Parsley, M. B., J. L. Brunner, E. J. Crespi, T. A. G. Rittenhouse, and C. S. Goldberg. 2025. Sample‐to‐sample variability impacts eDNA quantification, with implications for estimating species abundance. Environmental DNA 7:0. Link
Viadanna, P. H. O., and J. L. Brunner. 2025. Evaluating responses to epidemics of Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in farmed tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Ecological Modelling 510:111270. Link
Brunner, J., N. Dahrouge, E. Crespi, and T. Rittenhouse. 2025. Testing the population-level effects of stress-induced susceptibility in the ranavirus-wood frog system. Ecology & Evolution 15:e70728. PDF
Burton, E. S., R. S. Ostfeld, and J. L. Brunner. 2025. Responses of juvenile blacklegged ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) to hosts of varying quality. Journal of Medical Entomology 61:164-173. PDF
Owen, J. P., A. Gibbs, C. R. Jones, J. L. Brunner, K. Mason, S. M. Noh, and G. A. Scoles. 2025. Linked empirical studies reveal the cumulative impact of acquired tick resistance across the tick life cycle. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 16:102460. PDF
Rayle, M. R., J. L. Brunner, N. C. Dahrouge, E. L. Keller, and T. A. G. Rittenhouse. 2025. Infection intensity and severity of Ranavirus transmission in juvenile wood frogs. Oecologia 207:46. PDF
Brunner, J. L., A. Storfer, E. H. Le Sage, T. W. J. Garner, M. J. Gray, and J. T. Hoverman. 2025. Ranavirus Ecology: From Individual Infections to Population Epidemiology to Community Impacts. Pages 231-270 in Gray, M. J., and V. G. Chinchar, editors. Ranaviruses. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham. PDF
Gray, M. J., J. L. Brunner, J. E. Earl, W. Wirth, A. Peace, and E. Ariel. 2025. Design and Analysis of Ranavirus Studies: Insights into Planning Surveillance, Modeling Host-Pathogen Dynamics, and Performing Risk Analyses. Pages 313-371 in Gray, M. J., and V. G. Chinchar, editors. Ranaviruses. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham. PDF
2024
Pearhill, R. A. I., M. J. Gray, J. Jones, Z. T. Brinks, and J. L. Brunner. 2024. Microbe surveillance in the amphibian pet trade: results from a pilot study. EcoSphere 15:e4968. PDF
Parsley, M. B., E. J. Crespi, T. A. G. Rittenhouse, J. L. Brunner, and C. S. Goldberg. 2024. Environmental DNA concentrations vary greatly across productive and degradative conditions, with implications for the precision of population estimates. Scientific Reports 14:17392. PDF
2023
Brunner, J. L., C. M. Yarber, R. A. I. Pearhill, and C. S. Goldberg. 2023. Environmental DNA‐based detection of pathogens in trade and captive settings: Best practices and validation for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Methods in Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14217 PDF
Brunner, J. L., S. L. LaDeau, M. Killilea, E. Valentine, M. Schierer, and R. S. Ostfeld. 2023. Off‐host survival of blacklegged ticks in eastern North America: A multistage, multiyear, multisite study. Ecological Monographs e1572. DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1572 PDF
Cavasos, K., R. K. Adhikari, N. C. Poudyal, J. L. Brunner, A. R. Warwick, and M. J. Gray. 2023. Understanding the demand for and value of pathogen‐free amphibians to US pet owners. Conservation Science and Practice 5. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12995 PDF
Cavasos, K., N. C. Poudyal, J. L. Brunner, A. R. Warwick, J. Jones, N. Moherman, M. George, J. D. Willard, Z. T. Brinks, and M. J. Gray. 2023. Attitudes and behavioral intentions of pet amphibian owners about biosecurity practices. EcoHealth DOI: 10.1007/s10393-023-01645-8 PDF
Cavasos, K., N. C. Poudyal, J. L. Brunner, A. R. Warwick, J. Jones, N. Moherman, M. George, J. D. Willard, Z. T. Brinks, and M. J. Gray. 2023. Exploring business stakeholder engagement in sustainable business practices: Evidence from the US pet amphibian industry. Business Strategy and the Environment DOI: 10.1002/bse.3455 PDF
