M. J. Farrell

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.

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.

Environmental DNA as a management tool fortracking artificial waterhole use in savanna ecosystems

This study compares eDNA metabarcoding and camera traps to track mammal use of artificial waterholes in Kruger National Park, finding eDNA can detect many species but has temporal limitations.

Opposing macroevolutionary and trait-mediated patterns of threat and naturalization in flowering plants

The paper examines how threat and naturalization in flowering plants are linked to traits and macroevolutionary processes, finding opposing patterns between naturalization and threat.

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.

Predicting missing links in global host-parasite networks

This paper predicts missing host-parasite links using network properties and phylogenetic relationships, identifying both undocumented and potential associations in global mammal-parasite networks.

Disease mortality in domesticated animals is predicted by host evolutionary relationships

The paper shows that the evolutionary distance between hosts predicts disease mortality in domesticated animals caused by multi-host parasites.