R. Gibb

Viral genomic features predict orthopoxvirus reservoir hosts

The paper uses machine learning to predict orthopoxvirus reservoir hosts by integrating viral genomic features and host ecological data, identifying high-risk regions for zoonotic OPV emergence.

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.

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.

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.

Differential effects of emerging broad-spectrum streetlight technologies on landscape-scale bat activity

This study analyzes the impact of different streetlight technologies on bat activity across Jersey, finding negative effects of LED and HPS lights but not MH lights, while highlighting urbanization and road type as larger factors.

Bat Detective - Deep Learning Tools for Bat Acoustic Signal Detection

This paper develops and evaluates open-source deep learning tools for detecting bat echolocation calls in noisy audio recordings, showing improved performance over existing methods.