Mike Boots

Mike Boots

University of California, Berkeley

H-index: 65

North America-United States

About Mike Boots

Mike Boots, With an exceptional h-index of 65 and a recent h-index of 41 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Berkeley, specializes in the field of Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Multispecies interactions and the community context of the evolution of virulence

The evolutionary dynamics of hyperparasites

Immune interactions and heterogeneity in transmission drives the pathogen‐mediated invasion of grey squirrels in the UK

Multimodal pathogen transmission as a limiting factor in host distribution

The direction of local adaptation on pathogen exploitation rates reverses with environmental context

The evolution of parasite virulence under targeted culling and harvesting in wildlife and livestock

Reservoir host immunology and life history shape virulence evolution in zoonotic viruses

Extending eco‐evolutionary theory with oligomorphic dynamics

Mike Boots Information

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Citations(all)

12644

Citations(since 2020)

5422

Cited By

9545

hIndex(all)

65

hIndex(since 2020)

41

i10Index(all)

161

i10Index(since 2020)

124

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Mike Boots Skills & Research Interests

Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease

Top articles of Mike Boots

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Multispecies interactions and the community context of the evolution of virulence

bioRxiv

Claire Evensen

Andy White

Mike Boots

2024

The evolutionary dynamics of hyperparasites

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Graham R Northrup

Andy White

Steven R Parratt

Carly Rozins

Anna-Liisa Laine

...

2024/4/7

Immune interactions and heterogeneity in transmission drives the pathogen‐mediated invasion of grey squirrels in the UK

Journal of Animal Ecology

Elizabeth Howell

A White

Peter WW Lurz

Mike Boots

2024/3/17

Multimodal pathogen transmission as a limiting factor in host distribution

Ecology

Lawrence H Uricchio

Emily L Bruns

Michael E Hood

Mike Boots

Janis Antonovics

2023/3

The direction of local adaptation on pathogen exploitation rates reverses with environmental context

bioRxiv

Elisa Visher

Anisha Ali

Jonathan Barajas

Sehar Masud

Annika McBride

...

2023

The evolution of parasite virulence under targeted culling and harvesting in wildlife and livestock

Evolutionary Applications

Xander O'Neill

Andy White

Mike Boots

2023/10

Reservoir host immunology and life history shape virulence evolution in zoonotic viruses

Plos Biology

Cara E Brook

Carly Rozins

Sarah Guth

Mike Boots

2023/9/7

Extending eco‐evolutionary theory with oligomorphic dynamics

Ecology Letters

Sébastien Lion

Akira Sasaki

Mike Boots

2023/9

Epidemiological impacts of post-infection mortality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Chadi M Saad-Roy

Simon A Levin

Bryan T Grenfell

Mike Boots

2023/7/12

Multimorph eco-evolutionary dynamics in structured populations

The American Naturalist

Sébastien Lion

Mike Boots

Akira Sasaki

2022/9/1

The Perfect Storm of 2019: An immunological and phylodynamic analysis of Cambodia’s unprecedented dengue outbreak

CE Brook

Y Li

C Yek

GR Northrup

S Lay

...

2022/6/9

Multimodal disease transmission as a limiting factor for the spatial extent of a host plant

bioRxiv

Lawrence H Uricchio

Emily L Bruns

Michael Hood

Mike Boots

Janis Antonovics

2022/5/11

Spatially structured eco-evolutionary dynamics in a host-pathogen interaction render isolated populations vulnerable to disease

Nature Communications

Layla Höckerstedt

Elina Numminen

Ben Ashby

Mike Boots

Anna Norberg

...

2022/10/13

Bats host the most virulent—but not the most dangerous—zoonotic viruses

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Sarah Guth

Nardus Mollentze

Katia Renault

Daniel G Streicker

Elisa Visher

...

2022/4/5

The evolution of host specialization in an insect pathogen

Evolution

Elisa Visher

Lawrence Uricchio

Lewis Bartlett

Nicole DeNamur

Aren Yarcan

...

2022/10

Antigenic escape selects for the evolution of higher pathogen transmission and virulence

Nature ecology & evolution

Akira Sasaki

Sébastien Lion

Mike Boots

2022/1

The evolution of host resistance to a virus is determined by resources, historical contingency, and time scale

bioRxiv

Elisa Visher

Hannah Mahjoub

Khadija Soufi

Nilbert Pascual

Vivian Hoang

...

2022/1/1

Persistent effects of management history on honeybee colony virus abundances

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Lewis J Bartlett

Michael Boots

Berry J Brosi

Jacobus C de Roode

Keith S Delaplane

...

2021/2/1

The central role of host reproduction in determining the evolution of virulence in spatially structured populations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Lewis J Bartlett

Mike Boots

2021/8/21

The impact of antigenic escape on the evolution of virulence

bioRxiv

Akira Sasaki

Sébastien Lion

Mike Boots

2021/1/19

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