2025

  1. Ringwaldt, E. M., Buettel, J. C., Carver, S., Brook, B. W. 2025. Epidemiological dynamics of a visually apparent disease: camera trapping and machine-learning applied to rumpwear in the common brushtail possum. Integrative Zoology. In press. (accepted 4-23-25)
  2. Wells, M. R., Philips, A., Lea, M. A., Carver, S. 2025. Spatial variation in body condition of a coastal sentinel, the little penguin, reflects marine and terrestrial factors. Ecology and Evolution. In press. (accepted 4-14-25)
  3. Yabsley, M. J., Carver, S., Broadhurst, J., Francisco, R. 2025. Sarcoptes scabiei (scabies mite). Trends in Parasitology. Ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.011
  4. Wells, M. R., Philips, A., Lea, M. A., Carver, S. 2025. Environmental and health associations with parasite presence on a coastal sentinel, the little penguin. Oikos. Ahead of print. https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/oik.10746 
  5. Bashor, L., Rawlinson, J. E., Kozakiewicz, C. P., Behzadi, E., Miller, C., Kim, J., Cierzan, M., Nehring, M., Carver, S., Abdo, Z., VandeWoude, S. 2025. Impacts of antiretroviral therapy on the oral microbiome and periodontal health of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus positive cats. Viruses. 17:257.

2024

  1. Young, E. T., McKelson, J., Kalstrom, D., Sipthorp, L., Wicker, L., Higgins, D., Marschner, C., Nichols, D. S., Phalen, D., Greenville, A. C., Carver, S.. 2024. Pharmacokinetics and safety of topical fluralaner in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 23:100999.
  2. Russell, G. G., Wilkinson, V., Pefanis, S., Thompson, A., Peck, S., Dann, A., Pye, R., Carver, S., Flies, A. S. 2024. Sarcoptic mange in a Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and a Bennett’s wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 60:980-984.
  3. Wilkinson, V., Richards, S. A., Burgess, L., Næsborg-Nielsen, C., Gutwein, K., Vermaak, Y., Mounsey, K., Carver, S. 2024. Adaptive interventions for advancing in situ wildlife disease management. Ecological Applications. E3019.
  4. Fountain-Jones, N. M., Charleston, M., Flies, E., Carver, S., Yates, L. 2024. Why some countries but not others? Urbanisation, GDP and endemic disease predict global SARS-CoV-2 excess mortality patterns. Landscape Ecology. 39:144.
  5. Lévêque, L., Buettel, J.C., Carver, S., Brook, B.W. 2024. What passes through the extinction filter? Historical and contemporary patterns of vulnerability of the most extinction-prone bird family (Aves: Rallidae). Extinction. 2:e8.
  6. Næsborg-Nielsen, C., Mounsey, K., Wilkinson, V., Eisenhofer, R., Burridge, C. P., Carver, S. 2024. Changes in the skin microbiota between two bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) with differing recovery trajectories following treatment for sarcoptic mange. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 60:734-738. 
  7. Wilkinson, V., Richards, S. A., Carver, S., Næsborg-Nielsen, C., Cray, C., Rossi, G. 2024. Non-specific markers of inflammation in bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) with sarcoptic mange. Frontiers in Veterinary Research. 11: 1403221.
  8. Tan, W. J., Carver, S., Martin, A. M., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Proft, K., Burridge, C. 2024. Sex and landscape influence spatial genetic variation in a large fossorial mammal (Vombatus ursinus). Journal of Mammalogy. 105:481-489.
  9. Young, E. T., Phalen, D., Greenville, A. C., Donkers, Kylie, Carver, S. 2024. A retrospective epidemiological study of sarcoptic mange in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) using wildlife carer admission records. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 24:100955.
  10. Takano, K., Carver, S., Vermaak, Y., Fischer, K., Harvey, R. J., Mounsey, K. E. 2024. Assessment of the in vitro acaricidal activity of Bravecto® (fluralaner) and a proposed orange oil-based formulation vehicle for the treatment of Sarcoptes scabiei. Parasites and Vectors. 17:194.
  11. Hindle, I. J., Forbes, L. K., Walters, S. J., Carver, S. 2024. The effects of spatially-constrained treatment regions upon a model of wombat mange. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 88:53.
  12. Koolhof, I. S., Beeton, N., Bettiol, S., Charleston, M., Firestone, S. M., Gibney, K., Neville, P., Jardine, A., Markey, P., Kurucz, N., Warchot, A., Krause, V., Onn, M., Rowe, S., Franklin, L., Fricker, S., Williams, C., Carver, S. 2024. Testing the intrinsic mechanisms driving the dynamics of Ross River Virus across Australia. PLoS Pathogens. 20:e1011944.
  13. Carver, S., Stannard, G. L., Martin, A. M. 2024. The distinctive biology and characteristics of the bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus). Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. 12:135-160.

2023

  1. Wells, M. R., Coggan, T. L., Stevenson, G., Singh, N., Askeland, M., Lea, M. A., Philips, A., Carver, S. 2023. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in little penguins and associations with urbanisation and health parameters. Science of the Total Environment. 912:169084.
  2. Fountain-Jones, N. M., Silk, M., Appaw, R. C., Hamede, R. H., Rushmore, J., VanderWaal, K., Craft, M. E., Carver, S., Charleston, M. 2023. The spectral underpinnings of pathogen spread on animal networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 2007:20230951.
  3. Kozakiewicz, C. P., Burridge, C. P., Lee, J. S., Kraberger, S. J., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Fisher, R. N., Lyren, L. M., Jennings, M. K., Riley, S. P. D., Serieys, L. E. K., Craft, M. E. Funk, W. C., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude S., Carver, S. 2023. Habitat connectivity and host relatedness influence virus spread across an urbanising landscape in a fragmentation-sensitive carnivore. Virus Evolution. 9:veac122.
  4. Ringwaldt, E. M., Brook, B. W., Buettel, J. C., Cunningham, C. X., Fuller, C., Gardiner, R., Hamer, R., Jones, M., Martin, A. M., Carver, S. 2023. Host, environment, and anthropogenic factors drive landscape dynamics of an environmentally transmitted pathogen: sarcoptic mange in the bare-nosed wombat. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92:1786-1801.
  5. Knoblauch, W., Carver, S., Driessen, M. M., Gales, R., Richards, S. A. 2023. Abundance and population growth estimates for bare-nosed wombats. Ecology and Evolution. 13:10465.
  6. Carver, S., Lewin, Z. M., Burgess, L. G., Wilkinson, V., Whitehead, J., Driessen, M. M. 2023. Density independent decline from an environmentally transmitted parasite. Biology Letters. 19: 20230169.
  7. Lévêque, L., Amin, R. J., Buettel, J. C., Carver, S., Brook, B. W. 2023. A secure future? Human urban and agricultural land use benefits a flightless island-endemic rail despite climate change. Royal Society Open Science. 10: 230386.
  8. Lewin, Z. M., Astorga, F., Escobar, L. E., Carver, S. 2023. Assessing variation in the individual-level impacts of a multi-host pathogen. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2023:4003285.
  9. Wells, M. R., Philips, A., Lea, M. A., Carver, S. 2023. The potential of ecologists to enhance our understanding of seabird health. Marine Ornithology. 51:11-22.
  10. Dyke, H. J. C., Lodo, K. L., Carver, S., Stephens, N. 2023. The first confirmed outbreak of Barmah Forest virus in Tasmania – 2019. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 47:100039.
  11. Kim, J., Behzadi, E. S., Nehring, M., Carver, S., Cowan, S. R., Conry, M. K., Rawlinson, J. E., VandeWoude, S., Miller, C. A. 2023. Combination antiretroviral therapy and immunophenotype of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus. Viruses. 15:822.
  12. Takano, K., Harvey, R. J., de Hayr, L., Carver, S., Mounsey, K. 2023. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic considerations for treating sarcoptic mange with cross-relevance to Australian wildlife. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance. 21:97-113.
  13. Burgess, L. G., Richards, S. A., Driessen, M. M., Wilkinson, V., Amin, R. J., Carver, S. 2023. Fine-scale landscape epidemiology: sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2023:2955321.
  14. Wilkinson, V., Næsborg-Nielsen, C., Richards, S., Carver, S. 2023. Time to consider pharmacological interventions against infectious disease in wildlife. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60:229-236.
  15. Magondu, B., Lee, A. B., Schulz, A., Cervantes Buchelli, G., Meng, M., Kaminski, C., Yang, P. J., Carver, S., Hu, D. L. 2023. Drying dynamics of pallet feces. Soft Matter. 19:723.

