Refereed Articles
Noss, R. F., Dobson, A.P., Baldwin, R., Beier, P., Davis, C. R., Dellasala, D. A., Francis, J., Locke, H., Nowak, K., Lopez, R., Reining, C., Trombulak, S. C. and Tabor, G. (2012). Bolder Thinking for Conservation. Conservation Biology 26: 1–4. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01738.x (PDF)
Standley CJ, Mugisha L, Dobson A.P. and Stothard JR (in press) ‘Zoonotic schistosomiasis in non-human primates: Past, present and future activities at the human-wildlife interface in Africa’, Journal of Helminthology
Osnas, EE, and Dobson A.P.. 2012. Evolution of virulence in heterogeneous host communities under multiple trade-offs. Evolution 66(2): 391-401 doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01461.x
Dobson, A.P. and Nowak, K. (2010). Does this photo make my range look big? Animal Conservation 13: 347–349. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00381.x (PDF)
Reperant, L.A., N.S. Fučkar, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, Dobson A.P., and T. Kuiken. 2010. Spatial and temporal association of outbreaks of H5N1 influenza virus infection in wild birds with the 0 degrees C isotherm. PLoS Pathogens 64: e1000854.
Keesing,F., Belden,L.K., Daszak, P., Dobson, A.P.. et al. 2010. Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases. Nature 468, 647-652 (1 December 2010) doi:10.1038/nature09575 Review
Dobson, A.P., M. Borner, et al. 2010. Road will ruin Serengeti. Nature 467(7313), 272-273.
Hawley, D. M., K. V. Dhondt, et al. 2010. Common garden experiment reveals pathogen isolate but no host genetic diversity effect on the dynamics of an emerging wildlife disease. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23(8), 1680-1688.
Johnson, P. T., Dobson, A.P. et al. 2010. When parasites become prey: ecological and epidemiological significance of eating parasites. Trends Ecol Evol 25(6), 362-371.
Osnas, E. E. & Dobson, A.P. 2010. Evolution of virulence when transmission occurs before disease. Biology Letters 6(4), 505-508.
Wasser, S., K. Nowak, et al. 2010. Response--Consequences of Legal Ivory Trade. Science 328(5986), 1634-d-1635.
Wasser, S., J. Poole, et al. 2010. Elephants, Ivory, and Trade. Science 327(5971), 1331-1332.
Kutz, S., J., Dobson, A P. & Hoberg, E. P. 2009. Where are the parasites? Science 326, 1187-1188.
Lloyd-Smith, J. O., George, D., Pepin, K. M., Pitzer, V. E., C., J. R., Pulliam, J. R. C., Dobson, A. P., Hudson, P. J. & Grenfell, B. T. 2009. Epidemic dynamics at the human-animal interface. Science 326, 1362-1367.
Pascual, M., Dobson, A.P. & Bouma, M. J. 2009. Underestimating malaria risk under variable temperatures. PNAS 106, 13645-13646.
Holt, R. D. 2009. A disease-mediated trophic cascade in the Serengeti and its implications for ecosystem C. PLoS Biology 7.
Dobson, A.P. 2009. Climate variability, global change, immunity, and the dynamics of infectious diseases. Ecology 90, 920-927.
Dobson, A.P. 2009. Food-web structure and ecosystem services: insights from the Serengeti. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 364, 1665-1682.
Dobson, A.P., Allesina, S., Lafferty, K. & Pascual, M. 2009. The assembly, collapse and restoration of food webs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 364, 1803-1806.
Epstein, J. H., Olival, K. J., Pulliam, J. R. C., Smith, C., Westrum, J., Hughes, T., Dobson, A.P., Zubaid, A., Rahman, S. A., Basir, M. M., Field, H. E. & Daszak, P. 2009. Pteropus vampyrus, a hunted migratory species with a multinational home-range and a need for regional management. J. Applied Ecology 46(5), 991-1002.
