Michael D. Collins

Rhodes College — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(10), Vector-borne infectious diseases(10), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(9), Bird parasitology and diseases(9), Plant and animal studies(7)

Publications41 total

Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2021· 85 citedOpen Access
Avian haemosporidian prevalence and its relationship to host traits in Western Tennessee
Journal für Ornithologie·2020· 9 cited
Bird Tissues from Museum Collections are Reliable for Assessing Avian Haemosporidian Diversity
Journal of Parasitology·2019· 13 cited
Avian host composition, local speciation and dispersal drive the regional assembly of avian malaria parasites in South American birds
Molecular Ecology·2019· 97 citedOpen Access
Temporal changes in abundance exhibit less spatial structure than abundance itself in North American birds
Journal für Ornithologie·2018· 3 citedOpen Access
Diversification by host switching and dispersal shaped the diversity and distribution of avian malaria parasites in Amazonia
Oikos·2018· 54 cited
Host community similarity and geography shape the diversity and distribution of haemosporidian parasites in Amazonian birds
Ecography·2017· 99 cited
Neotropical Migrants Exhibit Variable Body-Size Changes Over Time and Space
Northeastern Naturalist·2017· 6 cited
Prevalence of avian haemosporidian parasites is positively related to the abundance of host species at multiple sites within a region
Parasitology Research·2016· 36 cited
Heterogeneous changes in avian body size across and within species
Journal für Ornithologie·2016· 15 cited
Appendix B. Detailed description of analytical algorithms.
Figshare·2016Open Access
Appendix E. Congeneric and within-guild pairs of species identified as true complete checkerboards (TCC) or true partial checkerboards.
Figshare·2016Open Access
Supplement 2. MATLAB function files to perform MCMC analysis and the analysis of covariance.
Figshare·2016Open Access
Supplement 1. Data on species incidences, island group membership, and coordinates of island perimeters.
Figshare·2016Open Access
Habitat and Vegetation Variables Are Not Enough When Predicting Tick Populations in the Southeastern United States
PLoS ONE·2015· 54 citedOpen Access
The checkered history of checkerboard distributions: reply
Ecology·2015· 8 cited
Avian haemosporidian prevalence and its relationship to host life histories in eastern Tennessee
Journal für Ornithologie·2015· 50 cited
Local host specialization, host-switching, and dispersal shape the regional distributions of avian haemosporidian parasites
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2015· 89 citedOpen Access
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Default Digital Object Group·2013
10.1121/1.4767975.2
Default Digital Object Group·2013
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Frequent Co-authors

Daniel Simberloff(9), Edward F. Connor(7), Alan Fecchio(5), Jeffrey A. Bell(5), Jason D. Weckstein(5), Robert E. Ricklefs(5), Nathan J. Sanders(4), Vasyl V. Tkach(4), Vincenzo A. Ellis(4), Gregory M. Crutsinger(3), James A. Fordyce(3), Janice H. Dispoto(3), Camile Lugarini(3), Alix E. Matthews(3), Alison A. Hanson(3), Jackson R. Roberts(3), Zachariah Gompert(2), Chris C. Nice(2), Rafael B. P. Pinheiro(2), João Batista de Pinho(2)