2022

  1. Carver, S., Peters, A., Richards, S. 2022. Model Integrated Disease Management to facilitate effective translatable solutions for wildlife disease issues. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59:2902-2910.
  2. Næsborg-Nielsen, C., Eisenhofer, R., Fraser, T. A., Wilkinson, V., Burridge, C. P., Carver, S. 2022. Sarcoptic mange changes bacterial and fungal microbiota of bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus). Parasites and Vectors. 15:323.
  3. Gilbertson, M. L. J., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Malmberg, J. L., Gagne, R. B., Lee, J. S., Kraberger, S., Kechejian, S., Petch, R., Chiu, E., Onorato, D., Cunningham, M. W., Crooks, K. R., Funk, W. C., Carver, S., VandeWoude, S., VanderWaal, K., Craft, M. E. 2022. Apathogenic proxies for transmission dynamics of a fatal virus. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9:940007.
  4. Næsborg-Nielsen, C., Wilkinson, V., Mejia-Pacheco, N., Carver, S. 2022. Evidence underscoring immunological and clinical pathological changes associated with Sarcoptes scabiei infection: synthesis and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases. 22:658.
  5. Ringwaldt, E. M., Brook, B. W., Carver, S., Buettel, J. C. 2022. Signs of rumpwear in the common ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 58:675-679.
  6. Bains, J., Carver, S., Hua, S. 2022. Pathophysiological and pharmaceutical considerations for enhancing the control of Sarcoptes scabiei in wombats through improved transdermal drug delivery. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9:944578.
  7. Penrose, B., MacIntosh, A. E., Parbhakar-Fox, A., Smith L. B. E., Sawyer, T., D’Agnese, E., Carver, S. 2022. Heavy metal wombats? Metal exposure pathways to bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) living on remediated tin mine tailings. Science of the Total Environment. 835:155526.
  8. Hindle, I. J., Forbes, L. K., Carver, S. 2022. The effect of spatial dynamics on the behaviour of an environmentally transmitted disease. Journal of Biological Dynamics. 16:144-149.
  9. Driessen, M. M., Dewar, E., Carver, S., Gales, R. 2022. Conservation status of common wombats in Tasmania I: incidence of mange and its significance. Pacific Conservation Biology. 28:103-114.
  10. Driessen, M. M., Dewar, E., Carver, S., Lawrence, C., Gales, R. 2022. Conservation status of common wombats in Tasmania II: population distribution and trends, and the incidence and significance of roadkill. Pacific Conservation Biology. 28:115-123.
  11. Browne, E., Driessen, M. M., Cross, P. C., Escobar, L. E., Foley, J., . 2022. Sustaining transmission in different host species: the emblematic case of Sarcoptes scabiei. BioScience. 72:166-176.
  12. Mounsey, K. Harvey, R. J., Wilkinson, V., Takano, K., Old, J., Stannard, H., Wicker, L., Phalen, D., Carver, S. 2022. Drug dose and animal welfare: important considerations in the treatment of wildlife. Parasitology Research. 121:1065-1071.
  13. Eisenhofer, R., D’Agnese, E., Taggart, D., Carver, S., Penrose, B. 2022. Microbial biogeography of the wombat gastrointestinal tract. PeerJ. 10:e12982.
  14. Fountain-Jones, N. M., Kraberger, S., Gagne, R., Gilbertson, M. L. J., Trumbo, D. R., Charleston, M., Salerno, P., Funk, W. C., Crooks, K., Logan, K., Alldredge, M., Dellicour, S., Baele, G., Didelot, X., VandeWoude, S., Carver, S., Craft, M. E. 2022. Hunting alters viral transmission and evolution in a large carnivore. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6:174-182.​
  15. Gagne, R. B., Crooks, K. R., Craft, M. E., Chiu, E. S., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Malmberg, J. L., Carver, S., Funk, W. C., Vanedwoude, S. 2022. Parasites as conservation tools. Conservation Biology. 36: e13719.
  16. Escobar, L. E., Carver, S., Cross, P., Rossi, L., Almberg, E. S., Yabsley, M. J., Niedringhaus, K. D., Van Wick, P., Dominguez-Villegas, E., Gakuya, F., Xie, Y., Angelone, S., Gortazar, C., Astorga, F. 2022.Sarcoptic mange: an emerging panzootic in wildlife. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 69:927-942.​