Hampson K, Dushoff J, Haydon D, Cleaveland SC, Kaare M, Packer C & Dobson A.P. 2009. Transmission dynamics and prospects for the elimination of canine rabies. PLOS Biology 7:e53. (PDF)
Bolzoni L, DeLeo GA, Gatto M & Dobson A.P. 2008a. Body size scaling in an SEI model of wildife diseases. Theoretical Population Biology 73, 374-382. (PDF)
Bolzoni L, Dobson A.P., Gatto M & De Leo GA. 2008b. Allometric scaling and seasonality in the epidemics of wildlife diseases. The American Naturalist 172, 818-828. (PDF)
Cleaveland S, Packer C, Hampson K, Kaare M, Kock R, Mlengeya T & Dobson A.P. 2008. The Multiple Roles of Infectious Diseases in the Serengeti Ecosystem. In Serengeti III. Human impacts on ecosystem dynamics (ed. ARE Sinclair, C Packer, SAR Nduma & JM Fryxell). Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Craft ME, Hawthorne PL, Packer C & Dobson A.P. 2008. Dynamics of a multihost pathogen in a carnivore community. Journal of Animal Ecology 77, 1257–1264. (PDF)
Dobson A.P., Lafferty KD, Kuris AM, Hechinger RF & Jetz W. 2008. Homage to Linnaeus: How many parasites? How many hosts? PNAS 105, 11482-11489. PDF)
Dobson A.P. & Lynes L. 2008. How does poaching affect the size of national parks? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23, 177-180. (PDF)
Hampson K, Dobson A.P., Kaare M, Dushoff J, Magoto M, Sindoya E & Cleaveland S. 2008. Rabies exposures, post-exposure prophylaxis and deaths in a region of endemic canine rabies: a contact-tracing study. PLOS Neglected Diseases 2, e339. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd. 0000339. (PDF)
Kuris AM, Hechinger RF, Shaw JC, Whitney KL, Aguirre-Macedo L, Boch CA, Dobson A.P., et. al. 2008. Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries. Nature 24, 515-518. (PDF)
Lafferty KD, Allesina S, Arim M, Briggs CJ, DeLeo GA, Dobson A.P., Dunne JA, Johnston PTJ, Kuris AM, Marcogliese DJ, Martinez ND, MArquet PA, McLaughlin JP, Mordecai EA, Pascual M, Poulin R & Thieltges DW. 2008. Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links. Ecology Letters 11, 533-546. (PDF)
Lembo T, Hampson K, Haydon DT, Craft M, Dobson A.P., Dushoff J, Eblate E, Hoare R, Kaare M, Mlengeya T, Mentzel C, Packer C & Cleaveland S. 2008. Exploring reservoir dynamics: a case study of rabies in the Serengeti ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology 45, 1246-1257. (PDF)
Reperant LA, van Amerongen G, van de Bildt MWG, Rimmelzwaan GF, Dobson A.P., Osterhaus ADME & Kuiken T. 2008. Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) infection in red foxes fed infected bird carcasses. Emerging Infectious Diseases 14, 1835-1985. (PDF)
Borer ET, Hosseini PR, Seabloom EW & Dobson A.P. 2007. Pathogen-induced reversal of native dominance in a grassland community. PNAS 104, 5473-5478. (PDF)
Chaves LF, Hernandez M-J, Dobson A.P. & Pascual M. 2007. Sources and sinks: revisiting the criteria for identifying reservoirs for American cutaneous leishmaniasis. TRENDS in Parasitology 23, 311-316.
