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Christopher S. Jennelle
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Research
Interests:
I am broadly interested in
studying the ecology of wildlife diseases from individual, community, and population
perspectives. I have a particular interest in quantifying host responses to
pathogen exposure, and using field and laboratory experiments to address
hypotheses pertaining to disease spread, transmission dynamics, behavioral
ecology of hosts, and the evolutionary ecology of host-pathogen relationships.
My current research includes:
1. Chronic wasting disease ecology in
free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
a. Factors influencing deer carcass decomposition and propensity for spread of
infectious material from deer carcasses
to scavenger communities.
b. Temporal and spatial dynamics of scavenger communities
c. Scavenger ecology with respect to the potential for disease spread and maintenance
2. Mycoplasma gallisepticum
dynamics in house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus)
a. Influence of disease state on temporary movements (and population mixing)
from local-scale habitats
b. Interaction of short- and long-distance movements on the spread and
maintenance of MG infections in finches
c. Behavioral ecology of house finches and the influence of disease state on conspecific interactions
Education:
Ph.D. - Partitioning
and quantifying sources of heterogeneity in a house finch-Mycoplasma
gallisepticum disease system.
Department
of Natural Resources, Cornell University, 2007
M.S. - Avian community structure
and nesting ecology of prairie warblers (Dendroica
discolor) and indigo buntings (Passerina
cyanea) in
even-aged forests of
B.S. - Wildlife Science (GIS
certification),
Department of Natural Resources, Rutgers
University, 1997
Publications:
Dhondt A. A., K.V. Dhondt,
D.M. Hawley, and C.S. Jennelle. 2007. Experimental evidence for
transmission of Mycoplasma gallisepticum
in
house finches by fomites. Avian
Pathology 36: 205-208.
Hawley, D.M., C.S. Jennelle, K.V. Sydenstricker,
G.V. Kollias, and A.A. Dhondt.
2007. Social status mediates immunocompetence and
pathogen resistance in groups of
house finches. Functional Ecology
21:520-527.
Jennelle, C.S.,
E.G. Cooch, M.J. Conroy, and J.C. Senar.
2007. State-specific detection
probabilities and disease prevalence. Ecological
Applications 17:154-167.
Seidenstricker, K.V., A.A. Dhondt, D.M.
Hawley, C.S. Jennelle, H.W. Kollias, and G.V. Kollias. 2006.
Characterization of experimental
Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in captive house finch flocks. Avian
Diseases 50:39-44.
Dhondt, A.A., S. Altizer,
E.G. Cooch, A.K. Davis, A. Dobson, M. Driscoll, B.K. Hartup, D.M. Hawley, W. Hochachka,
P.R. Hosseini, C.S.
Jennelle, G. Kollias, D.H. Ley, E. Swarthout, and K.V. Sydenstricker. 2005. Dynamics of a novel pathogen in an avian
host: Mycoplasmal
conjunctivitis in house finches. Acta
Tropica 94:77-93.
Faustino, C.R., C.S. Jennelle, V. Connolly, A.K. Davis, E.C. Swarthout, A.A. Dhondt, and E.G. Cooch. 2004. Mycoplasma gallisepticum
infection dynamics in a house finch population:
Seasonal variation in survival, encounter and transmission rate. Journal of
Animal Ecology
73:651-669.
Jennelle, C.S., M.C. Runge,
and D.I. MacKenzie. 2002. The use of photographic
rates to estimate densities of tigers and other cryptic
mammals: a comment on misleading
conclusions. Animal Conservation 5:119-120.
Manuscripts in review or preparation:
Jennelle, C.S.,
E.G. Cooch, C.R. Faustino, and A.A. Dhondt. In review. The interaction of local-scale
movement patterns and demographic risk
factors on house finch-Mycoplasma
gallisepticum dynamics. Ecology.
Jennelle, C.S.,
E.G. Cooch, W.L. Kendall, and A.A. Dhondt. In prep. The impacts of temporary
emigration and recruitment of house finches on
Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis dynamics.
Jennelle, C.S.,
D.M. Hawley, K.V. Seidenstricker, and A.A. Dhondt. In prep. The consequences of Mycoplasma gallisepticum
infection on
conspecific interactions and fomite
contacts in house finches.