Publications

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2021

Response to Nguyen et al. ‘Laboratory-Inspired Manipulations Hold Value for Wild Microbiome-Behaviour Research’
G Davidson, A Raulo, SCL Knowles | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 2021
Social networks strongly predict the gut microbiota of wild mice
Raulo A, Allen BE, Troitsky T, Husby A, Firth J, Coulson T, Knowles SCL | ISME Journal | 2021
A 16S rRNA gene and draft genome database for the murine oral bacterial community
Joseph S, Aduse-Opoku J, Hashim A, Hanski E, Streich R, Knowles SCL, Pedersen AB, Wade WG, Curtis MA | mSystems | 2021
Effects of laboratory domestication on the rodent gut microbiome
Bowerman KL, Knowles SCL, Bradley JE, Baltrūnaitė L, Lynch MDJ, Jones KM & Hugenholtz P | ISME Communications | 2021

2020

Identifying microbiome-mediated behaviour in wild vertebrates
G Davidson, A Raulo, SCL Knowles | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 2020

2019

How should we store avian faecal samples for microbiota analyses? Comparing efficacy and cost-effectiveness
P Vargas-Pellicer, C Watrobska, S Knowles, J Schroeder, C Banks-Leite | Journal of microbiological methods 165, 105689 | 2019
Species identity dominates over environment in shaping the microbiota of small mammals
SCL Knowles, RM Eccles, L Baltrūnaitė | Ecology letters 22 (5), 826-837 | 2019

2018

The evolution of ecological facilitation within mixed-species biofilms in the mouse gastrointestinal tract
XB Lin, T Wang, P Stothard, J Corander, J Wang, JF Baines, ... | The ISME journal, 1 | 2018
Parasite-microbiota interactions with the vertebrate gut: synthesis through an ecological lens
JM Leung, AL Graham, SCL Knowles | Frontiers in microbiology 9, 843 | 2018

2017

Interpreting ambiguous ‘trace’ results in Schistosoma mansoni CCA Tests: Estimating sensitivity and specificity of ambiguous results with no gold standard
MN Clements, CA Donnelly, A Fenwick, NB Kabatereine, SCL Knowles et al. | PLoS neglected tropical diseases 11 (12), e0006102 | 2017
Optimising cluster survey design for planning schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy
SCL Knowles, HJW Sturrock, H Turner, JM Whitton, CM Gower, S Jemu, ... | PLoS neglected tropical diseases 11 (5), e0005599 | 2017

2016

The impact of an 8-year mass drug administration programme on prevalence, intensity and co-infections of soil-transmitted helminthiases in Burundi
G Ortu, M Assoum, U Wittmann, S Knowles, M Clements, O Ndayishimiye, ... | Parasites & vectors 9 (1), 513 | 2016
The impact of albendazole treatment on the incidence of viral-and bacterial-induced diarrhea in school children in southern Vietnam: study protocol for a randomized controlled …
JM Leung, CTT Hong, NHD Trung, HN Thi, CNN Minh, TV Thi, DT Hong, ... | Trials 17 (1), 279 | 2016
One health–an ecological and evolutionary framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases
JP Webster, CM Gower, SCL Knowles, DH Molyneux, A Fenton | Evolutionary applications 9 (2), 313-333 | 2016

2015

Marked seasonal variation in the wild mouse gut microbiota
CF Maurice, SCL Knowles, J Ladau, KS Pollard, A Fenton, AB Pedersen, ... | The ISME journal 9 (11), 2423 | 2015
Epidemiological interactions between urogenital and intestinal human schistosomiasis in the context of praziquantel treatment across three West African countries
SCL Knowles, BL Webster, A Garba, M Sacko, OT Diaw, A Fenwick, ... | PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9 (10), e0004019 | 2015
Spatiotemporal effectiveness of a 5 year albendazole mass drug administration programme at reducing prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Burundi …
G Ortu, M Assoum, S Knowles, O Ndayishimiye, RJ Magalhaes | Tropical Medicine and International Health 20, 231-231 | 2015

2014

What Makes a Feline Fatal in Toxoplasma gondii’s Fatal Feline Attraction? Infected Rats Choose Wild Cats
M Kaushik, SCL Knowles, JP Webster | American Zoologist 54 (2), 118-128 | 2014
The reliability of observational approaches for detecting interspecific parasite interactions: comparison with experimental results
A Fenton, SCL Knowles, OL Petchey, AB Pedersen | International journal for parasitology 44 (7), 437-445 | 2014
Dispersal in a patchy landscape reveals contrasting determinants of infection in a wild avian malaria system
SCL Knowles, MJ Wood, R Alves, BC Sheldon | Journal of animal ecology 83 (2), 429-439 | 2014