Dinerstein E, Scarano FR, Chaudhary P, Mittermeier RA, Gascon C, Rajaobelina L, Supriatna J, da Silva JMC, Rodriguez CM, Zhi L, Brandon K, Rodriguez JP, Taber AB, Daszak P, Sukumar R, Valladares-Padua C, Padua S, Aguirre LF, Medellin RA, Acosta M, Aguirre AA, Bonacic C, Bordino P, Bruschini J, Buchori D, Gonzalez S, Mathew T, Mendez M, Mugica L, Dobson A.P. & Pearl M. 2007. Global and Local Conservation Priorities. Science 318, 1377-1382. (PDF)
Dobson A.P. 2007. Sympathy for the Devil. EcoHealth 4, 241-243. (PDF)
Hampson K, Dushoff J, Bingham J, Bruckner G, Ali YH & Dobson A.P. 2007. Synchronous cycles of domestic dog rabies in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of control efforts. PNAS 104, 7717-7722. (PDF)
Jetz W, Wilcove D & Dobson A.P. 2007. Projected impacts of climate and land-use change on the global diversity of birds. PLOS Biology 5, e157. (PDF)
Pulliam JRC, Dushoff J, Levin SA & Dobson A.P. 2007. Epidemic enhancement in partially immune populations. PLoS ONE 2, e165. (PDF)
Rodriguez JP, Taber AB, Daszak P, Sukumar R, Valladares-Padua C, Padua S, Aguirre LF, Medellin RA, Acosta M, Aguirre AA, Bonacic C, Bordino P, Bruschini J, Buchori D, Gonzalez S, Mathew T, Mendez M, Mugica L, Pacheco LF, Dobson, A.P. & Pearl M. 2007. Globalization of Conservation: A View from the South. Science 317, 755-756. (PDF)
Ruiz-Moreno D, Pascual M, Bouma M, Dobson A.P. & Cash B. 2007. Cholera seasonality in Madras (1901-1940): Dual Role for rainfall in endemic and epidemic regions. EcoHealth 4, 52-62. (PDF)
Seabloom EW, Williams JW, Slayback D, Stoms DM, Viers JH & Dobson A.P. 2006. Human impacts, plant invasion, and imperiled plant species in California. Ecological Applications 16, 1338-1350. (PDF)
Lafferty KD, Dobson A.P. & Kuris AM. 2006. Parasites dominate food web links. PNAS 103, 11211-11216. (PDF)
Blaustein AR & Dobson A.P. 2006. Extinctions: A message from the frogs. Nature (London) 439, 143-144. (PDF)
Mendelson III JR, Lips KR, Gagliado RW, Rabb GB, Collins JP, Diffendorfer JE, Daszak P, Ibanez R, Zippel KC, Lawson DP, Wright KM, Stuart SN, Gascon C, da Silva HR, Dobson A.P., et. al. 2006. Biodiversity: Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions. Science 313, 48. (PDF)
Dobson A.P. 2006. Biodiversity and Infectious Disease: Why we need Nature. Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Scripta Varia, Vatican City 106: Interactions between Global Change and Human Health:145-157.
Dobson A.P., Cattadori I, Holt RD, Ostfeld RS, Keesing F, Krichbaum K, Rohr JR, Perkins SE & Hudson PJ. 2006a. Sacred Cows and Sympathetic Squirrels: The Importance of Biological Diversity to Human Health. PLOS Medicine 3, e231. (PDF)
Dobson A.P., Lodge DM, Alder J, Cumming G, Keymer JE, Mooney HA, Rusak JA, Sala OE, Wall DH, Winfree R, Wolters V & Xenopoulos MA. 2006b. Habitat loss, trophic collapse and the decline of ecosystem services. Ecology 87, 1915-1924. (PDF)
Fenton MB, Davison M, Kunz TH, McCracken GF, Racey PA, Tuttle MD & Dobson A.P. 2006. Linking Bats to Emerging Diseases. Science 311, 1098-1099. (PDF)
Hosseini P, Dhondt AA & Dobson A.P. 2006. Spatial spread of an emerging infectious disease: Conjunctivitis in House Finches. Ecology 87, 3037-3046. (PDF)
Hudson PJ, Cattadori I, Boag B & Dobson A.P. 2006. Climate disruption and parasite-host dynamics: patterns and processes associated with warming and the frequency of extreme climatic events. Journal of Helminthology 80, 1-9. (PDF)
Hudson PJ, Dobson A.P. & Lafferty KD. 2006. Is a healthy ecosystem one that is rich in parasites? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21, 381-385. (PDF)
Pascual M, Koelle K & Dobson A.P. 2006. Hyperinfectivity in cholera: a new mechanism for an old epidemiological model? PLOS Medicine 3, ey. (PDF)
Rodríguez JP, Beard TDJ, Bennett EM, Cumming GS, Cork SJ, Agard JBR, Dobson A.P. & Peterson GD. 2006. Trade-offs across space, time, and ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 11, 28 (online). (PDF)
Altizer S, Dobson A.P., Hosseini P, Hudson PJ, Pascual M & Rohani P. 2006. Seasonality and the dynamics of infectious diseases. Ecology Letters 9, 467-484. (PDF)
Dhondt AA, Badyaev AV, Dobson A.P., Hawley DM, Driscoll MJL, Hochachka WM & Ley DH. 2006. Dynamics of Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in the Native and Introduced range of the host. EcoHealth 3, 95-102. (PDF)
Dobson A.P. 2005b. What links bats to emerging infectious diseases? Science 310, 628-629. (PDF)
Balmford A, Bennum L, ten Brink B, Cooper D, Cote IM, Crane P, Dobson A.P., et. al. 2005a. The Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010 Target. Science 307, 212-213. (PDF)
Balmford A, Crane P, Dobson A.P., Green RE & Mace GM. 2005b. The 2010 Challenge: Data availability, information needs, and extraterrestrial insights. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 360, 221-228.