2021

  1. Pye, R., Darby, J., Fox, S., Flies, A., Carver, S., Elmer, J., Swift, K., Hogg, C., Pemberton, D., Woods, G., Lyons, B. 2021. Wildlife Research. Post release immune responses of Tasmanian devils vaccinated with an experimental devil facial tumour disease vaccine. Wildlife Research. 48:701-712.
  2. Fountain-Jones, N. M., Kozakiewicz, C. P., Forester, B. R., Landguth, E. L., Carver, S., Charleston, M., Gagne, R. B., Greenwell, B., Kraberger, S., Trumbo, D. R., Mayer, M., Clark, N. J., Machado, G. 2021.MrIML: Multi-response interpretable machine learning to model genomic landscapes. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21:2766-2781.
  3. Tamura, J., Ingram, J., Martin, A., Burridge, C., Carver, S. 2021. Contrasting population manipulations reveal resource competition between two large marsupials: bare-nosed wombats and eastern grey kangaroos. Oecologia. 197: 313-325.
  4. Lévêque, L., Buettel, J. C., Carver, S., Brook, B. W. 2021. Characterising the spatio-temporal threats, conservation hotspots, and conservation gaps for the most extinction-prone bird family (Aves: Rallidae). Royal Society Open Science. 8:210262.
  5. Browne, E., Driessen, M. M., Ross, R., Roach, M., Carver, S. 2021. Environmental suitability of bare-nosed wombat burrows for Sarcoptes scabiei. International Journal of Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 16:37-47.
  6. Ross, R., Carver, S., Browne, E., Thai, B. S. 2021. WomBot: an exploratory robot for monitoring wombat burrows. SN Applied Sciences. 3:647. – most downloaded journal article in June and July 2021.
  7. Ringwaldt, E. M., Brooke, B. W., Carver, S., Buettel, J. C. 2021. The patterns and causes of dermatitis in terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammalian wildlife. Animals. 11:1691
  8. Carver, S., Charleston, M., Hocking, G., Gales, R., Driessen, M. M. 2021. Long-term spatiotemporal dynamics and factors associated with trends in bare-nosed wombats. Journal of Wildlife Management. 85:449-461.
  9. Koolhof, I. S., Firestone, S. M., Bettiol, S., Charleston, M., Gibney, K. B., Neville, P. J., Jardine, A., Carver, S. 2021. Optimising predictive modelling of Ross River virus using meteorological variables. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15:e0009252.
  10. Beeton, N., Forbes, L. K., Carver, S. 2021. Comparing modes of transmission for sarcoptic mange dynamics and management in bare-nosed wombats. Letters in Biomathematics. 8:3-18.
  11. Yang, P. J., Lee, A. B., Chan, M., Kowalski, M., Qiu, K., Waid, C., Cervantes, G., Magondu, B., Biagioni, M., Vogelnest, L., Martin, A., Edwards, A., Carver, S., Hu, D. L. 2021. Intestines of non-uniform stiffness mold the corners of wombat feces. Soft Matter. 17:475-488 – 2019 Ig Nobel prize winning research – Soft Matter Most Popular 2021.
  12. Martin, A. M., Carver, S. 2021. Ecology and conservation of the critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii: past, present and future. Australian Mammalogy. 43:10-21.
  13. Fountain-Jones, N. M., Kraberger, S., Gagne, R. B., Trumbo, D. R., Salerno, P. E., Funk, W. C., Crooks, K., Biek, R., Alldredge, M., Logan, K., Beale, G., Dellicour, S., Ernest, H. B., VandeWoude, S., Carver, S., Craft, M. E. 2021. Host relatedness and landscape connectivity shape pathogen spread in a large secretive carnivore. Communications Biology. 4:12.

2020

  1. Fountain-Jones, N. M., Appaw, A. C., Carver, S., Didelot, X., Volz, E., Charleston, M. 2020. Emerging phylogenetic structure of the SARS CoV-2 pandemic. Virus Evolution. 6:veaa082.
  2. Peters, A., Meredith, A., Skerratt, L., Carver, S., Raidal, S. 2020. Infectious disease is an important consideration in emergency conservation interventions. Conservation Biology. 34:784-785.
  3. Lizrraga, D., Timms, P., Quigley, B. L., Hanger, J., Carver, S. 2020. Capturing complex vaccine-immune-disease relationships for free-ranging koalas: higher chlamydial loads are associated with less IL17 expression and more chlamydial disease. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7:697.
  4. Ortiz-Baez, A. S., Cousins, K., Eden, J-S., Chang, W-S., Harvey, E., Pettersson, J. H-O., Carver, S., Polkinghorne, A., Šlapeta, J., Rose, K., Holmes, E. 2020. Meta-transcriptomic identification of Trypanosoma spp. in native wildlife species from Australia. Parasites and Vectors. 13:447.
  5. Kozakiewicz, C. P., Burridge, C. P., Funk, W. C., Craft, M. E., Crooks, K. R., Fisher, R. N., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Jennings, M. K., Kraberger, S. J., Lee, J. S., Lyren, L. M., Riley, S. P. D., Serieys, L. E. K., VandeWoude, S., Carver, S. 2020. Does the virus cross the road? Viral phylogeographic patterns among bobcat populations reflect a history of urban development. Evolutionary Applications. 13:1806-1817.
  6. Prahalad, V., Kirkpatrick, J. B., Aalders, L., Carver, S., Ellison, J., Harrison-Day, V., McQuillan, P., Morrison, B., Richardson, A., Woehler, E. 2020. Conservation ecology of Tasmanian coastal saltmarshes, south-east Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology. 26:105-129.
  7. Rowbottom, R., Carver, S., Barmuta, L. A., Weinstein, P., Allen, G. R. 2020. How do local differences in saltmarsh ecology influence disease vector mosquito populations? Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 34:279-290.
  8. Koolhof, I. S., Gibney, K. B., Bettiol, S., Charleston, M., Wiethoelter, A., Arnold, A. L., Campbell, P. T., Neville, P. J., Aung, P., Shiga, T., Carver, S., Firestone, S. M. 2020. The forecasting of dynamical Ross River virus outbreaks: Victoria, Australia. Epidemics. 30:100377.
  9. Carver, S., Lunn, T. 2020. When are pathogen dynamics likely to reflect host population genetic structure? Molecular Ecology. 29:859-861.
  10. Comte, S., Carver, S., Hamede, R., Jones, M. 2020. Changes in spatial organization following an acute epizootic: Tasmanian devils and their transmissible cancer. Global Ecology and Conservation. 22:e00993.
  11. Dannemiller, N. G., Kechejian, S., Kraberger, S., Logan, K., Alldredge, M., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude, S., Carver, S. 2020. Diagnostic uncertaintiy and the epidemiology of Feline Foamy Virus in pumas (Puma concolor). Scientific Reports. 10:1587.
  12. Kraberger, S., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Gagne, R. B., Malmberg, J., Dannemiller, N. G., Logan, K., Alldredge, M., Varsani, A., Crooks, K. R., Craft, M., Carver, S., VandeWoude, S. 2020. Frequent cross-species transmissions of foamy virus between domestic and wild felids. Virus Evolution. 6:vez058.
  13. Watts, E. T., Johnson, C. N., Carver, S., Butler, C., Harvey, A. M., Cameron, E. Z. 2020. Maternal protectiveness in feral horses: responses to intraspecific and interspecific sources of risk. Animal Behaviour. 159:1-11.

