Taegan A. McMahon

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Taegan A. McMahon is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Taegan A. McMahon has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 10 papers in Ecological Modeling and 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Taegan A. McMahon's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (22 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers). Taegan A. McMahon is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (22 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers). Taegan A. McMahon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Taegan A. McMahon's co-authors include Jason R. Rohr, Neal T. Halstead, Matthew D. Venesky, Thomas R. Raffel, David J. Civitello, Jeremy M. Cohen, John M. Romansic, Erin L. Sauer, S. M. M. Young and Hiba Fatima and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Taegan A. McMahon

30 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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 →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Taegan A. McMahon United States	19	1.0k	591	442	442	420	30	2.1k
Neal T. Halstead United States	15	786 0.8×	661 1.1×	347 0.8×	299 0.7×	447 1.1×	23	1.9k
Jamie K. Reaser United States	22	855 0.8×	1.0k 1.7×	444 1.0×	590 1.3×	308 0.7×	59	2.3k
Stephanie S. Gervasi United States	18	987 1.0×	430 0.7×	421 1.0×	445 1.0×	225 0.5×	21	1.5k
Jacob L. Kerby United States	24	949 0.9×	779 1.3×	367 0.8×	321 0.7×	149 0.4×	49	2.0k
Matthew D. Venesky United States	19	1.1k 1.1×	501 0.8×	533 1.2×	484 1.1×	174 0.4×	39	1.6k
Louis H. du Preez South Africa	23	1.1k 1.1×	754 1.3×	277 0.6×	352 0.8×	129 0.3×	82	2.2k
Valerie J. McKenzie United States	30	1.5k 1.5×	1.6k 2.8×	566 1.3×	434 1.0×	315 0.8×	47	4.6k
Kyrre Kausrud Norway	21	403 0.4×	1.3k 2.1×	257 0.6×	403 0.9×	459 1.1×	31	2.3k
Thomas R. Raffel United States	32	1.7k 1.7×	1.6k 2.7×	925 2.1×	741 1.7×	489 1.2×	65	3.9k
John M. Romansic United States	14	916 0.9×	389 0.7×	294 0.7×	400 0.9×	110 0.3×	17	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luis, Angela D., et al.. (2025). Ecosystem-engineered infections: beaver-modified wetlands are associated with conflicting drivers of amphibian pathogen prevalence. Royal Society Open Science. 12(7). 241169–241169. 1 indexed citations

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

Civitello, David J., et al.. (2023). FUNGAL METABOLITES PROVIDE PRE-EXPOSURE PROTECTION BUT NO POSTEXPOSURE BENEFIT OR HARM AGAINST BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 59(2). 217–223. 1 indexed citations

Greenspan, Sasha E., et al.. (2023). Selection of an anti-pathogen skin microbiome following prophylaxis treatment in an amphibian model system. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1882). 20220126–20220126. 12 indexed citations

Civitello, David J., et al.. (2022). Metabolites from the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd) reduce Bd load in Cuban treefrog tadpoles. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(9). 2398–2403. 7 indexed citations

Rumschlag, Samantha L., et al.. (2021). Variability in environmental persistence but not per capita transmission rates of the amphibian chytrid fungus leads to differences in host infection prevalence. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91(1). 170–181. 5 indexed citations

McMahon, Taegan A., et al.. (2021). Early-life exposure to Ivermectin alters long-term growth and disease susceptibility. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0258185–e0258185. 1 indexed citations

McMahon, Taegan A., et al.. (2021). Amphibian species vary in their learned avoidance response to the deadly fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(8). 1613–1620. 4 indexed citations

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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Halstead, Neal T., Christopher M. Hoover, Arathi Arakala, et al.. (2018). Agrochemicals increase risk of human schistosomiasis by supporting higher densities of intermediate hosts. Nature Communications. 9(1). 837–837. 59 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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Rohr, Jason R., et al.. (2017). A pesticide paradox: fungicides indirectly increase fungal infections. Ecological Applications. 27(8). 2290–2302. 36 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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Raffel, Thomas R., Neal T. Halstead, Taegan A. McMahon, Andrew K. Davis, & Jason R. Rohr. (2015). Temperature variability and moisture synergistically interact to exacerbate an epizootic disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1801). 20142039–20142039. 82 indexed citations

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McMahon, Taegan A., Brittany Sears, Matthew D. Venesky, et al.. (2014). Amphibians acquire resistance to live and dead fungus overcoming fungal immunosuppression. Nature. 511(7508). 224–227. 168 indexed citations

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McMahon, Taegan A. & Jason R. Rohr. (2014). Transition of Chytrid Fungus Infection from Mouthparts to Hind Limbs During Amphibian Metamorphosis. EcoHealth. 12(1). 188–193. 28 indexed citations

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McMahon, Taegan A., John M. Romansic, & Jason R. Rohr. (2013). Nonmonotonic and Monotonic Effects of Pesticides on the Pathogenic Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Culture and on Tadpoles. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(14). 7958–7964. 48 indexed citations

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McMahon, Taegan A., Neal T. Halstead, Steve A. Johnson, et al.. (2012). Fungicide‐induced declines of freshwater biodiversity modify ecosystem functions and services. Ecology Letters. 15(7). 714–722. 99 indexed citations

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Raffel, Thomas R., John M. Romansic, Neal T. Halstead, et al.. (2012). Disease and thermal acclimation in a more variable and unpredictable climate. Nature Climate Change. 3(2). 146–151. 205 indexed citations

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McMahon, Taegan A., Neal T. Halstead, Steve A. Johnson, et al.. (2011). The Fungicide Chlorothalonil Is Nonlinearly Associated with Corticosterone Levels, Immunity, and Mortality in Amphibians. Environmental Health Perspectives. 119(8). 1098–1103. 83 indexed citations

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