Brauer J, Czech B, Trauger DL, Farley J, Costanza R, Daly HE, Hall CAS, Noss RF, Krall L, Krausman PR, Dobson A.P., Balmford A, Crane PR, Green RE & Mace GM. 2005. Establishing Indicators for Biodiversity. Science 308, 791-792. (PDF)
Dhondt AA, Altizer S, Cooch EG, Davis AK, Dobson A.P., Driscoll MJL, Hartup BK, Hawley DM, Hochachka WM, Hosseini PR, Jennelle CS, Kollias GV, Ley DH, Swarthout ECH & Sydenstricker KV. 2005. Dynamics of a novel pathogen in an avian host: mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches. Biotropica 94, 77-93. (PDF)
Dobson A.P. 2005a. Monitoring global rates of biodiversity change: Challenges that arise in meeting the 2010 goals. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 360, 229-244. (PDF)
Hosseini PR, Dhondt AA & Dobson A.P. 2004. Seasonality and wildlife disease: how seasonal birth, aggregation and variation in immunity affect the dynamics of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in houe finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271, 2569-2577.
Harvell CD, Aronson R, Baron N, Cornell J, Dobson A.P., Ellner S, Gerber L, Kim K, Kuris A, McCallum H, Lafferty K, McKay B, Porter J, Pascual M, Smith G, Sutherland K & Ward J. 2004. The Rising Tide of Ocean Diseases: Unsolved problems and research priorities. Frontiers in Ecology, 2, 375-382.
Ferrari, M.J., Bjornstad, O., Dobson, A.P., et. al. 2005. Estimation and inference for R0 of an infectious pathogen using a removal method. Mathematical Biosciences 198, 14-26.
Gerber, L., McCallum, H., Lafferty, K.D., Sabo, J.L. & Dobson, A.P. 2005. Exposing extinction risk analysis to pathogens: Is disease just another form of density dependence? Ecological Applications 15, 1402-1414.
Kilpatrick, A.M., Kramer, L.D., Campbell, S.R., Alleyne, E.O., Dobson, A.P. & Daszak, P. 2005. West Nile Virus risk and the bridge vector paradigm. Emerging Infectious Diseases 11, 425-429.
MacDougall-Shackleton, E.A., Derryberry, E.P., Foufopoulos, J., Dobson, A.P. & Hahn, T. 2005. Parasite-mediated heterozygote advantage in an outbred songbird population. Biology Letters 1, 105-107.
Pascual, M. & Dobson, A.P. 2005 Seasonal Patterns of Infectious Disease. PLOS Medicine 2, 19-20.
Smith, K.F., Dobson, A.P., McKenzie, F.E., Real, L.A., Smith, D.L. & Wilson, M.L. 2005. Ecological theory to enhance infectious disease control and public health policy. Frontiers in Ecology 3,29-37.
