Peer-reviewed publications
*indicates undergraduate student author
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Murray, M.H., Surasinghe, T., Gelmi-Candusso, T., Sander, H.A., Lilly, M., Rivera, K., Fidino, M., Adalsteinsson, S.A., Flores, A., Diuk-Wasser, M.A., Magle, S. (2025) Multicity research networks are needed to address global One Health challenges, BioScience, biaf106, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf106
Somervuo, P., Roslin, T., Fisher, B. L., Hardwick, B., Kerdraon, D., Raharinjanahary, D., Rajoelison, E. T., Lauha, P., Griem, L., Lehikoinen, P., Niittynen, P., Piirainen, E., Lumme, M., Riihikoski, V.-M., Acevedo-Charry, O., Adalsteinsson, S. A., Ahmad, M., Alcobia, S., Aldará, J., … Ovaskainen, O. (2025). Human contributions to global soundscapes are less predictable than the acoustic rhythms of wildlife. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 9(9), 1585–1598. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02786-5
McFarland, D., Jr.*, Wallace, K.*, Blocher, B. H., Nicholson, W. L., Soares, L., & Adalsteinsson, S. A. (2025). High burdens of Ixodes scapularis ticks and surveillance for Babesia spp. in Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus) in Missouri, USA. Journal of Medical Entomology, 62(5), 1353–1357. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf076
Bamunuarachchi, G., Najera, F., Aziati, I. D., Palmer, J. L., Biro, E. G., Wang, D., Deem, S. L., Boon, A. C. M., & Adalsteinsson, S. A. (2025). Serosurveillance identifies Bourbon Virus-neutralizing antibodies in bobcats, coyotes, and red foxes in Missouri. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 25(4), 287–294. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2024.0076
Anthonysamy, W. J. B., Biro, E. G., Adalsteinsson, S. A., Fidino, M., Moylan, M. A., & Zahrai, L. M. (2025). Urban intensity predicts eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) occupancy and detection in St. Louis green spaces. Journal of Urban Ecology, 11(1), juaf005. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juaf005
Fidino, M., Sander, H. A., Lewis, J. S., Lehrer, E. W., Rivera, K., Murray, M. H., Adams, H. C., Kase, A., Flores, A., Stankowich, T., Schell, C. J., Salsbury, C. M., Rohnke, A. T., Jordan, M. J., Green, A. M., R. Gramza, A., Zellmer, A. J., Williamson, J., Surasinghe, T. D., … Adalsteinsson, S.A., … Magle, S. B. (2024). Gentrification drives patterns of alpha and beta diversity in cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(17), e2318596121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318596121
Haight, J. D., Hall, S. J., Fidino, M., Adalsteinsson, S. A., Ahlers, A. A., Angstmann, J., Anthonysamy, W. J. B., Biro, E., Collins, M. K., Dugelby, B., Gallo, T., Green, A. M., Hartley, L., Jordan, M. J., Kay, C. A. M., Lehrer, E. W., Long, R. A., MacDougall, B., Magle, S. B., … Lewis, J. S. (2023). Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7(10), 1654–1666. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02166-x
Beckermann, A.J.*, Medley, K.A., Adalsteinsson, S.A., Westby, K.M. (2023) The final countdown: presence of an invasive mosquito extends time to predation for a native mosquito. Biological Invasions, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03051-1
Aziati, I.D., McFarland, D., Jr.*, Antia, A., Joshi, A., Aviles Gamboa, A., Lee, P., Harastani, H., Wang, D., Adalsteinsson, S.A., Boon, A.C.M.. (2023) Prevalence of Bourbon and Heartland viruses in field collected ticks at an environmental research station in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 14(1): 102080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102080
Westby, K.M., Adalsteinsson, S.A. Biro, E.G., Beckermann, A.J.*, Medley, K.A. (2021) Aedes albopictus populations and larval habitat characteristics across the landscape: significant differences exist between urban and rural land use types. Insects 12(3): 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12030196
