Erin L. Sauer

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Erin L. Sauer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Erin L. Sauer has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Erin L. Sauer's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (11 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (4 papers). Erin L. Sauer is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (11 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (4 papers). Erin L. Sauer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Erin L. Sauer's co-authors include Jason R. Rohr, Jeremy M. Cohen, David J. Civitello, Taegan A. McMahon, Carmelo Ortega, S. M. M. Young, Matthew D. Venesky, Neal T. Halstead, Hiba Fatima and Josue Liriano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Erin L. Sauer

20 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Biodiversity inhibits parasites: Broad evidence for the d... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Biodiversity inhibits parasites: Broad evidence for the dilution effect
    2015 483 citations David J. Civitello, Jeremy M. Cohen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Erin L. Sauer
Sara H. Paull United States
Katherine L. D. Richgels United States
Daniel L. Preston United States
Neal T. Halstead United States
Jonathan L. Dunnum United States
Taegan A. McMahon United States
Catherine A. Bradley United States
Lindsay P. Campbell United States
Eric R. Dougherty United States
Arnaud Bataille France
Sara H. Paull United States
Erin L. Sauer
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erin L. Sauer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sauer, Erin L., et al.. (2025). Diet Driven Differences in Host Tolerance Are Linked to Shifts in Global Gene Expression in a Common Avian Host‐Pathogen System. Molecular Ecology. 34(12). e17793–e17793. 1 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., et al.. (2025). A high-lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(5). 3 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., Jessica L. Hite, & Sarah E. DuRant. (2025). The nutritional content of anthropogenic resources affects wildlife disease dynamics. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 65(2). 342–353.
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Clulow, Simon, Erin L. Sauer, Claire Miller, et al.. (2024). Hotspot shelters stimulate frog resistance to chytridiomycosis. Nature. 631(8020). 344–349. 11 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., Matthew D. Venesky, Taegan A. McMahon, et al.. (2024). Are novel or locally adapted pathogens more devastating and why? Resolving opposing hypotheses. Ecology Letters. 27(5). e14431–e14431. 1 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., et al.. (2023). Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host–pathogen system. Journal of Animal Ecology. 93(1). 36–44. 3 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., et al.. (2023). Habitat complexity, connectivity, and introduced fish drive pond community structure along an urban to rural gradient. Ecological Applications. 33(4). e2828–e2828. 14 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., et al.. (2023). Non‐native fish facilitate non‐native snails and alter food web structure in experimental pond communities. Functional Ecology. 37(4). 947–958. 8 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., et al.. (2022). Multiscale drivers of amphibian community occupancy in urban ponds. Urban Ecosystems. 25(5). 1469–1479. 9 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., et al.. (2022). Effects of invasive jumping worms (Amynthas spp.) on microhabitat and trophic interactions of native herpetofauna. Biological Invasions. 24(8). 2499–2512. 1 indexed citations
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Preston, Daniel L., et al.. (2021). Non‐native freshwater snails: a global synthesis of invasion status, mechanisms of introduction, and interactions with natural enemies. Freshwater Biology. 67(2). 227–239. 23 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., Jeremy M. Cohen, Marc J. Lajeunesse, et al.. (2020). A meta‐analysis reveals temperature, dose, life stage, and taxonomy influence host susceptibility to a fungal parasite. Ecology. 101(4). 37 indexed citations
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Preston, Daniel L. & Erin L. Sauer. (2020). Infection pathology and competition mediate host biomass overcompensation from disease. Ecology. 101(4). e03000–e03000. 13 indexed citations
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Cohen, Jeremy M., et al.. (2020). Divergent impacts of warming weather on wildlife disease risk across climates. Science. 370(6519). 102 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., et al.. (2019). Behavioural fever reduces ranaviral infection in toads. Functional Ecology. 33(11). 2172–2179. 26 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., et al.. (2018). Variation in individual temperature preferences, not behavioural fever, affects susceptibility to chytridiomycosis in amphibians. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1885). 20181111–20181111. 47 indexed citations
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Cohen, Jeremy M., Matthew D. Venesky, Erin L. Sauer, et al.. (2017). The thermal mismatch hypothesis explains host susceptibility to an emerging infectious disease. Ecology Letters. 20(2). 184–193. 163 indexed citations
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Sauer, Erin L., Jinelle H. Sperry, & Jason R. Rohr. (2016). An efficient and inexpensive method for measuring long-term thermoregulatory behavior. Journal of Thermal Biology. 60. 231–236. 11 indexed citations
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Cohen, Jeremy M., David J. Civitello, Carmelo Ortega, et al.. (2016). Spatial scale modulates the strength of ecological processes driving disease distributions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(24). E3359–64. 110 indexed citations
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Civitello, David J., Jeremy M. Cohen, Hiba Fatima, et al.. (2015). Biodiversity inhibits parasites: Broad evidence for the dilution effect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(28). 8667–8671. 483 indexed citations breakdown →

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