Chinchar, V. G., Duffus, A. L. J., and Brunner, J. L. 2021. Ecology of viruses infecting ectothermic vertebrates: The impact of ranavirus infections on amphibians. Pages 405-447 in Hurst, C. J., editors. Studies in Viral Ecology. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (Email for the PDF)
2020
Brunner, J. L. 2020. Pooled samples and eDNA-based detection can facilitate the “clean trade” of aquatic animals. Scientific Reports 10:10280. PDF
Hall, E. M., J. L. Brunner, B. Hutzenbiler, and E. J. Crespi. 2020. Salinity stress increases the severity of ranavirus epidemics in amphibian populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287:20200062. PDF
Thomas, C. E., E. S. Burton, and J. L. Brunner. 2020. Environmental drivers of questing activity of juvenile black-legged ticks (Acari: Ixodidae): temperature, desiccation risk, and diel cycles. Journal of Medical Entomology 57:8-16. (Email for the PDF)
2019
Brunner, J., A. Olson, J. Rice, S. Meiners, S. Le, J. Cundiff, C. Goldberg, and A. Pessier. 2019. Ranavirus infection dynamics and shedding in American bullfrogs: consequences for spread and detection in trade. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 135:135-150. (Email for the PDF)
Mihaljevic, J. R., A. L. Greer, and J. L. Brunner. 2019. Evaluating the within-host dynamics of Ranavirus infection with mechanistic disease models and experimental data. Viruses 11:396. PDF
Le Sage, M. J., B. D. Towey, and J. L. Brunner. 2019. Do scavengers prevent or promote disease transmission? The effect of invertebrate scavenging on Ranavirus transmission. Functional Ecology. Link or email for a copy
2018
Hall, E. M., C. S. Goldberg, J. L. Brunner, and E. J. Crespi. 2018. Seasonal dynamics and potential drivers of ranavirus epidemics in wood frog populations. Oecologia 188:1253-1262. PDF
Brunner, J. L., and C. M. Yarber. 2018. Evaluating the Importance of Environmental Persistence for Ranavirus Transmission and Epidemiology. Pages 129-148 in Malmstrom, C., editors. Environmental Virology and Virus Ecology. Elsevier. PDF
Rijks, J. M., B. Saucedo, J. L. Brunner, P. Hick, D. Lesbarrères, A. Duffus, L. V. Ash, and R. E. Marschang. 2018. Report on the 4th International Symposium on Ranaviruses 2017. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 28:13-18. PDF
2017
Price, S. J., E. Ariel, A. Maclaine, G. M. Rosa, M. J. Gray, J. L. Brunner, and T. W. J. Garner. 2017. From fish to frogs and beyond: Impact and host range of emergent ranaviruses. Virology 511:272-279. PDF
Brunner, J. L., L. Beaty, A. Guitard, and D. Russel. 2017. Heterogeneities in the infection process drive ranavirus transmission. Ecology 98:576-582. PDF
2016
Kolozsvary, M. B., and J. L. Brunner. 2016. Presence of ranavirus in a created temporary pool complex in southeastern New York, USA. Herpetological Review 47:598-600. PDF
O’Connor, K. M., T. A. G. Rittenhouse, and J. L. Brunner. 2016. Ranavirus is common in wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpoles throughout Connecticut. Herpetological Review 47:394-397. PDF
Hall, E. M., E. J. Crespi, C. S. Goldberg, and J. L. Brunner. 2016. Evaluating environmental DNA-based quantification of ranavirus infection in wood frog populations. Molecular Ecology Resources 16:423-433. PDF
2015
Ostfeld, R. S., and J. L. Brunner. 2015. Climate change and Ixodes tick-borne diseases of humans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 370:20140051. PDF
Crespi, E. J., L. J. Rissler, N. M. Mattheus, K. Engbrecht, S. I. Duncan, T. Seaborn, E. M. Hall, J. D. Peterson, and J. L. Brunner. 2015. Geophysiology of wood frogs: landscape patterns of prevalence of disease and circulating hormone concentrations across the eastern range. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55:602-617. PDF
