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Julie C Blackwood

Williams College
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Resolving the roles of immunity, pathogenesis, and immigration for rabies persistence in vampire bats

JC Blackwood, DG Streicker… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Bats are important reservoirs for emerging infectious diseases, yet the mechanisms that allow
highly virulent pathogens to persist within bat populations remain obscure. In Latin America…

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of artists in major US museums

…, D Turek, B Heggeseth, PE Harris, JC Blackwood… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The US art museum sector is grappling with diversity. While previous work has investigated
the demographic diversity of museum staffs and visitors, the diversity of artists in their …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of fishing on hysteresis in Caribbean coral reefs

JC Blackwood, A Hastings, PJ Mumby - Theoretical ecology, 2012 - Springer
Coral resilience is important for withstanding ecological disturbances as well as anthropogenic
changes to the environment. However, the last several decades have demonstrated a …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus dynamics: When does sexual transmission matter?

…, A Neufeld, EJ Talis, LM Childs, JC Blackwood - Epidemics, 2017 - Elsevier
The Zika virus (ZIKV) has captured worldwide attention with the ongoing epidemic in South
America and its link to severe birth defects, most notably microcephaly. ZIKV is spread to …

Deciphering the impacts of vaccination and immunity on pertussis epidemiology in Thailand

JC Blackwood, DAT Cummings… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Pertussis is a highly infectious respiratory disease that is currently responsible for nearly
300,000 annual deaths worldwide, primarily in infants in developing countries. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] Cumulative cultural evolution and mechanisms for cultural selection in wild bird songs

…, AEM Newman, SM Doucet, JC Blackwood - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
… Denoting note high note clusters with X and click trains with C, the adult classes are therefore
AX, AC, and AXC, and the juvenile classes are JX, JC, and JXC. The sum of the individuals …

Identifying research needs to inform white‐nose syndrome management decisions

…, JTH Coleman, JC Blackwood… - … Science and Practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological understanding of host–pathogen dynamics is the basis for managing wildlife
diseases. Since 2008, federal, state, and provincial agencies and tribal and private …

A model‐based approach to determine the long‐term effects of multiple interacting stressors on coral reefs

JC Blackwood, A Hastings… - Ecological Applications, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between multiple stressors on Caribbean coral reefs, namely, fishing effort
and hurricane impacts, is a key element in the future sustainability of reefs. We develop an …

Bioeconomic synergy between tactics for insect eradication in the presence of Allee effects

JC Blackwood, L Berec… - … of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Preventing the establishment of invading pest species can be beneficial with respect to averting
future environmental and economic impacts and also in preventing the accumulation of …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal spatial evaluation of a pro rata vaccine distribution rule for covid-19

FM Castonguay, JC Blackwood, E Howerton, K Shea… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
The COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) is a World Health Organization (WHO)
initiative that aims for an equitable access of COVID-19 vaccines. Despite potential …