Magle, S. B., Fidino, M., Sander, H. A., Rohnke, A. T., Larson, K. L., Gallo, T., Kay, C.M., Lehrer, E.W., Murray, M.H., Adalsteinsson, S.A., Ahlers, A.A., Anthonysamy, W.J.B., Gramza, A.R., Green, A.M., Jordan, M.J., Lewis, J.S., Long, R.A., MacDougall, B., Pendergast, M.E., Remine, K., Simon, K. C., St. Clair, C.C., Shier, C.J., Stankowich, T., Stevenson, C.J., Zellmer, A.J., Schell, C. J. (2021). Wealth and urbanization shape medium and large terrestrial mammal communities. Global Change Biology, 27(21), 5446-5459. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15800
Stanley, C.Q., Dudash, M.R., Ryder, T.B., Shriver, W.G., Serno, K.*, Adalsteinsson, S.A., Marra, P.P. (2021) Seasonal variation in habitat selection for a Neotropical migratory songbird using high-resolution GPS tracking. Ecosphere 12(3): e03421. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3421
McLauchlan, K.K., Higuera, P.E., Miesel, J., Rogers, B.M., Schweitzer, J., Shuman, J. K., Tepley, A.J., Varner, J.M., Veblen, T.T., Adalsteinsson, S.A., Balch, J.K., Baker, P., Batllori, E., Bigio, E., Brando, P., Cattau, M., Chipman, M.L., Coen, J., Crandall, R., Daniels, L., Enright, N., Gross, W.S., Harvey, B.J., Hatten, J.A., Hermann, S., Hewitt, R.E., Kobziar, L.N., Landesmann, J.B., Loranty, M.M., Maezumi, S.Y., Mearns, L., Moritz, M., Myers, J.A., Pausas, J.G., Pelligrini, A.F.A, Platt, W.J., Roozeboom, J., Safford, H., Santos, F., Scheller, R.M., Sherriff, R.L., Smith, K.G., Smith, M.D., and A.C. Watts (2020) Fire as a fundamental ecological process: research advances and frontiers. Journal of Ecology, 108(5): 2047-2069.https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13403
Westby, K.M., Sweetman, B.*, Adalsteinsson, S.A, Biro, E.G., Medley, K.A. (2019) Host food quality and quantity differentially affect parasite burden, development, and within-host competition in Aedes triseriatus. Parasitology 13: 1665-1672. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182019000994
Adalsteinsson, S.A., Shriver, W.G., Hojgaard, A., Bowman, J.L., Brisson, D., D’Amico, V., and J.J. Buler (2018) Multiflora rose invasion amplifies prevalence of Lyme disease pathogen, but not necessarily Lyme disease risk. Parasites & Vectors 11(1): 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2623-0
Ladin, Z.S., Van Nieuland, S.V., Adalsteinsson, S.A., D’Amico, V., Bowman, J.L., Buler, J.J., Baetens, J.M., De Baets, B., and W.G. Shriver (2018) Differential post-fledging habitat use of Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds within an urbanized landscape. Movement Ecology 6(1): 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-018-0132-6
Adalsteinsson, S.A., Buler, J.J., Bowman, J.L., D’Amico, V., Ladin, Z., and W.G. Shriver (2018) Post-independence mortality of juveniles is driven by anthropogenic hazards for two passerines in an urban landscape. Journal of Avian Biology: e01555. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01555
Van Horn, T.R.*, Adalsteinsson, S.A., Westby, K.M., Biro, E., Myers, J.A., Spasojevic, M.J., Walton, M., and K.A. Medley (2018) Landscape physiognomy influences abundance of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae), in Ozark Forests. Journal of Medical Entomology, 55(4): 982-988. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy038
Adalsteinsson, S.A., D’Amico, V., Shriver, W.G., Brisson, D., and J.J. Buler (2016) Scale-dependent effects of nonnative plant invasion on host-seeking tick abundance. Ecosphere 7(3): e01317. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1317
Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J., and S.B. Hedges (2009) Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2244.1.1
Technical reports
Shriver WG, SA Adalsteinsson, and L Tymkiw. 2017. Monitoring Hg in Carolina Wrens along the South River, 2015 - 2017
Adalsteinsson SA and V D'Amico. 2016. Mt. Cuba Center tick study: Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence among blacklegged tick nymphs collected across Mt. Cuba Center, New Castle County, Delaware in 2015.
