Dr. John Drake

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University of Georgia
Odum School of Ecology
Ecology
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2006
University of Georgia
Ecology
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2006

Mailing Address

Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (706) 583-5539
jdrake@uga.edu

Qualifications

M.A., University of Notre Dame, History and Philosophy of Science, 2007.
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Biological Sciences, 2004.
B.A., Covenant College, Biological Sciences, 1999.

Expertise and Research Interests

Ecology of infectious diseases; Population dynamics; Evolutionary epidemiology; West Nile virus; Avian Influenza viruses

Industrial Relevance

Risk mapping; optimal control of disease spread

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Ecology, Infectious Diseases Or Agents.

Memberships

Ecological Society of America

Funding Received

  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Ecology of West Nile Virus in New York City (1999-2006), $570,000, 2007 to 2010.

Publications

  • Drake JM (Mar 2008) Niche modeling: predictions from statistical distributions by d. Stockwell., Biometrics, 64 (1), 311-2 Abstract
  • Costello C, Drake JM, Lodge DM (Apr 2007) Evaluating an invasive species policy: ballast water exchange in the Great Lakes., Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America, 17 (3), 655-62 Abstract
  • Keller RP, Drake JM, Lodge DM (Feb 2007) Fecundity as a basis for risk assessment of nonindigenous freshwater molluscs., Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 21 (1), 191-200 Abstract
  • Drake JM (Sep 2006) Extinction times in experimental populations., Ecology, 87 (9), 2215-20 Abstract
  • Drake JM (Jun 2006) Heterosis, the catapult effect and establishment success of a colonizing bird., Biology letters, 2 (2), 304-7 Abstract
  • Vellend M, Knight TM, Drake JM (Mar 2006) Antagonistic effects of seed dispersal and herbivory on plant migration., Ecology letters, 9 (3), 319-26 Abstract
  • Drake JM, Chew SK, Ma S (2006) Societal learning in epidemics: intervention effectiveness during the 2003 SARS outbreak in Singapore., PLoS ONE, 1, e20 Abstract
  • Drake JM (Jan 2006) Limits to forecasting precision for outbreaks of directly transmitted diseases., PLoS medicine, 3 (1), e3 Abstract
  • Drake JM, Baggenstos P, Lodge DM (Dec 2005) Propagule pressure and persistence in experimental populations., Biology letters, 1 (4), 480-3 Abstract
  • Drake JM (Sep 2005) Population effects of increased climate variation., Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 272 (1574), 1823-7 Abstract
  • Drake JM (Jul 2005) Density-dependent demographic variation determines extinction rate of experimental populations., PLoS biology, 3 (7), e222 Abstract
  • Drake JM (May 2005) Fundamental limits to the precision of early warning systems for epidemics of infectious diseases., PLoS medicine, 2 (5), e144 Abstract
  • Drake JM (Aug 2004) Allee effects and the risk of biological invasion., Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 24 (4), 795-802 Abstract
  • Drake JM, Lodge DM (Mar 2004) Global hot spots of biological invasions: evaluating options for ballast-water management., Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 271 (1539), 575-80 Abstract
  • Drake JM (Nov 2003) The paradox of the parasites: implications for biological invasion., Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 270 Suppl 2, S133-5 Abstract

Profile Details

Last Updated: 3/25/2008

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