Palmer, M.A., Bernhardt, E.S., Chornesky, E.A., Collins, S.L., Dobson, A.P., Duke, C.S., Gold, B.D., et. al. 2005. Ecology for a Crowded Planet: a Science Action Plan for the 21st Century. Frontiers in Ecology 3, 4-12.
Hosseini, P.R., Dhondt, A.A. & Dobson, A.P. 2004. Seasonality and wildlife disease: how seasonal birth, aggregation and variation in immunity affect the dynamics of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in houe finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271, 2569-2577.
Palmer M., Bernhardt, E., Chornesky, E., Collins, S., Dobson, A.P., Duke, C., Gold, B., Jacobson, R., Kingsland, S., Kranz, R., Mappin, M., Martinez, M.L., Micheli, F., Morse, J., Pace, M., Pascual, M., Palumbi, S., Reichman, O.J., Simons, A., Townsend, A. & Turner M. 2004. Ecology for a crowded planet. Science 304, 1251-1252.
Dobson, A.P. 2004. Population dynamics of pathogens with multiple host speces. The American Naturalist, 164, S64-S78.
Altizer, S., Nunn, C.L., Thrall, P.H., Gittleman, J.L., Antonovics, J., Cunningham, A.A., Dobson, A.P., Ezenwa, V., Jones, K.E., Pedersen, A.B., Poss, M. & Pulliam, J.R.C. 2003. Social organization and parasite risk in mammals: integrating theory and empirical studies. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 34, 517-547.
McCallum, H., Harvell, D. & Dobson, A.P. 2003. Rates of spread of marine pathogens. Ecology Letters 6, 1062-1067.
Holt, R.D., Dobson, A.P., Begon, M., Bowers, R.G. & Schauber, E.M. 2003. Parasite establishment in host communities. Ecology Letters 6, 837-842.
Packer, C., Holt, R.D., Hudson, P.J., Lafferty, K.D. & Dobson, A.P. 2003. Keeping the herds healthy and alert: implications of predator control for infectious disease. Ecology Letters 6, 797-802.
Dobson, A.P. 2003. Metalife! Science 301, 1448-1450.
Torchin, M.E., Lafferty, K.D., Dobson, A.P., McKenzie, V.J. & Kuris, A.M. 2003. Introduced species and their missing parasites. Nature 421, 628-630.
Hudson, P.J., Dobson, A.P., Cattadori, A.M., Newborn, D., Haydon, D.T., Shaw, D.J., Benton, T.G. & Grenfell, B.T. 2002. Trophic interactions and population growth rates: describing patterns and identifying mechanisms. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 357, 1259-1272.
Harvell, D., Mitchell, C.E., Ward, J.R., Altizer, S.A., Dobson, A.P., Ostfeld, R.S. & Samuel, M.D. 2002. Climate warming and disease risk for terrestrial and marine biota. Science 296, 2158-2162.
Pascual, M., Bouma, M.J. & Dobson, A.P. 2002. Cholera and climate: Revisiting the quantitative evidence. Microbes and Infection 4, 237-245.
Seabloom, E.W., Dobson, A.P. & Stoms, D.M. 2002. Exctinction rates under non-random patterns of habitat loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 269, 11229-11234.
McCallum, H. & Dobson, A.P. 2002. Disease, habitat fragmentation and conservation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 269, 2041-2049.
Hudson, P.J. & Dobson, A.P. 2001. Harvesting unstable populations: Red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus (Lath.) in the United Kingdom. Wildlife Biology 7, 189-195.
Clark, J.S., Carpenter, S.R., Barber, M., Collins, S., Dobson, A.P., Foley, J.A., Lodge, D.M., Pascual, M., Pielke Jr., R., Pfizer, W., Pringle, C., Reid, W.V., Rose, K.A., Sala, O., Schlesinger, W.H., Wall, D.H., Wear, D. 2001. Ecological forecasts: An emerging imperative. Science 293, 657-660.
Pimm, S.L., Ayres, M., Balmford. A., Branch. G., Brandon, K., Brooks, T., Bustamante, R., Costanza, R., Cowling, R., Curran, L.M., Dobson, A.P., et. al. 2001. Can we defy nature’s end? Science 293, 2207-2208.