Brunner, J. L., A. Storfer, M. J. Gray, and J. T. Hoverman. 2015. Ranavirus ecology and evolution: from epidemiology to extinction. Pages 71-104 in Gray, M. J., and V. G. Chinchar, editors. Ranaviruses: Lethal pathogens of ecothermic vertebrates. Springer International Publishing PDF
Gray, M. J., J. L. Brunner, J. E. Earl, and E. Ariel. 2015. Design and Analysis of Ranavirus Studies: Surveillance and Assessing Risk. Pages 209-240 in Gray, M. J., and V. G. Chinchar, editors. Ranaviruses: Lethal pathogens of ectothermic vertebrates. Springer International Publishing PDF
Jones, C. R., J. L. Brunner, G. A. Scoles, and J. P. Owen. 2015. Factors affecting larval tick feeding success: host, density and time. Parasites and Vectors 8:340. PDF
Kolby, J. E., K. M. Smith, S. D. Ramirez, F. Rabemananjara, A. P. Pessier, J. L. Brunner, C. S. Goldberg, L. Berger, and L. F. Skerratt. 2015. Rapid Response to Evaluate the Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Wild Amphibian Populations in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 10:e0125330. PDF
2014
Johnson, A. F., and J. L. Brunner. 2014. Persistence of an amphibian ranavirus in aquatic communities. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 111:129-138. PDF
Hersh, M. H., R. S. Ostfeld, D. J. McHenry, M. Tibbetts, J. L. Brunner, M. E. Killilea, K. LoGiudice, K. A. Schmidt, and F. Keesing. 2014. Co-Infection of blacklegged ticks with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi is higher than expected and acquired from small mammal hosts. PLoS One 9:e99348. PDF
Reshetnikov, A. N., T. Chestnut, J. L. Brunner, K. Charles, E. E. Nebergall, and D. H. Olson. 2014. Detection of the emerging amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ranavirus in Russia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 110:235-240. PDF
Keesing, F., D. J. McHenry, M. Hersh, M. Tibbetts, J. L. Brunner, M. Killilea, K. LoGiudice, K. A. Schmidt, and R. S. Ostfeld. 2014. Prevalence of human-active and variant 1 strains of the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum in hosts and forests of eastern North America. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91:302-309. PDF
Duffus, A. L. J., M. J. Gray, D. L. Miller, and J. L. Brunner. 2014. Second International Symposium on Ranaviruses: a North American herpetological perspective. Journal of North American Herpetology 2014:105-107. PDF
2013
Brunner, J. L., S. Duerr, F. Keesing, M. Killilea, H. Vuong, and R. S. Ostfeld. 2013. An experimental test of competition among mice, chipmunks, and squirrels in deciduous forest fragments. PLoS ONE 8:e66798. PDF
Reeve, B. C., E. J. Crespi, C. M. Whipps, and J. L. Brunner. 2013. Natural stressors and ranavirus susceptibility in larval wood frogs (Rana sylvatica). EcoHealth 10:190-200. PDF
Homan, R. N., J. R. Bartling, R. J. Stenger, and J. L. Brunner. 2013. Detection of Ranavirus in Ohio, USA. Herpetological Review 44:615-618. PDF
2012
Brunner, J. L., M. Killilea, and R. S. Ostfeld. 2012. Overwintering survival of nymphal Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae) under natural conditions. Journal of Medical Entomology 49:981-987. PDF
Keesing, F., M. H. Hersh, M. Tibbetts, D. J. McHenry, S. Duerr, J. Brunner, M. Killilea, K. Logiudice, K. A. Schmidt, and R. S. Ostfeld. 2012. Reservoir competence of vertebrate hosts for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Emerging Infectious Diseases 18:2013-2016. PDF
Lesbarrères, D., A. Balseiro, J. Brunner, V. G. Chinchar, A. Duffus, J. Kerby, D. L. Miller, J. Robert, D. M. Schock, T. Waltzek, and M. J. Gray. 2012. Ranavirus: past, present and future. Biology Letters 8:481-483. PDF
2011
Calabrese, J. M., J. L. Brunner, and R. S. Ostfeld. 2011. Partitioning the aggregation of parasites on hosts into intrinsic and extrinsic components via an extended Poisson-gamma mixture Model. PLoS ONE 6:e29215. PDF
Brunner, J. L., K. E. Barnett, C. J. Gosier, S. A. McNulty, M. J. Rubbo, and M. B. Kolozsvary. 2011. Ranavirus infection in die-offs of vernal pool amphibians in New York, USA. Herpetological Review 42:76-79. PDF