2019

  1. Kechejian, S., Dannemiller, N., Kraberger, S., Ledesma-Feliciano, C., Lochelt, M., Carver, S., VandeWoude, S. 2019. Feline foamy virus sero-prevalence and demographic risk factors in Colorado, Southern California and Florida stray domestic cat populations. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports. 5:.
  2. Lizrraga, D., Carver, S., Timms, P. 2019. Navigating to the most promising directions amid complex fields of vaccine development: a chlamydial case study. Expert Review of Vaccines. 18:1323-1337.
  3. Peters, A., Carver, S., Skerratt, L. F., Meredith, A., Woods, R. 2019. A solutions-focused translational research framework for wildlife health. BioScience. 69:1019-1027.
  4. Reynolds, J. J. H., Carver, S., Cunningham, M. W., Logan, K. A., Vickers, W., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude, S., Craft, M. E. 2019. Feline immunodefiency virus in puma: estimation of the force of infection reveals insights into transmission. Ecology and Evolution. 9:11010-11024.
  5. Bommana, S., Jelocnik, M., Borel, N., Marsh, I., Carver, S., Polkinghorne, A. 2019. The limitations of commercial serological assays for detection of chlamydial infections in Australian livestock. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 68:627-632.
  6. Ng, D., Carver, S., Gotame, M., Karmasharya, D., Pradhan, S. M., Rana, A. N., Johnson, C. N. 2019. Canine distemper in Nepal’s Annapurna Conservation Area – Implications of dog husbandry and human behavior for wildlife disease. PLoS ONE. 14:e0220874.
  7. Kechejian, S. R., Dannemiller, N., Kraberger, S., Ledesma Feliciano, C., Malmberg, J., Roelke Parker, M., Cunningham, M., McBride, R., Riley, S. P. D., Vickers, W., Logan, K., Alldredge, M., Crooks, K., Lochelt, M., Carver, S., VandeWoude, S. 2019. Feline foamy virus is highly prevalent in free-ranging Puma concolor. Viruses. 11:359.
  8. Kozakiewicz, C. P., Burridge, C. P., Funk, W. C., Salerno, P. E., Trumbo, D. R., Gagne, R. B., Boydston, E. E., Fisher, R. N., Lyren, L. M., Jennings, M. K., Riley, S. P. D., Serieys, E. E. K., VandeWoude, S., Crooks, K. R., Carver, S. 2019. Urbanization reduces genetic connectivity in bobcats (Lynx rufus) at both intra- and inter-population spatial scales. Molecular Ecology. 28:5068-5085.
  9. Trumbo, D. R., Salerno, P., Logan, K., Alldredge, M., Gagne, R. B., Kozakiewicz, C. P., Kraberger, S., Fountain-Jones, N., Craft, M. E., Carver, S., Ernest, H. B., Crooks, K., VandeWoude, S., Funk, W. C. 2019. Urbanization impacts apex predator gene flow but not genetic diversity across an urban-rural divide. Molecular Ecology. 28:4926-4940.
  10. Fountain-Jones, N. M., Machado, G., Carver, S., Packer, C., Recamonde-Mendoza, M., Craft, M. E. 2019. How to make more from exposure data? An integrated machine learning pipeline to predict pathogen exposure. Journal of Animal Ecology. 88:1447-1461.
  11. Krakoff, E., Gagne, R. B., VandeWoude, S., Carver, S. 2019. Variation in intra-individual lentiviral evolution rates: a systematic review of human, non-human primate and felid species. Journal of Virology. 92:e00649-18.
  12. Martin, A. M., Richards, S. A., Fraser, T. A., Polkinghorne, A., Burridge, C. P., Carver, S. 2019. Population-scale treatment informs solutions for control of environmentally transmitted wildlife disease. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56:2363-2375.
  13. Attipa, C., Solano-Gallego, L., Leutenegger, C. M., Papasouliotis, K., Soutter, F., Balzer, J., Carver, S., Buch, J. S., Tasker, S. 2019. Associations between clinical canine leishmaniosis and multiple vector-borne co-infections: a case-control serological study. BMC Veterinary Research. 15:331.
  14. Martin, A. M., Carver, S., Proft, K., Fraser, T. A., Polkinghorne, A., Banks, S., Burridge, C. P. 2019. Isolation, marine transgression, and translocation of the bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus). Evolutionary Applications. 12:1114-1123.
  15. Rowe, M. L., Whiteley, P. L., Carver, S. 2019. The treatment of sarcoptic mange in wildlife: a systematic review. Parasites and Vectors. 12:99.
  16. Davies, G. T. O., Kirkpatrick, J. B., Cameron, E. Z., Carver, S., Johnson, C. N. 2019. Ecosystem engineering by digging mammals: effects on soil fertility and condition in Tasmanian temperate woodland. Royal Society Open Science. 6:180621.
  17. Fraser, T., Holme, R., Martin, A., Whiteley, P., Montarello, M., Raw, C., Carver, S., Polkinghorne, A. 2019. Expanded molecular typing of Sarcoptes scabiei provides further evidence of disease spill-over events in the epidemiology of sarcoptic mange in Australian marsupials. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 55:231-237.
  18. Beeton, N., Carver, S., Forbes, L. K. 2019. A model for the treatment of environmentally transmitted sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus). Journal of Theoretical Biology. 462:466-474.
  19. Martin A. M., Ricardo, H., Tompros, A., Fraser, T. A., Polkinghorne, A., Carver, S. 2019. Burrows with resources have greater visitation and may enhance mange transmission among wombats. Australian Mammalogy. 41:287-290.

2018

  1. Ruiz-Aravena, M., Jones, M. E., Carver, S., Estay, S., Espjo, C., Storfer, A., Hamede, R. K. 2018. Sex bias in ability to cope with cancer: Tasmanian devils and facial tumour disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 285:20182239.
  2. Kozakiewicz, C. P., Burridge, C. P., Funk, W. C., VandeWoude, S., Craft, M. E., Crooks, K. R., Ernest, H. B., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Carver, S. 2018. Pathogens in space: advancing understanding of pathogen dynamics and disease ecology through landscape genetics. Evolutionary Applications. 11:1763-1778.
  3. Kellner, A., Carver, S., Scorza, V., McKee, C. D., Lappin, M., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude, S., Antolin, M. F. 2018. Transmission pathways and spillover of an erythrocytic bacterial pathogen from domestic cats to wild felids. Ecology and Evolution. 8:9779-9792.
  4. Astorga, F., Carver, S., Almberg, E. S., Sousa, G. R., Wingfield, K., Niedringhaus, K. D., Van Wick, P., Rossi, L., Xie, Y., Cross, P., Angelone, S., Gortazar, C., Escobar, L. E. 2018. International meeting on sarcoptic mange in wildlife, June 2018, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Parasites and Vectors. 11:449.
  5. Powers, J., Carver, S., Chiu, E., Kraberger, S., Roelke-Parker, M., Lowery, I., Erbeck, K., Troyer, R., VandeWoude, S. 2018. Feline leukemia virus disease outcomes in a domestic cat breeding colony: relationship to endogenous FeLV and other chronic viral infections. Journal of Virology. 92:e00649-18.
  6. Fraser, T. A., Carver, S., Martin, A. M., Mounsey, K., Polkinghorne, A., Jelocnic, M. 2018. A Sarcoptes scabiei specific isothermal amplification assay for detection of this important ectoparasite of wombats and other animals. PeerJ. 6:e5291.
  7. Quigley, B. L., Carver, S., Hanger, J., Vidgen, M. E., Timms, P. 2018. The relative contribution of causal factors in the transition from infection to clinical chlamydial disease. Scientific Reports. 8:8893.
  8. Fraser, D., Mouton, A., Serieys, L. E. K., Cole, S., Carver, S., VandeWoude, S., Lappin, M., Riley, S. P. D., Wayne, R. 2018. Genome-wide expression reveals multiple systemic effects associated with detection of anticoagulant poisons in bobcats (Lynx rufus). Molecular Ecology. 27:1170-1187.
  9. Flies, E. J., Lau, C. L., Carver, S., Weinstein, P. 2018. Another emerging mosquito-borne disease? Endemic Ross River virus transmission in the absence of marsupial reservoirs. BioScience. 68:288-293.
  10. Fountain-Jones, N. M., Pearse, W. D., Escobar, L. E., Alba-Casals, A., Carver, S., Davies, T. J., Kraberger, S., Papes, M., Vandegrift, K., Worsley-Tonks, K., Craft, M. E. 2018. Towards and eco-phylogenetic framework for infectious disease ecology. Biological Reviews. 93:950-970.
  11. Martin, A. M., Fraser, T. A., Lesku, J. A., Simpson, K., Roberts, G. L., Garvey, J., Polkinghorne, A., Burridge, C. P., Carver, S. 2018. The cascading pathogenic consequences of Sarcoptes scabiei infection that manifest in host disease. Royal Society Open Science. 5:180018.
  12. Sprague, W., VandeWoude, S., Zheng, X., MacMillian, M., Troyer, R., Wood, B., Carver, S. 2018. Prior puma lentivirus infection modifies early immune responses and attenuates FIV infection in cats. Viruses. 10:210.
  13. Botwe, P. K., Carver, S., Magierowski, R., McEvoy, P., Goonan, P., Madden, C., Barmuta, L. A. 2018. Effects of salinity and flow interactions on macroinvertebrate traits in temporary streams. Ecological Indicators. 89:74-83.
  14. Walker, E., Jelocnik, M., Bommana, S., Timms, Carver, S., Polkinghorne, A. 2018. Understanding the health and production impacts of endemic Chlamydia pecorum infections in lambs. Veterinary Microbiology. 217:90-96.
  15. Attipa, C., Laia, S. G., Kostas, P., Soutter, F., Morris, D., Helps, C., Carver, S., Tasker, S. 2018. Association between canine leishmaniosis and Ehrlichia canis co-infection: a prospective case-control study. Parasites and Vectors. 11:184.
  16. Pye, R., Patchett, A., McLennan, E. Thomson, R., Carver, S., Fox, S., Pemberton, D., Kreiss, A., Baz Morelli, A., De Siva, A., Pearse, M. J., Corcoran, L. M., Belov, K., Hogg, C. J., Woods, G., Lyons, B. A. 2018. Immunisation strategies producing a humoral IgG immune response against DFTD in the majority of Tasmanian devils destined for wild release. Frontiers in Immunology. 9:259.
  17. Fraser, T., Martin, A., Polkinghorne, A., Carver, S. 2018. Comparative diagnostics reveals PCR assays on skin scrapings is the most reliable method to detect Sarcoptes scabiei infestations. Veterinary Parasitology. 251:119-124.
  18. Bommana, S., Walker, E., Desclozeaux, M., Jelocnic, M., Timms, P., Polkinghorne, A., Carver, S. 2018. Molecular and serological dynamics of Chlamydia pecorum infection in a longitudinal study of prime lamb production. PeerJ. 6:e4296.
  19. Serieys, L. E. K., Lea, A. J., Epeldegui, M., Armenta, T. C., Moriarty, J., VandeWoude, S., Carver, S., Foley, J., Wayne, R. K., Riley, S. P. D., Uittenbogaart, C. H. 2018. Urbanization and anticoagulant poisons promote immune dysfunction in bobcats. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 285:20172533.
  20. Kozakiewicz, C. P., Carver, S., Burridge, C. P. 2018. Under-representation of avian studies in landscape genetics. IBIS. 160:1-12.
  21. Martin, A. M., Burridge, C. P., Ingram, J., Fraser, T. A., Carver, S. 2018. Invasive pathogen drives host population collapse: a travelling wave of sarcoptic mange impacting bare-nosed wombats. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55:331-341.

