Sonia Altizer
Associate Professor
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
Ecology Bldg.
Athens, GA 30602-2202
(706) 542-9251
Lab: (706) 542-3485
Fax: (706) 542-4819
email: saltizer@uga.edu
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Education
Ph.D. - University of Minnesota
Research Interests
Population ecology
Ecology of infectious diseases in natural populations
Evolution of host resistance and parasite virulence
Insect ecology and evolution
Role of infectious diseases in wildlife conservation
Research Projects
Monarch butterfly ecology, evolution, and interactions with a protozoan parasite;
ecology and evolution of infectious diseases in mammalian mating and social systems;
dynamics of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches; urbanization and infectious disease risk in wild songbirds
Selected Publications
[Book] Nunn, C.L. and Altizer, S. 2006. Infectious Diseases in Primates: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution, Oxford University Press.
Altizer, S., Dobson, A., Hosseini, P., Hudson, P., Pascual, M., and Rohani, P. 2006. Seasonality and the dynamics of infectious diseases. Ecology Letters. 9: 467-484.
Bradley, C.A. and Altizer, S. 2005. Parasites hinder monarch butterfly flight: implications for disease spread in migratory hosts. Ecology Letters. 8: 290-300.
Altizer, S., Hochachka, W., and Dhondt, A. 2004. Seasonal dynamics of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in eastern North American House Finches. Journal of Animal Ecology. 73(2): 309-322.
Altizer, S., Harvell, C.D., and Friedle, E. 2003. Rapid evolutionary dynamics and disease threats to biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 18(11): 589-596
Altizer, S., Nunn, C., Thrall, P., Gittleman, J., Ezenwa, V., Pulliam, J., Pedersen, A., Dobson, A., Poss, M., Cunningham, A., Antonovics, J., and Jones, K. 2003. Social organization and disease risk in mammals: integrating theory and empirical studies. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 34:517-47
Harvell, D., Mitchell, C.E., Ward, J.R., Altizer, S., Dobson, A., Ostfeld, R.S., and Samuels, M.D. 2002. Climate warming and disease risks for terrestrial and marine biota. Science. 296: 2158-2162.
Altizer, S.M., Oberhauser, K.S. and Brower, L.P. 2000. Associations between host migration and the prevalence of a protozoan parasite in natural populations of monarch butterflies. Ecological Entomology. 25: 125-139.
Curriculum Vitae
Last Updated: January 19, 2007
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