2013

Stability of within-host–parasite communities in a wild mammal system
SCL Knowles, A Fenton, OL Petchey, TR Jones, R Barber, AB Pedersen | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1762), 20130598 | 2013
Spatial determinants of infection risk in a multi‐species avian malaria system
S Lachish, SCL Knowles, R Alves, I Sepil, A Davies, S Lee, MJ Wood, ... | Ecography 36 (5), 587-598 | 2013

2012

Epidemiology and fitness effects of wood mouse herpesvirus in a natural host population
SCL Knowles, A Fenton, AB Pedersen | The Journal of general virology 93 (Pt 11), 2447 | 2012
Site‐occupancy modelling as a novel framework for assessing test sensitivity and estimating wildlife disease prevalence from imperfect diagnostic tests
S Lachish, AM Gopalaswamy, SCL Knowles, BC Sheldon | Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3 (2), 339-348 | 2012

2011

Fitness effects of endemic malaria infections in a wild bird population: the importance of ecological structure
S Lachish, SCL Knowles, R Alves, MJ Wood, BC Sheldon | Journal of Animal Ecology 80 (6), 1196-1206 | 2011
Infection dynamics of endemic malaria in a wild bird population: parasite species‐dependent drivers of spatial and temporal variation in transmission rates
S Lachish, SCL Knowles, R Alves, MJ Wood, BC Sheldon | Journal of Animal Ecology 80 (6), 1207-1216 | 2011
The effect of helminth co-infection on malaria in mice: a meta-analysis
SCL Knowles | International journal for parasitology 41 (10), 1041-1051 | 2011
Molecular epidemiology of malaria prevalence and parasitaemia in a wild bird population
SCL Knowles, MJ Wood, R Alves, TA Wilkin, S Bensch, BC Sheldon | Molecular Ecology 20 (5), 1062-1076 | 2011

2010

Context-dependent effects of parental effort on malaria infection in a wild bird population, and their role in reproductive trade-offs
SCL Knowles, MJ Wood, BC Sheldon | Oecologia 164 (1), 87-97 | 2010
Chronic malaria infections increase family inequalities and reduce parental fitness: experimental evidence from a wild bird population
SCL Knowles, V Palinauskas, BC Sheldon | Journal of evolutionary biology 23 (3), 557-569 | 2010

2009

Phenotypic correlates of Clock gene variation in a wild blue tit population: evidence for a role in seasonal timing of reproduction
M Liedvogel, M Szulkin, SCL Knowles, MJ Wood, BC Sheldon | Molecular Ecology 18 (11), 2444-2456 | 2009
Ecology and evolutionary significance of malaria in wild birds
SCL Knowles | Oxford University | 2009

2008

Evolutionary biology: parasite, know thyself
SCL Knowles, BC Sheldon | Current Biology 18 (15), R655-R657 | 2008
Juvenile female aggression in cooperatively breeding pied babblers: causes and contexts
NJ Raihani, AR Ridley, LE Browning, MJ Nelson‐Flower, S Knowles | Ethology 114 (5), 452-458 | 2008
Elevated reproductive effort increases blood parasitaemia and decreases immune function in birds: a meta‐regression approach
SCL Knowles, S Nakagawa, BC Sheldon | Functional Ecology 23 (2), 405-415 | 2008

2007

Sex ratios: Human twins and fraternal effects
SCL Knowles, BC Sheldon | Current Biology 17 (18), R801-R804 | 2007
Within‐population variation in prevalence and lineage distribution of avian malaria in blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus
MJ Wood, CL Cosgrove, TA Wilkin, SCL Knowles, KP Day, BC Sheldon | Molecular Ecology 16 (15), 3263-3273 | 2007

2006

No evidence for avian malaria infection during the nestling phase in a passerine bird
CL Cosgrove, SCL Knowles, KP Day, BC Sheldon | Journal of Parasitology 92 (6), 1302-1305 | 2006

2003

Reevaluating human gene annotation: a second-generation analysis of chromosome 22
JE Collins, ME Goward, CG Cole, LJ Smink, EJ Huckle, S Knowles, ... | Genome research 13 (1), 27-36 | 2003