2017

  1. Fraser, T. A., Shao, R., Fountain-Jones, N., Charleston, M., Martin, A., Whiteley, P., Holme, R., Carver, S., Polkinghorne, A. 2017. Mitochondrial genome sequencing reveals potential origins of the scabies mite Sarcoptes scabiei infesting two iconic Australian marsupials. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17:233.2.
  2. Fountain-Jones, N. M., Craft, M. E., Funk, C. W., Kozakiewicz, C., Trumbo, D., Boydston, E. E., Lyren, L. M., Crooks, K. R., Lee, J. S., VandeWoude, S., Carver, S. 2017. Urban landscapes can slow virus gene flow and evolution in a fragmentation-sensitive carnivore. Molecular Ecology. 26:6487-6498. – Harry Smith Prize winning paper.
  3. Koolhof, I., Bettiol, S., Carver, S. 2017. Fine-temporal forecasting of outbreak probability and severity: Ross River virus in Western Australia. Epidemiology and Infection. 145:2949-2960
  4. Lewis, J. S., Logan, K. A., Alldredge, M. W., Carver, S., Bevins, S. N., VandeQoude, S., Crooks, K. R. 2017. The effects of demographic, social, and environmental characteristics on pathogen prevalence in wild felids across a gradient of urbanization. PLoS ONE. 12:e0187035.
  5. Escobar, L. E., Carver, S., Romero-Alvarez, D., VandeWoude, S., Crooks, K., Lappin, M. R., Craft, M. 2017. Inferring the ecological niche of environmentally transmitted pathogens: Toxoplasma gondii and Bartonella spp. in wild felids. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 4:172.
  6. Kozakiewicz, C. P., Carver, S., Austin, J. J., Shephard, J. M., Burridge, C. P. 2017. Intrinsic factors drive spatial genetic variation in a highly vagile species, the wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), in Tasmania. Journal of Avian Biology. 48:1025-1034.
  7. Burnard, D., Huston, W. M., Webb, J. K., Gillett, A., Fitzgibbon, S., Carver, S., Carrucan, J., Lacasse, C., Flanagan, C., Timms, P., Polkinghorne, A. 2017. Molecular evidence of Chlamydia pecorum and arthropod-associated Chlamydiae in an expanded range of marsupials. Scientific Reports.7:12844.
  8. Kellner, A., Carver, S., Gramza, A., Lewis, J. S., VandeWoude, S., Crooks, K. R. 2017. Outdoor recreation at the wildland-urban interface: examining human activity patterns and compliance with dog management policies. Natural Areas Journal. 37:514-528.
  9. Miller, C. A., Boegler, K., Carver, S., MacMillan, M., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, H., VandeWoude, S. 2017. Pathogenesis of Oral FIV Infection. PLoS ONE. 12:e0185138.
  10. Denholm, L., Beeton, N. J., Forbes, L. K., Carver, S. 2017. A model for the dynamics of Ross River virus in the Australian environment. Letters in Biomathematics. 4:187-206.
  11. Jelocnik, M., Islam, M. M., Madden, D., Jenkins, C., Branley, J., Carver, S., Polkinghorne, A. 2017. Development and evaluation of rapid novel isothermal amplification assays for important veterinary pathogens: Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia pecorum. PeerJ. 5:e3799.
  12. Hamede, R. K., Beeton, N., Carver, S., Jones, M. E. 2017. Untangling the model muddle: empirical tumour growth in Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease. Scientific Reports. 7:6217.
  13. Lunn, T., Munks, S., Carver, S. 2017. The impacts of timber harvesting on stream biota – an expanding field of heterogeneity. Biological Conservation. 213:154-166.
  14. Rowbottom, R., Carver, S., Barmuta, L. A., Weinstein, P., Allen, G. R. 2017. The distribution of a vector mosquito in a saltmarsh: determinants of eggs in a variable environment. Journal of Vector Ecology. 42:161-170
  15. Stanhope, J., Carver, S., Weinstein, P. 2017. Health and safety consideration for beekeeping: a systematic review. Journal of Apicultural Research. 56:100-111.
  16. Koolhof, I. S., Carver, S. 2017. Epidemic host community contribution to mosquito-borne disease transmission: Ross River virus. Epidemiology and Infection. 145:656-666.

