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Pauline Kamath

Associate Professor of Animal Health, University of Maine, Orono
Verified email at maine.edu
Cited by 948

Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)

…, WR Easterday, HH Ganz, PL Kamath… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Environmentally transmitted diseases are comparatively poorly understood and managed,
and their ecology is particularly understudied. Here we identify challenges of studying …

The roles of environmental variation and parasite survival in virulence–transmission relationships

WC Turner, PL Kamath… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… We are confronting emerging infectious diseases with rapid evolution taking place in
novel hosts, and altered temperature and precipitation patterns as a result of land use …

[HTML][HTML] Africa's drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape

…, P Du Preez, WM Getz, RS Hetem, PL Kamath… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Proclaimed in 1907, Etosha National Park in northern Namibia is an iconic dryland system
with a rich history of wildlife conservation and research. A recent research symposium on …

Pneumonia in bighorn sheep: Risk and resilience

…, KR Manlove, ES Almberg, PL Kamath… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious disease contributed to historical declines and extirpations of bighorn sheep (Ovis
canadensis) in North America and continues to impede population restoration and …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics reveals historic and contemporary transmission dynamics of a bacterial disease among wildlife and livestock

PL Kamath, JT Foster, KP Drees, G Luikart… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing has provided fundamental insights into infectious disease
epidemiology, but has rarely been used for examining transmission dynamics of a bacterial …

Multiple estimates of effective population size for monitoring a long‐lived vertebrate: an application to Y ellowstone grizzly bears

PL Kamath, MA Haroldson, G Luikart… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Effective population size (N e ) is a key parameter for monitoring the genetic health of
threatened populations because it reflects a population's evolutionary potential and risk of …

Movement ecology and sex are linked to barn owl microbial community composition

…, S Toledo, S Turjeman, PL Kamath… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The behavioural ecology of host species is likely to affect their microbial communities, because
host sex, diet, physiology, and movement behaviour could all potentially influence their …

Migration, pathogens and the avian microbiome: A comparative study in sympatric migrants and residents

…, M Tsalyuk, A Lublin, O Choi, PL Kamath… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Animals generally benefit from their gastrointestinal microbiome, but the factors that influence
the composition and dynamics of their microbiota remain poorly understood. Studies of …

The persistence of time: the lifespan of Bacillus anthracis spores in environmental reservoirs

…, YH Huang, H Joel, A Hassim, PL Kamath… - Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
… This study took place on a mix of grassland and dwarf shrub savanna habitats found
southwest of the Etosha salt pan, a high-risk area for anthrax transmission [25]. Our study area …

[HTML][HTML] Linking migration and microbiota at a major stopover site in a long-distance avian migrant

N Thie, A Corl, S Turjeman, R Efrat, PL Kamath… - Movement Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Migration is one of the most physical and energetically demanding periods in an individual
bird’s life. The composition of the bird’s gut or cloacal microbiota can temporarily change …