Kevin D. Lafferty

United States Geological Survey — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

83h-index35.7kcitations402works5.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions(136), Zoonotic diseases and public health(43), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics(37), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(32), Marine and fisheries research(26)

Publications402 total

Integrating Mobile SMS PrEP Navigation Services into a Nationwide Home HIV/STI Self-Testing Program in the United States: Formative Work and Pilot Study (Preprint)
2025
Sea star wasting disease mystery finally solved
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025
Mapping global coral vulnerability to stony coral tissue loss disease: implications for biosecurity and conservation
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología·2025Open Access
Multi‐Species Telemetry Quantifies Current and Future Efficacy of a Remote Marine Protected Area
Global Change Biology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The invasive acanthocephalan parasite Pachysentis canicola is associated with a declining endemic island fox population on San Miguel Island
International Journal for Parasitology·2024· 3 cited
Hookworm prevalence in ocelots in Costa Rica is inconsistent with spillover from domestic dogs despite high overlap
Ecosphere·2024Open Access
Landscape fragmentation overturns classical metapopulation thinking
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 19 citedOpen Access
Stony coral tissue loss disease indirectly alters reef communities
Science Advances·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Temperature impacts on dengue incidence are nonlinear and mediated by climatic and socioeconomic factors: A meta-analysis
PLOS Climate·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Metabarcoding is (usually) more cost effective than seining or qPCR for detecting tidewater gobies and other estuarine fishes
PeerJ·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Parasites alter food-web topology of a subarctic lake food web and its pelagic and benthic compartments
Oecologia·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
The chytrid insurance hypothesis: integrating parasitic chytrids into a biodiversity–ecosystem functioning framework for phytoplankton–zooplankton population dynamics
Oecologia·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Ecological and socioeconomic factors associated with the human burden of environmentally mediated pathogens: a global analysis
The Lancet Planetary Health·2022· 39 citedOpen Access
Evidence gaps and diversity among potential win–win solutions for conservation and human infectious disease control
The Lancet Planetary Health·2022· 28 citedOpen Access
Future Directions to Manage Wildlife Health in a Changing Climate
EcoHealth·2022· 3 cited
Temperature impacts on dengue incidence are nonlinear and mediated by climatic and socioeconomic factors
2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Evaluation of MPA designs that protect highly mobile megafauna now and under climate change scenarios
Global Ecology and Conservation·2022· 28 citedOpen Access
Predator–prey interactions of terrestrial invertebrates are determined by predator body size and species identity
Ecology·2022· 26 cited
Transforming Palmyra Atoll to native-tree dominance will increase net carbon storage and reduce dissolved organic carbon reef runoff
PLoS ONE·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
Parasites in kelp‐forest food webs increase food‐chain length, complexity, and specialization, but reduce connectance
Ecological Monographs·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Armand M. Kuris(18), Andrew P. Dobson(9), Chelsea L. Wood(5), Mark E. Torchin(4), Giulio A. De Leo(4), Erin A. Mordecai(4), Peter J. Hudson(4), Ryan F. Hechinger(4), Neo D. Martinez(3), Robert Poulin(3), David W. Thieltges(3), C. Drew Harvell(3), Jenifer E. Dugan(3), Heather M. Leslie(3), Deborah McArdle(3), Robert R. Warner(3), Jennifer A. Dunne(2), Pieter T. J. Johnson(2), David J. Marcogliese(2), Jane Memmott(2)