2016

  1. Gilbertson, M. L. J., Carver, S., VandeWoude, S., Crooks, K. R., Lappin, M. R., Craft, M. E. 2016. Is pathogen exposure spatially autocorrelated? Patterns of pathogens in puma (Puma concolor) and bobcat (Lynx rufus). Ecosphere. 7:e01558.
  2. Hohnen, R., Tuft, K., Legge, S., Walters, N., Johanson, L., Carver, S., Radford, I., Johnson, C. N. 2016. The significance of topographic complexity in habitat selection and persistence of a declining marsupial in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology. 64:198-216. 
  3. Lunn, T., Macgregor, J., Munks, S., Carver, S. 2016. Dermatophilus congolensis infection in the Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 52:965-967
  4. Fraser, T., Charleston, M., Martin, A., Polkinghorne, A., Carver, S. 2016. The emergence of sarcoptic mange in Australian wildlife: an unresolved debate. Parasites and Vectors. 9:316.
  5. Carver, S. 2016. The koala, an iconic animal under threat. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 52:197-198.
  6. Carver, S., Bevins, S. N., Lappin, M. R., Boydston, E. E., Lyren, L. M., Alldredge, M., Logan, K. A., Sweanor, L. L., Riley, S. P. D., Serieys, L. E. K., Fisher, R. N., Vickers, T. W., Boyce, W., McBride R., Cunningham, M. C., Jennings, M., Lewis, J., Lunn, T., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude, S. 2016. Pathogen exposure varies widely among sympatric populations of wild and domestic felids across the United States. Ecological Applications. 26:367-381. – ‘Featured Article’ for Ecological Applications, March 2016.
  7. Simpson, K., Johnson, C. N., Carver, S. 2016. Sarcoptes scabiei: the mange mite with mighty effects on the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus). PLoS ONE. 11:e0149749.
  8. Waugh, C. A., Ali Khan, S., Carver, S., Hanger, J., Loader, J., Polkinghorne, A., Beagley, K., Timms, P. 2016. PLoS ONE. 11:e0146934.

2015

  1. Hohnen, R., Tuft, K., Legge, S., Radford, I., Carver, S., Johnson, C. N. 2015. Post-fire habitat use of the Golden-backed Tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus) in the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia. Austral Ecology. 40:941-952.2.
  2. Carver, S., Beatty, J. A., Troyer, R. M., Harris, R. L., Stutzman-Rodriguez, K., Barrs, V. R., Chan, C. C., Tasker, S., Lappin, M. R., VandeWoude, S. 2015. Closing the gap on causal processes of infection risk form cross-sectional data: structural equation models to understand infection and coinfection. Parasites and Vectors. 8:658.
  3. Rowbottom, R., Carver, S., Barmuta, L., Weinstein, P., Foo, D., Allen, G. 2015. Resource limitation, controphic ostracod density and larval mosquito development. PLoS ONE. 10:e0142472.
  4. Botwe, P. K., Barmuta, L. A., Magierowski, R., McEvoy, P., Goonan, P., Carver, S. 2015. Temporal patterns and environmental correlates of macroinvertebrate communities in temporary streams. PLoS ONE. 10:e0142370.
  5. Carver, S., Mills, J. N., Parmenter, C. A., Parmenter, R. R., Richardson, K., Harris, R. L., Douglass, R., Kuenzi, A., Luis, A. D. 2015. Toward a mechanistic understanding of climatically forced disease emergence: Sin Nombre hantavirus. BioScience. 65:651-666.
  6. Stanhope, J., Carver, S., Weinstein, P. 2015. The risky business of being and entomologist: a systematic review. Environmental Research. 140:619-633.
  7. McEvoy, J., While, G. M., Sinn, D. L., Carver, S., Wapstra, E. 2015. Structural consistency of behavioral traits and behavioral syndromes (or lack thereof) in a social lizard species, Egernia whitii. Journal of Zoology. 296:58-66.
  8. Pepin, K. M., Leach, C. B., Marques-Toledo, C., Laass, K. H., Paixao, K. S., Luis, A. D., Hayman, D. T. S., Johnson, N. G., Buhnerkempe, M. G. Carver, S., Grear, D. A., Tsao, K., Eiras, A. E., Webb, C. T. 2015. Utility of mosquito surveillance data for spatial prioritization of vector control against dengue viruses in three Brazilian cities. Parasites and Vectors. 8:98.​
  9. Tompkins, D. M, Carver, S., Jones, M. E., Krkosek, M., Skerratt, L. F. 2015. Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective. Trends in Parasitology. 31:149-159.

2014

  1. Haley, N. J., Carver, S., Henderson, D. M., Davenport, K. A., Bundting, E., Shawn, G., Trindle, B., Galeota, J., LeVan, I., Dubovos, T., Shelton, P., Hoover, E. A. 2014. Evaluation of retropharyngeal lymph nodes from free-ranging cervids for chronic wasting disease by real time quaking-induced conversion. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 52:3237-3243.
  2. Beatty, J. A., Troyer, R. M., Carver, S., Barrs, V. R., Espinasse, F., Conradi, O., Stutzman-Rodriguez, K., Chan, C. C., Tasker, S., Lappin, M. R., VandeWoude, S. 2014. Felis catus gammherpesvirus 1: a widely endemic potential pathogen of domestic cats. Virology. 460-461:100-107.
  3. Troyer, R. M., Beatty, J. A., Stutzmann-Rodriguez, K. R., Carver, S., Lozano, C. C., Lee, J. S., Lappin, M. R., Riley, S. D. P., Serieys, L. E. K., Logan, K. A., Sweanor, L. L., Boyce, W. M., Vickers, T. W., McBride, R., Crooks, K. R., Lewis, J. S., Cunningham, M. W., Rovnak, J., Quackenbush, S. L., VandeWoude, S. 2014. Novel gammaherpesviruses in North American domestic cats, bobcats and pumas: identification, prevalence and risk factors. Journal of Virology. 88:3914-3924.

2013

  1. Haley, N. J., Van de Motter, A., Carver, S., Henderson, D., Davenport, K., Seelig, D., Mathiason, C. K., Hoover, E. A. 2013. Prion-seeding activity in cerebrospinal fluid of deer with chronic wasting disease. PLoS ONE. 8:e81488.
  2. Wood, B. A., Carver, S., Troyer, R. M., Elder, J. H., VandeWoude, S. 2013. Microsphere immunoassay for the quantification of domestic cat antibodies and the detection of antibodies against Feline Immunodeficiency virus in plasma. Journal of Immunological Methods. 396:74-86.
  3. Hoon-Hanks, L. L., Haley, N. J., Henderson, D., Carver, S., Caughey, B., Hoover, E. A. 2013. Analysis of cervid field samples by RT-QuIC: Potential for improved sensitivity in surveillance and modeling. Prion. 7:S21.
  4. Richardson, K. S., Kuenzi, A., Douglass, R. J., Hart, J., Carver, S. 2013. Human exposure to particulate matter potentially contaminated with Sin Nombre virus. EcoHealth. 10:159-165.
  5. Lagana, D. Lee, J. S. Lee, Lewis, J. S., Bevins, S. N., Carver, S., Sweanor, L. L., McBride, C., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude, S. 2013. Characterization of regionally-associated Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) in Bobcats (Lynx rufus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 49:718-722.

