G. F. Albery

Different types of social links contrastingly shape reproductive wellbeing in a multi-level society of wild songbirds

The study examines how different types of social bonds in wild great tits affect reproductive success, finding varying impacts on clutch size, fledgling numbers, and laying dates.

A natural disaster exacerbates and redistributes disease risk across free-ranging macaques by altering social structure

This study shows that a hurricane increased pathogen transmission in macaques by altering social structure, doubling infection rates and reducing status-based risk differences.

Different helminth parasites show contrasting relationships with age in a wild ungulate

The paper examines age-related changes in helminth parasite infections in wild red deer, finding contrasting trends between strongyle nematodes and liver fluke/tissue worm infections.

Ecological drivers of sustained enzootic yellow fever virus transmission in Brazil, 2017-2021

The paper investigates the ecological drivers of sustained yellow fever virus (YFV) transmission in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2017-2021, finding higher infection and intensity in rural areas and warm/rainy seasons.

Pathogen transmission modes determine contact network structure, altering other pathogen characteristics

The paper shows that contact network structure, shaped by transmission modes, influences pathogen traits needed for success in different transmission strategies.

Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species

The paper examines the relationship between endangered species status and viral diversity, finding lower virus diversity in endangered species despite higher research effort, possibly due to sampling biases.

Understanding spatiotemporal effects of food supplementation on host-parasite interactions using community-based science

This study examines how food supplementation affects eastern bluebirds and their nest parasites across the eastern U.S., finding increased fledgling success but inconsistent parasite defense effects.

Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens

This study finds urban-adapted mammals host more known zoonotic parasites, but much of this is due to research effort rather than urban adaptation itself.

Novel pathogen introduction rapidly alters evolved movement strategies, restructuring animal societies

This paper shows that introducing a novel pathogen to a population rapidly drives evolutionary changes in movement strategies, leading to social distancing and reduced disease spread.

Fine-scale spatial patterns of wildlife disease are common and understudied

This study identifies common fine-scale spatial patterns in wildlife disease across multiple systems and highlights the need for more spatial analysis in disease ecology.

The epidemiology and genomics of a virulent emerging fungal pathogen in an Australian reptile

The paper investigates the epidemiology and genomics of Nannizziopsis barbatae, a virulent fungal pathogen threatening Australian reptiles, showing its spread and virulence features.

Host phylogeny and ecological associations best explain Wolbachia host shifts in scale insects

This study investigates Wolbachia host shifts in scale insects, finding that host phylogeny strongly influences strain sharing, while geography does not, and ecological associations facilitate host shifts.

Mammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort

The paper shows that estimates of viral diversity in mammals are unstable due to increasing discovery rates, making ecological inferences unreliable.

The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): an atlas of vertebrate-virus associations

The paper creates VIRION, a comprehensive database of vertebrate-virus associations, and demonstrates its utility for studying microbiology, ecology, and evolution.

Ageing red deer alter their spatial behaviour and become less social

This study shows that older red deer become less socially connected and alter their spatial behavior, indicating age-related changes in social and spatial dynamics in a wild population.

Data proliferation, reconciliation, and synthesis in viral ecology

The paper synthesizes mammal-virus association data from multiple sources to create a reconciled database, showing improved insights into the mammal virome and advocating for synthetic datasets in viral ecology.

The discovery, distribution and diversity of DNA viruses associated with Drosophila melanogaster in Europe

The paper identifies and characterizes DNA viruses in Drosophila melanogaster across Europe, revealing new viral lineages and prevalence patterns.

Negative density-dependent parasitism in a group-living carnivore

The paper investigates how host density affects parasite infection in European badgers, finding negative density dependence in four out of five parasite taxa.

Multiple spatial behaviours govern social network positions in a wild ungulate

The paper uses a 43-year dataset of red deer to show how spatial behaviors and other factors shape social network positions.

Optimizing predictive models to prioritize viral discovery in zoonotic reservoirs

This study compares and validates predictive models to prioritize sampling of bat hosts for betacoronaviruses, finding ecological trait-based models outperform network methods.

Spatiotemporal variation in drivers of parasitism in a wild wood mouse population

This study investigates how environmental, host, and within-host factors influence nematode infection intensity in wood mice, finding that season, body condition, and sex are key determinants with varying effects over time.

Fitness costs of parasites explain multiple life history tradeoffs in a wild mammal

The paper examines how parasite burdens mediate reproductive and fitness tradeoffs in red deer, showing increased parasite counts during lactation correlate with reduced survival and fecundity in the following year.

Climate change will drive novel cross-species viral transmission

The paper predicts climate change will drive 4,000 times more novel cross-species viral transmission by 2070, mainly through range-shifting mammals like bats and rodents.

Predicting the global mammalian viral sharing network using phylogeography

The paper predicts global mammalian viral sharing networks using phylogeography, showing host phylogenetic similarity and geographic range overlap strongly predict viral sharing across 4196 species.

The fine-scale landscape of immunity and parasitism in a wild ungulate population

The paper examines spatial patterns of immunity and parasitism in red deer, finding significant spatial heterogeneity and seasonal variation in antibody levels and helminth infection.

Reproduction has different costs for immunity and parasitism in a wild mammal

This study examines the relationship between reproduction, immunity, and parasitism in wild female red deer, finding that gestation reduces IgA but not parasitism, while lactation increases parasitism despite no immune cost.