Dobson, A. & Foufopoulos, J. 2001. Emerging infectious pathogens of wildlife. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. Lond. B 356, 1001-1012.
Tilman, D., Fargione, J., Wolff, B., D’Antonio, C., Dobson, A.P., Howarth, R., Schindler, D., Schlesinger, W.H., Simberloff, D. & Swackhamer, D. 2001. Forecasting agriculturally driven global environmental change. Science 292, 281-284.
Dobson, A.P., Rodriguez, J.P. & Roberts, W.M. 2001. Synoptic conservation: integrating strategies for large-scale conservation. Ecological Applications 11, 1019-1026.
Jolly, A., Dobson, A.P., Rasamimanana, H.M., O’Connor, S., Solberg, M. & Perel, V. 2001. Demography of Lemur catta at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar: Effects of troop size, habitat and rainfall. International Journal of Primatology 23, 327-353.
Dobson, A.P. 2000. Raccoon rabies in space and time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97, 14041-14043.
Thrall, P., Antonovics, J. & Dobson, A.P. 2000. Sexually transmitted diseases in polygynous mating systems: prevalence and impact on reproductive success. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 267, 1555-1563.
Dobson, A.P. & Lyles, A. 2000. Black-footed ferret recovery. Science 288, 985-988.
Mace, G.M., Balmford, A., Boitani, L., Cowlishaw, G., Dobson, A.P., Faith. D.P., Gaston, K.J., et. al. 2000. It’s time to work together and stop duplicating conservation efforts. Nature 405, 393-394.
Rodriguez, J.P., Ashenfelter, G., Rojas-Suarez, F., Garcia Fernandez, J.J., Suarez, L. & Dobson, A.P. 2000. Local data are vital to worldwide conservation. Nature 403, 241.
Dobson, A.P. & Hudson, P.J. 1999. Three views (and four glimpses) of a secret: Challenges in epidemiology. Aspects of Applied Biology 53,17-26.
Hudson, P.J., Dobson, A.P. & Newborn, D. 1998. Prevention of population cycles by parasite removal. Science 282, 2256-2258.
Shaw, D.J., Grenfell, B.T. & Dobson, A.P. 1998. Patterns of macroparasite aggregation in wildlife host populations. Parasitology 117, 597-610.
Dobson, A.P., Bradshaw, A.D. & Baker, A.J.M. 1997a. Hopes for the future: Restoration ecology and conservation biology. Science 277, 515-521.
Richter, W., Aronson, J., Hobbs, R., Shapiro, A., Dobson, A.P., Bradshaw, A.D. & Baker, A.J.M. 1997b. Restoring ecosystems: Letters and Reply. Science 278, 997-1001.
Dobson, A.P., Rodriguez, J.P., Roberts, W.M. & Wilcove, D.S. 1997c. Geographic distribution of endangered species in the United States. Science 275, 550-555.
Dobson, A.P., Rodriguez, J.P., Roberts, W.M. & Wilcove, D.S. 1997d. Distribution and causation of endangerment in the United States: Response. Science 277, 1117.
Dunn, C.P., Bowles, M.L., Rabb, G.B., Jarantoski, K.S., Ehrenfeld, D., Noss, R.F., Meffe, G.K., Dobson, A.P., Rodriguez, J.P., Roberts, W.M. & Wilcove, D.S. 1997. Endangered species “hot spots”: Letters & Response. Science 276, 513-517.
Rodriguez, J.P., Roberts, W.M. & Dobson, A.P. 1997. Where are endangered species found in the United States? Endangered Species Update 14, 1-4.
Hudson, P.J. & Dobson, A.P. 1997. Transmission dynamics and host-parasite interactions of Trichostrongylus tenuis in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus). Journal of Parasitology 83, 194-202.
De Leo, G.A.& Dobson, A.P. 1996. Allometry and simple epidemic models for microparasites. Nature 379,720-22.
Dobson, A.P. & Carper, E.R. 1996. Infectious diseases and human population history. Bioscience 46, 115-126.
Dobson, A.P. & Meagher, M. 1996. The population dynamics of brucellosis in the Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 77, 1026-1036.