2012

  1. Jones, C. P., Carver, S., Kendall, L. V. 2012. . Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. 51:1-7.
  2. Carver, S., Scorza, A. V., Bevins, S. N., Riley, S. P. D., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude, S., Lappin, M. R. 2012. Zoonotic parasites of bobcats around human landscapes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50:3080-3083.
  3. Haley, N. J., Mathiason, C. K., Carver, S., Telling, G. C., Zabel, M. D., Hoover, E. A. 2012. Sensitivity of protein misfolding cyclic amplification vs. immunohistochemistry in antemortem detection of chronic wasting disease. Journal of General Virology. 93:1141-1150.
  4. Haley, N. J., Mathiason, C. K., Carver, S., Telling, G. C., Zabel, M. D., Hoover, E. A. 2012. Sensitivity of protein misfolding cyclic amplification vs. immunohistochemistry in antemortem detection of chronic wasting disease. Prion. 6:S92.
  5. Bevins, S. N., Carver, S., Boydston, E. E., Lyren, L. M., Alldredge, M., Logan, K. A., Riley, S. P. D., Fisher, R. N., Vickers, W. T., Boyce, W. M., Salman, M., Lappin, M. R., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude, S. 2012. Three pathogens in sympatric populations of pumas, bobcats, and domestic cats: implications for infectious disease transmission. PLoS ONE. 7:e31403.
  6. Werner, A. K., Goater, S., Carver, S., Robertson, G., Allen, G. R., Weinstein, P. 2012. Environmental drivers of Ross River virus in south-east Tasmania, Australia: towards strengthening public health interventions. Epidemiology and Infection. 140:359-371.

2011

  1. Richardson, K., Carver, S., Douglass, R., Kuenzi, A. 2011. Effect of rock cover on small mammal abundance in a Montana grassland. Intermountain Journal of Sciences. 17:20-29.
  2. Carver, S., Goater, S., Allen, G., Parr, R., Fearnley, E., Weinstein, P. 2011. Relationships of the Ross River virus (Togoviridae: Alphavirus) vector, Aedes camptorhynchus (Thomson) (Diptera: Culicidae), to biotic and abiotic factors in saltmarshes of south-eastern Tasmania, Australia: a preliminary study. Australian Journal of Entomology. 50:344-355.
  3. Carver, S., Kuenzi, A., Bagamian, K. H., Mills, J. N., Rollin, P. E., Zanto, S. N., Douglass, R. 2011. A temporal dilution effect: hantavirus infection in deer mice and the intermittent presence of voles in Montana. Oecologia. 166:713-721.
  4. Haley, N. J., Mathiason, C. K., Carver, S., Zabel, M., Telling, G. C., Hoover, E. A. 2011. Detection of CWD prions in salivary, urinary, and intestinal tissues of deer: potential mechanisms of prion shedding and transmission. Journal of Virology. 85:6309-6318.
  5. Zheng, C., Carver, S., Troyer, R., Terwee, J. A., Vandewoude, S. 2011. Prior virus exposure alters the longterm landscape of viral replication during feline lentiviral infection. Viruses. 3:1891-1908.
  6. Weinstein, P. Judge, D. Carver, S. 2011. Biological and cultural coevolution and emerging infectious disease: Ross River virus in Australia. Medical Hypotheses. 76:893-896.
  7. Carver, S., Trueax, T. J., Douglass, R., Kuenzi, A. 2011. Delayed density-dependent prevalence of Sin Nombre virus infection in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in central and western Montana. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 47:56-63.

2010

  1. Carver, S., Kilpatrick, A. M., Kuenzi, A., Douglass, R., Ostfeld, R. S., Weinstein, P.  2010. Integration of environmental monitoring to enhance comprehension and control of infectious diseases. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 12:2048-2055 – Invited submission for “Emerging Investigators” issue.
  2. Carver, S., Bell, B. D., Waldman, B. 2010. Does chytridiomycosis disrupt amphibian skin function? Copeia, 2010:487-495 – Most read article for September 2010 issue of Copeia.
  3. Carver, S., Spafford, H., Storey, A., Weinstein, P. 2010. The roles of predators, competitors and secondary salinization in structuring mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) assemblages in ephemeral water bodies of the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. Environmental Entomology, 39:798-810.
  4. Cline, B. J., Carver. S., Douglass, R. 2010. Relationship of human behaviour within outbuildings to potential for exposure to Sin Nombre virus in western Montana. EcoHealth. 7:389-393.
  5. Carver, S., Kuenzi, A., Mills, J. N., Douglass, R. 2010. Sampling frequency differentially influences interpretation of zoonotic pathogen and host dynamics: Sin Nombre virus and deer mice. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10:575-583.
  6. Carver, S. 2010. Resistance of mammal assemblage structure to dryland salinity in a fragmented landscape. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 93:119-128.

2009

  1. Carver, S., Bestall, A., Jardine, A., Ostfeld, R. S. 2009. The influence of hosts on the ecology of arboviral transmission: potential mechanisms influencing dengue, Murray Valley encephalitis and Ross River virus in Australia. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 9:51-64. – Editors pick for “hot paper” February 2009.
  2. Carver, S., Storey, A., Spafford, H., Weinstein, P. 2009. Dryland salinity and the ecology of Ross River virus: the ecological underpinnings of potential for transmission. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 9:611-622.
  3. Carver, S., Spafford, H., Storey, A., Weinstein, P. 2009. Colonisation of ephemeral water bodies in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia by assemblages of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): role of environmental factors, habitat and disturbance. Environmental Entomology. 38:1585-1594.
  4. van Schie, C., Spafford Jacob, H., Carver, S., Weinstein, P. 2009. The salinity tolerance of Aedes camptorhynchus from different regions of southwest Western Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology. 48:293-299.
  5. Carver, S., Storey, A., Spafford, H., Lynas, J., Chandler, L., Weinstein, P. 2009. Salinity as a driver of aquatic invertebrate colonisation behaviour and distribution in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. Hydrobiologia, 617:75-90. 

2008

  1. ​Carver, S., Sakalidis, V., Weinstein, P. 2008. House mouse abundance and Ross River virus notifications in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 14:528-533.

2007

  1. Jardine, A., Speldewinde, P., Carver, S., Weinstein, P. 2007. Dryland salinity and Ecosystem distress syndrome: human health implications. EcoHealth, 4:10-17.
  2. Spafford, H. Jardine, A., Tarala, K., Carver, S., Weinstein, P. 2007. Laboratory determination of efficacy of a Santalum spicatum extract for mosquito control. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 23:304-311.

2004

  1. Bell, B. D., Carver, S., Mitchell, N. J., Pledger, S. 2004. The recent decline of a New Zealand endemic: how and why did populations of Archey’s frog Leiopelma archeyi crash over 1996-2001. Biological Conservation, 120: 193-203.

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters and Book Reviews

  1. Unwin, S. Carver, S. et al. 2024 Managing Ape Health: Informing Interventions. In State of the Apes, Volume 5. Disease, Health and Ape Conservation. Cambridge University Press. In prep.
  2. Carver, S. 2016. Radiology of Australian Mammals by Larry Vogelnest and Graeme Allan, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 2016, CSIRO Publishing. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 91:230-231.
  3. Carver, S., Rowbottom, R. 2015. Mosquito Eradication: The Story of Killing Campo by Brian Kay and Richard Russell (eds), CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, 2014, 280 pp, ISBN 978-1486300570. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management. 23:119-121.
  4. Carver, S., Slaney, D., Liesnham, P., Weinstein, P. 2015. Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People: Mosquito Borne Disease, pp 95-121. In Wetlands and Human Health. Eds Finlayson, C. M., Horwitz, P., Weinstein, P. Springer. Australia.

