Publications by authors named "Debra C Peters"
Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) emerges periodically from its focus of endemic transmission in southern Mexico to cause epizootics in livestock in the US. The ecology of VSV involves a diverse, but largely undefined, repertoire of potential reservoir hosts and invertebrate vectors. As part of a larger program to decipher VSV transmission, we conducted a study of the spatiotemporal dynamics of black flies, a known vector of VSV, along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, USA from March to December 2020.
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- - The frequency and severity of extreme climate events are expected to rise in the 21st century, creating challenges for predicting how ecosystems will react to these extremes, particularly in water-limited areas with variable rainfall.
- - A new tool that can differentiate between seasonal and long-term changes in plant biomass is important for land managers to effectively allocate resources and develop strategies to handle extreme weather.
- - Researchers analyzed long-term data (2000-2013) of plant biomass using MODIS data in southern New Mexico, applying the BFAST model to extract trends and seasonal patterns, finding significant correlations between NDVI breaks and biomass changes at various sites.