Shaw, D.J. & Dobson, A.P. 1995. Patterns of macroparasite abundance and aggregation in wildlife populations: a quantitative review. Parasitology 111, S111-134.
Hudson, P.J., Norman, R., Laurenson, M.K., Newborn, D., Gaunt, M., Reid, H., Gould, E., Bowers, R. & Dobson, A.P. 1995. Persistence and transmission of tick-borne diseases: Ixodes ricinus and louping-ill virus in red grouse populations. Parasitology 111, S49-58.
Roberts, M. & Dobson, A.P. 1995. The population dynamics of communities of parasitic helminths. Mathematical Bioscience 126 (2), 191-215.
Dobson, A.P. 1995. Biodiversity and human health, Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10 (10), 390‑391.
McCallum, H. & Dobson, A.P. 1995. Detecting disease and parasite threats to endangered species and ecosystems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10, 190-194.
Dobson, A.P. & Hudson, P.J. 1994. The interaction between the parasites and predators of red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus. IBIS 137, S87-S96.
Dobson, A.P. & Crawley, M. 1994. Pathogens and the structure of plant communities. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9, 393-398.
Dobson, A.P. & Roberts, M. 1994. The population dynamics of parasitic helminth communities. Parasitology 109, S97-S108.
Dobson, A.P. & Carper, E.R. 1993. Health and climate change: Biodiversity. Lancet 342, 1096-1099.
Reed, J.M. & Dobson, A.P. 1993. Behavioural constraints and conservation biology: conspecific attraction and recruitment. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9, 108-110.
Lyles, A.M. & Dobson, A.P. 1993. Infectious Disease and Intensive Management: Population Dynamics, Threatened Hosts, and their Parasites. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 24 (3), 315-326.
Dobson, A.P., Pacala, S.W., Roughgarden, J.D., Carper, E.R. & Harris, E.A. 1992. The parasites of Anolis lizards in the Northern Lesser Antilles I. Patterns of distribution and abundance. Oecologia 91, 110-117.
Dobson, A.P. & Pacala, S.W. 1992. The parasites of Anolis lizards in the northern Lesser Antilles II. Models of parasite community structure. Oecologia 91, 118-125.
Dobson, A.P. & Hudson, P.J. 1992. Regulation and stability of a free-living host-parasite system: Trichostrongylus tenuis in red grouse II. Population models. Journal of Animal Ecology 61, 487-498.
Hudson, P.J., Dobson, A.P. & Newborn, D. 1992. Regulation and stability of a free-living host-parasite system: Trichostrongylus tenuis in red grouse I. Monitoring and parasite reduction experiments. Journal of Animal Ecology 61, 477-486.
Hudson, P.J., Dobson, A.P. & Newborn, D. 1992. Do parasites make prey vulnerable to predation? Red grouse and parasites. Journal of Animal Ecology 61, 681-692.
Smith, G. & Dobson, A.P. 1992. Sexually transmitted diseases in animals. Parasitology Today 8, 159-166.
Dobson, A.P. & Poole, J.H. 1992. Ivory, Why the ban must stay. Conservation Biology 6,149-151.
Dobson, A.P. 1990. The survival rates of some common British birds. Current Ornithology 7, 115-146.
Dobson, A.P. & Lyles, A.M. 1989. The population dynamics and conservation of primate populations. Conservation Biology 3, 362-380.
Hudson, P.J. & Dobson, A.P. 1989. Population biology of Trichostrongylus tenuis, a parasite of economic importance for red grouse management. Parasitology Today 5, 283-291.
Scott, M. & Dobson, A.P. 1989. The role of parasites in regulating host abundance. Parasitology Today.
Dobson, A.P. 1989. Behavioral and life history adaptations of parasites for living in desert environments. Journal of Arid Environments 7, 185-192.
Dobson, A.P. 1988. Restoring island ecosystems: the potential of parasites to control introduced mammals. Conservation Biology 2, 31-39.
Dobson, A.P. 1988. The population biology of parasite induced changes in host behavior. The Quarterly Review of Biology 63, 139-165.
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