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Gideon Erkenswick

University of Missouri-St. Louis, Field Projects International
Verified email at fieldprojects.org
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[HTML][HTML] Portable sequencing as a teaching tool in conservation and biodiversity research

M Watsa, GA Erkenswick, A Pomerantz, S Prost - PLoS biology, 2020 - journals.plos.org
As biodiversity loss continues to accelerate, there is a critical need for education and
biomonitoring across the globe. Portable technologies allow for in situ molecular biodiversity …

On the trail of primate scent signals: A field analysis of callitrichid scent‐gland secretions by portable gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry

…, M Watsa, GA Erkenswick… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chemosignals are mediators of social interactions in mammals, providing con‐ and hetero‐specifics
with information on fixed (eg, species, sex, group, and individual identity) and …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic Plasmodium brasilianum infections in wild Peruvian tamarins

GA Erkenswick, M Watsa, MA Pacheco, AA Escalante… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
There is an increased interest in potential zoonotic malarias. To date, Plasmodium malariae
that infects humans remains indistinguishable from Plasmodium brasilianum, which is …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal and demographic blood parasite dynamics in two free-ranging neotropical primates

GA Erkenswick, M Watsa, AS Gozalo, N Dmytryk… - International Journal for …, 2017 - Elsevier
Parasite-host relationships are influenced by several factors intrinsic to hosts, such as social
standing, group membership, sex, and age. However, in wild populations, temporal …

First detection of antibodies against Leptospira among free‐ranging neotropical non‐human primates in the Peruvian Amazon lowland rainforest

…, M Erkenswick Watsa… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease with multiple serogroups that infects wildlife
and humans alike. Several studies have detected the presence of leptospiral antibodies in …

Genomics in the jungle: using portable sequencing as a teaching tool in field courses

M Watsa, GA Erkenswick, A Pomerantz, S Prost - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Genetic research is a rapidly evolving field of study that is increasingly being utilized as a
tool for wildlife conservation. However, researchers and science educators in remote areas …

[HTML][HTML] Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining

…, E Broadbent, CT Driscoll, G Erkenswick… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mercury emissions from artisanal and small-scale gold mining throughout the Global South
exceed coal combustion as the largest global source of mercury. We examined mercury …

Distribution and New Sightings of Goeldi's Monkey (Callimico goeldii) in Amazonian Perú

M Watsa, GA Erkenswick, JA Rehg… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
There is a general consensus on the geographic distributions of many primate species;
however, the continuity and validity of species range maps are often inaccurate on a local scale. …

Real‐time genomics for One Health

…, M Watsa, Z Libke, G Erkenswick… - Molecular Systems …, 2023 - embopress.org
The ongoing degradation of natural systems and other environmental changes has put our
society at a crossroad with respect to our future relationship with our planet. While the …

A multiyear survey of helminths from wild saddleback (Leontocebus weddelli) and emperor (Saguinus imperator) tamarins

GA Erkenswick, M Watsa, AS Gozalo… - American journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The establishment of baseline data on parasites from wild primates is essential to understand
how changes in habitat or climatic disturbances will impact parasite–host relationships. In …