Brunner, J. L., L. Cheney, F. Keesing, M. Killilea, K. LoGiudice, A. Previtali, and R. S. Ostfeld. 2011. Molting success of Ixodes scapularis varies among individual blood meal hosts and species. Journal of Medical Entomology 48:860-866. PDF
Warne, R. W., E. J. Crespi, and J. L. Brunner. 2011. Escape from the pond: Stress and developmental responses to ranavirus infection in wood frog tadpoles. Functional Ecology 25:139-146. PDF
2009
Brunner, J. L., and J. P. Collins. 2009. Testing assumptions of the trade-off theory of the evolution of parasite virulence. Evolutionary Ecology Research 11:1169-1188. PDF
Greer, A. L., J. L. Brunner, and J. P. Collins. 2009. Spatial and temporal patterns of Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) prevalence in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 85:1-6. PDF
Greer, A. L., D. M. Schock, J. L. Brunner, R. A. Johnson, A. M. Picco, S. D. Cashins, R. A. Alford, L. F. Skerratt, and J. P. Collins. 2009. Guidelines for the safe use of disposable gloves with amphibian larvae in light of pathogens and possible toxic effects. Herpetological Review 40:145-147. PDF
Hemmingway, V., J. Brunner, L. Berger, and R. Speare. 2009. Viral and bacterial diseases of amphibians. Pages 2963-2985 in Heatwole, H., and J. W. Wilkinson, editors. Amphibian Decline: Diseases, Parasites, Maladies, and Pollution. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia. PDF
Keesing, F., J. L. Brunner, S. T. Duerr, M. E. Killilea, K. LoGiudice, K. A. Schmidt, H. Vuong, and R. Ostfeld. 2009. Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 276:3911-3919. PDF
2008
Brunner, J. L., K. LoGiudice, and R. S. Ostfeld. 2008. Estimating reservoir competence of Borrelia burgdorferi hosts: Prevalence and infectivity, sensitivity and specificity. Journal of Medical Entomology 45:139-147. PDF
Brunner, J. L., and R. S. Ostfeld. 2008. Multiple causes of variable tick burdens on small-mammal hosts. Ecology 89:2259-2272. PDF
2007
Brunner, J. L., D. M. Schock, and J. P. Collins. 2007. Transmission dynamics of the amphibian ranavirus Ambystoma tigrinum virus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 77:87-95. PDF
Picco, A. M., J. L. Brunner, and J. P. Collins. 2007. Susceptibility of the endangered California tiger salamander, Ambystoma californiense, to ranavirus infection. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43:286-290. PDF
2005
Brunner, J. L., K. Richards, and J. P. Collins. 2005. Dose and host characteristics influence virulence of ranavirus infections. Oecologia 144:399-406. PDF
2004
Brunner, J. L., D. M. Schock, J. P. Collins, and E. W. Davidson. 2004. The role of an intraspecific reservoir in the persistence of a lethal ranavirus. Ecology 85:560-566. PDF
Collins, J. P., J. L. Brunner, J. Jancovich, and D. M. Schock. 2004. A model host-pathogen system for studying infectious disease dynamics in amphibians: Tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Ambystoma tigrinum virus. Herpetological Journal 14:195-200. PDF
2003
Carey, C., D. F. Bradford, J. L. Brunner, J. P. Collins, E. W. Davidson, J. E. Longcore, M. Ouellet, A. P. Pessier, and D. M. Schock. 2003. Biotic factors in amphibian population declines. Pages 153-208 in Linder, G., D. W. Sparling, and S. K. Krest, editors. Multiple stressors and declining amphibian populations: evaluating cause and effect. Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,
Collins, J. P., J. L. Brunner, V. Miera, M. J. Parris, D. M. Schock, and S. Storfer. 2003. Ecology and evolution of infectious disease. Pages 137-151 in Semlitsch, R., editors. Amphibian Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, USA. PDF
Davidson, E. W., M. Parris, J. P. Collins, J. E. Longcore, A. P. Pessier, and J. Brunner. 2003. Pathogenicity and transmission of chytridiomycosis in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum). Copeia 2003:601-607. PDF