity in gypsy moth baculovirus, highlighting the importance of multi-scale models.

Eco-evolutionary theory and insect outbreaks

The paper tests eco-evolutionary model assumptions using gypsy moth baculovirus field experiments, confirming heritable and costly resistance and showing model predictions align with outbreak cycles.