Erin L. Sauer Data-verified

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University of Arkansas

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-02

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14 h-index 47 pubs 1,883 cited

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Erin L. Sauer studies the ecological and pathological factors influencing wildlife populations, with a particular focus on amphibians and birds. Her research investigates how environmental conditions, including habitat complexity and the presence of non-native species, impact community structure and host-pathogen interactions.

Sauer has examined the role of habitat complexity and connectivity in shaping pond communities, noting how introduced fish can facilitate the spread of non-native snails and alter food web dynamics. Her work also delves into the resilience of amphibians to diseases like chytridiomycosis, exploring factors that may stimulate resistance. In avian systems, her research has investigated the drivers of disease transmission, linking pathology to disease outcomes.

Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 14, with 47 total publications and 1,867 total citations. Sauer has received federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through a Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award totaling $147,200. She collaborates with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Sarah E. DuRant, Weston Perrine, Ashley C. Love, and Jeffrey A. Lewis.

Metrics

h-index: 14
Publications: 47
Citations: 1,883

Selected Publications

The nutritional content of anthropogenic resources affects wildlife disease dynamics (2025)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Diet Driven Differences in Host Tolerance Are Linked to Shifts in Global Gene Expression in a Common Avian Host‐Pathogen System (2025)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Prior infection induces long-lasting partial immunity to reduce transmission within flocks in an avian host-pathogen system (2025)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
A high-lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection (2025)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature (2025)

DOI OpenAlex
Citizen science observations shed light on how anthropogenic food sources influence wildlife disease (2024)

DOI OpenAlex
Diet driven differences in host tolerance are linked to shifts in global gene expression in a common avian host-pathogen system (2024)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
A high lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection (2024)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Hotspot shelters stimulate frog resistance to chytridiomycosis (2024)

31 citations DOI OpenAlex
Are novel or locally adapted pathogens more devastating and why? Resolving opposing hypotheses (2024)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host–pathogen system (2023)

11 citations DOI OpenAlex
Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature (2023)

DOI OpenAlex
Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host-pathogen system (2023)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Are novel or locally adapted pathogens more devastating and why?: Resolving opposing hypotheses (2023)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Habitat complexity, connectivity, and introduced fish drive pond community structure along an urban to rural gradient (2023)

20 citations DOI OpenAlex