Articles highlighting my work

  1. Carver, S. 2023. Disease in the dirt: how mange-causing mites decimated a Tasmanian wombat population. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/disease-in-the-dirt-how-mange-causing-mites-decimated-a-tasmanian-wombat-population-211992
  2. Kamath, P. L., Prentice, M. B. 2022. Hunting shapes wildlife disease transmission. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6:136-137.
  3. The Wildlife Society. 2021. Wombat mange outbreak limited to north Tasmania. https://wildlife.org/jwm-wombat-mange-outbreak-limited-to-north-tasmania/
  4. Royal Society for Chemistry. 2021. Wombat research that’s not to be sniffed at. https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2021/jan/wombat-poo/
  5. Science magazine AAAS. 2021. How do wombats poop cubes? Scientists get to the bottom of the mystery. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/how-do-wombats-poop-cubes-scientists-get-bottom-mystery
  6. Science News. 2018. These are the most-read Science News stories of 2018. Science news. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/most-popular-stories-science-news-2018-yir?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latest-newsletter-v2
  7. Carver, S. 2017. Conservation, connections of humans and nature, and unravelling a world of infectious diseases. Scientia. http://www.scientia.global/dr-scott-carver/
  8. Bates, M. 2012. Sharing habitats means sharing diseases. AAAS MemberCentral. http://membercentral.aaas.org/blogs/qualia/sharing-habitats-means-sharing-diseases.
  9. Mills, J. N., Fulhorst, C. F. 2010. Small mammal-associated zoonoses. Vector-Bourne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10:547.
  10. Daszak P. 2009. Lucky country, broken land. EcoHealth, 6:476-478.

Grey literature

  1. Ringwaldt, E., Richards, S., Carver, S. 2023. NSW Department of Planning and Environment. Curb Wombat Mange Program. The landscape epidemiology of sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats across New South Wales. November, 2023.
  2. Carver, S. 2023. Disease in the dirt: how mange-causing mites decimated a Tasmanian wombat population. The Conversation. August, 2023. https://theconversation.com/disease-in-the-dirt-how-mange-causing-mites-decimated-a-tasmanian-wombat-population-211992
  3. NSW Department of Planning and Environment. 2023. Curb Wombat Mange Program training videos. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/rehabilitating-native-animals/curb-wombat-mange-program. June, 2023.
  4. Carver, S. 2023. Report to WaterNSW on sarcoptic mange in wombats at Bendeela Recreation Area and proposed strategies for disease management. March, 2023.
  5. Carver, S. 2023. General considerations for trapping Culex annulirostris. Guidelines document for the Tasmanian Department of Health and Biosecurity Tasmania. February, 2023.
  6. Death, C. E., Wintle, B., Skerratt, L., Hufschmid, J., Meredith, A., Carver, S. 2021. Guidelines for the treatment of Australian wildlife with sarcoptic mange: Part 1 – Treatment Guidelines Report. National Environmental Science Program, Threatened Species Recovery Hub. Project 1.4.4. https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/media/aayh54vj/1-4-4-guidelines-for-treatment-of-australian-wildlife-with-sarcoptic-mange-report-part-1-treatment-guidelines_v6.pdf
  7. Death, C. E., Wintle, B., Skerratt, L., Hufschmid, J., Meredith, A., Carver, S. 2021. . National Environmental Science Program, Threatened Species Recovery Hub. Project 1.4.4. https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/media/bx5pmfxu/1-4-4-guidelines-for-treatment-of-australian-wildlife-with-sarcoptic-mange-report-part-2-lit-review_v4.pdf
  8. Death, C. E., Wintle, B., Skerratt, L., Hufschmid, J., Meredith, A., Carver, S. 2021. Information sheet to the report. National Environmental Science Program, Threatened Species Recovery Hub. Project 1.4.4. https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/media/bxubtd01/1-4-4-information-sheet-mange-treatment_v3.pdf
  9. Wilkinson, V., Carver, S. 2021. Guidelines for the use of fluralaner (‘Bravecto spot-on solution for dogs’) to treat sarcoptic mange in wombats. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/36130/
  10. Carver, S. 2019. Developing a single dose long-lasting treatment of sarcoptic mange in wombats. Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment.
  11. Martin, A., Skerratt, L., Carver, S. 2017. Sarcoptic mange in Australian wildlife. Fact Sheet for Wildlife Health Australia. https://wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au/FactSheets.aspx.  
  12. Carver, S., Dent, C., Beeton N., Forbes, L. 2016. Improving understanding of Ross River virus transmission, impacts of current mosquito management and alternative vector control strategies in southwestern Australia. Funding Initiative for Mosquito Management in Western Australia project report.
  13. Carver, S. 2016. Contribution to ‘Ask and Expert’ on wombats. Australian Geographic magazine. March/April Issue, 2016.
  14. Carver, S. 2013. From mozzies to big cats and back again. Environmental Consultants Association of Western Australia News. Issue 4, Winter 2013.
  15. VandeWoude, S., Carver, S., Crooks, K. R. 2012. The effects of urban fragmentation and landscape connectivity on disease prevalence and transmission in North American felids. National Science Foundation Ecology of Infectious Diseases annual report. Project No.0723676.
  16. VandeWoude, S., Carver, S., Crooks, K. R. 2011. Iowa Bobcat Seroprevalence Analysis Update, May 31, 2011. Technical Report from NSF EID project No.0723676. The effects of urban fragmentation and landscape connectivity on disease prevalence and transmission in North American felids. pp. 4.
  17. VandeWoude, S., Carver, S., Crooks, K. R. 2011. The effects of urban fragmentation and landscape connectivity on disease prevalence and transmission in North American felids. National Science Foundation Ecology of Infectious Diseases annual report. Project No.0723676.
  18. Carver, S. 2011. Colorado research update. Wild Felid Monitor (Wild Felid Association). Summer 2011.
  19. Carver, S., K. R. Crooks, S. VandeWoude, and M. R. Lappin. 2011. The impact of urbanization on pathogens of North American wild and domestic felids. Abstract in J. Rovnak, and R. J. Cohrs, editors. The 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Virology Association: Current Advances in Virology in the Rocky Mountain Region. Translational Biomedicine 2:1-7.
  20. Carver, S. 2006. Salinity, mosquitoes, mammals and the health of people living in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Report to the Bureau of Rural Sciences and Land and Water Australia. 2005 Science and Innovation Award for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
  21. Jardine, A., Speldewinde, P., Carver, S. 2006. Dryland salinity and human health outcomes. Proceedings from ISEE/ISEA, Paris, France. Epidemiology, 17:S434.
  22. Bell, B. D., Carver, S. and Mitchell, N. J. 2005. Factors influencing the recent decline of frogs in New Zealand with particular reference to the decline of Archey’s frog (Leiopelma archeyi) over 1996-2001. New Zealand Department of Conservation research investigation 3299.
  23. Carver, S., Bell, B. D., Waldman, B. 2005.  Chytridiomycosis has no effect on skin function of the Southern Bell Frog, Litoria raniformis. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand.  Abstracts of papers presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of the Society, Springbrook National Park, south-east Queensland, Australia, 7-11 February 2005. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 32: 219-232.