Kyle D. Gustafson

Federal Grant PI

Associate Professor

Arkansas State University

13 h-index 37 pubs 502 cited

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Kyle D. Gustafson's research focuses on host-parasite interactions, particularly those involving trematodes and snails, as well as the evolutionary biology and phylogenetics of animal species. He has investigated the seasonal occurrence and prevalence of parasites such as Neoechinorhynchus emydis in freshwater snails and the species-specific variation of coccidia among snail populations. His work also extends to wildlife genomics, including the development of SNP panels for genotyping mountain lions to assess population connectivity and genomic diversity.

Gustafson has served as PI on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant focused on the ecological and evolutionary drivers of snail-symbiont interrelationships. He also co-PI'd another NSF grant aiming to understand invasion and disease ecology and evolution through computational data education. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 13, 37 total publications, and 502 total citations. He has collaborated with researchers at Arkansas State University, including Maria Bollinger, Taylor Michelle Fiedor, Samuel N. Messinides, and Taylor M. Fiedor.

Metrics

h-index: 13
Publications: 37
Citations: 502

Positions

Associate Professor 2020–present

Arkansas State University Department of Biology ORCID

Selected Publications

Uncoiling Host–Parasite Interrelationships: Bounded Snail‐Host Flexibility Amid Conserved Trematode Morphology (2026)

Molecular Ecology DOI OpenAlex
Data from: Genomic diversity of cougars across Utah: Evidence for latitudinal differentiation in a continuous population (2026)

DRYAD DOI OpenAlex
Genomic diversity of cougars across Utah: evidence for latitudinal differentiation in a continuous population (2026)

Conservation Genetics DOI OpenAlex
Amphibian Parasites Exhibit Idiosyncratic Relationships with Spatiotemporal Environmental and Host-Community Variation (2025)

Journal of Parasitology DOI OpenAlex
The Coccidia Species Pfeifferinella ellipsoides Exhibits Spatial and Species-Specific Variation in Prevalence among Freshwater Snails (2024)

Journal of Parasitology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Observations on Turtle Acanthocephalan Abnormalities from Oklahoma, U.S.A. (2023)

Comparative Parasitology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Seasonal Occurrence of Neoechinorhynchus emydis (Phylum: Acanthocephala) in the Freshwater Snail, Planorbella cf. P. trivolvis, from Oklahoma (2022)

Journal of Parasitology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Development of a 95 SNP panel to individually genotype mountain lions (Puma concolor) for microfluidic and other genotyping platforms (2022)

Conservation Genetics Resources 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
Multi‐population puma connectivity could restore genomic diversity to at‐risk coastal populations in California (2021)

Evolutionary Applications 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
Development of a 95 SNP Panel To Individually Genotype Mountain Lions (Puma Concolor) For Microfluidic and Other Genotyping Platforms (2021)

Research Square 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Broad-scale puma connectivity could restore genomic diversity to fine-scale coastal populations (2021)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
Functional connectivity in a continuously distributed, migratory species as revealed by landscape genomics (2021)

Ecography 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
Correction to: Novel hybrid finds a peri-urban niche: Allen’s Hummingbirds in southern California (2020)

Conservation Genetics DOI OpenAlex
Minimum habitat thresholds required for conserving mountain lion genetic diversity (2020)

Ecology and Evolution 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
Novel hybrid finds a peri-urban niche: Allen’s Hummingbirds in southern California (2020)

Conservation Genetics 5 citations DOI OpenAlex