Clayton E. Cressler

Efficiency is better than speed for competitive suppression of drug-resistance

This paper develops an eco-evolutionary model to show how environmental heterogeneity and resource availability influence competition between drug-sensitive and drug-resistant microbes, revealing that resource-efficient strains better suppress resistance in heterogeneous environments.

Age-dependent effects of infection on survival of a wild rodent reservoir host

This study shows that PUUV infection reduces survival of bank voles, especially young ones, in a natural setting, contradicting the expectation that reservoir hosts are unaffected.

Food Supplementation Reduces Nematode Super-Shedding in a Wild Mammal

This study shows that food supplementation reduces nematode abundance super-shedding in wild voles but not infection likelihood or intensity, and identifies age-related fitness impacts of nematode infection.

Ecological factors alter how spatial overlap predicts viral infection dynamics in wild rodent populations

The paper examines how ecological factors modify the relationship between spatial overlap and hantavirus infection likelihood in wild bank voles.

Characterization of core bacterial species in the Daphnia magna microbiota using shotgun metagenomics

This study characterizes five metagenome-assembled bacterial genomes from Daphnia magna microbiota and identifies functions related to nutrient acquisition and immune evasion.

Parasite-mediated anorexia increases or decreases virulence evolution, depending on dietary context

This paper develops a theory showing that parasite-mediated anorexia can increase or decrease virulence evolution depending on dietary context, with implications for managing disease through host nutrition.