PUBLICATIONS Risely, A*., Newbury, A*., Stalder, T., Simmons, B., Top, E. M., Buckling, A., & Sanders, D. Host- plasmid network structure in wastewater is linked to antimicrobial resistance genes. Nat Comms (2024) Risely, A., Byrne, P. G., Hoye, B. J., & Silla, A. J. Dietary carotenoid supplementation has long‐term and community‐wide effects on the amphibian skin microbiome. Mol Ecol (2023) Risely, A., Müller‐Klein, N., Schmid, D. W., Wilhelm, K., Clutton‐Brock, T. H., Manser, M. B., & Sommer, S. Climate change drives loss of bacterial gut mutualists at the expense of host survival in wild meerkats. Global Change Biol (2023).
Schmid, D. and Risely, A. Co‐infections mask pathogen‐specific associations with the gut microbiota in wild voles. Journal of Animal Ecology (2023) (Research highlight)
Schmid, D., Capilla-Lasheras P., Dominoni, D., et al.,Risely, A. . Circadian rhythms of hosts and their gut microbiomes; implications for animal physiology and ecology. Functional Ecology (2022).
Müller-Klein, N., Risely, A., et al., Sommer, S. Two decades of tuberculosis surveillance reveal disease spread, high levels of exposure and mortality, and marked variation in disease progression in wild meerkats. Transboundary and emerging diseases (2022)
Donadio, J., Risely, A., Müller-Klein, N., Santos, P., Wilhelm, K., Clutton-Brock, T., Manser, M., Sommer, S. Characterizing tuberculosis progression in wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) from faecal samples and clinical signs. Journal of Wildlife Disease. (2022)
Risely, A., Wilhelm, K., Clutton-Brock, T., Manser, M. B., & Sommer, S. Diurnal oscillations in gut bacterial load and composition eclipse seasonal and lifetime dynamics in wild meerkats. Nature Communications (2021)
Risely, A., Gillingham, M.A., Béchet, A., Brändel, S., Heni, A.C., Heurich, M., Menke, S., Manser, M.B. and Tschapka, M. Phylogeny-and abundance-based metrics allow for the consistent comparison of core gut microbiome diversity indices across host species. Frontiers in microbiology (2021)
Alpizar, P., Risely, A., Tschapka, M. and Sommer, S. Agricultural fast food: Bats feeding in banana monocultures are heavier but have less diverse gut microbiome. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2021)
Cardilini, A. P., Risely, A., & Richardson, M. F. Supervising the PhD: identifying common mismatches in expectations between candidate and supervisor to improve research training outcomes. Higher Education Research & Development (2021).
Fleischer, R., Risely, A., Hoeck, P.E., Keller, L.F. and Sommer, S. Mechanisms governing avian phylosymbiosis: Genetic dissimilarity based on neutral and MHC regions exhibits little relationship with gut microbiome distributions of Galápagos mockingbirds. Ecology and evolution (2020).
Risely, A. "Applying the core microbiome to understand host‐microbe systems." Journal of Animal Ecology (2020).
Wille M, Lisovski S, Risely A, Ferenczi M, Roshier D, Wong FY, Breed AC, Klaassen M, Hurt AC. Serologic evidence of exposure to highly pathogenic avian influenza h5 viruses in migratory shorebirds, Australia. Emerging infectious diseases (2019).
Blackburn E, Burgess M, Freeman B, Risely A, Izang A, Ivande S, Hewson C, Cresswell W. Light stalks increase the precision and accuracy of non-breeding locations calculated from geolocator tags: a field test from a long-distance migrant. Bird Study (2019).
Martin, L.B., …, Risely, A. et al. & Grogan, L. Extreme competence: keystone hosts of infections. TREE (2019).
Risely A, Waite DW, Ujvari B, Hoye BJ, Klaassen M. Active migration is associated with specific and consistent changes to gut microbiota in Calidris shorebirds. Journal of Animal Ecology (2018).
Risely A, Klaassen M, Hoye BJ. Migratory animals feel the cost of getting sick: A meta‐analysis across species. Journal of Animal Ecology (2018).
Risely A, Waite D, Ujvari B, Klaassen M, Hoye B. Gut microbiota of a long‐distance migrant demonstrates resistance against environmental microbe incursions. Molecular ecology (2017).
Blackburn E, Burgess M, Freeman B, Risely A, Izang A, Ivande S, Hewson C, Cresswell W. An experimental evaluation of the effects of geolocator design and attachment method on between‐year survival on whinchats Saxicola rubetra. Journal of Avian Biology (2016).
Risely A, Blackburn E, Cresswell W. Patterns in departure phenology and mass gain on African non‐breeding territories prior to the S ahara crossing in a long‐distance migrant. Ibis. (2015).
Risely A, Nightingale J, Richardson DS, Barr I. Wing length and age, but not tarsus or mass, independently determine spring arrival at breeding territories in a long-distance migrant the Common Whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Bird study (2013).