Roderick B Gagne
Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Ecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Publications
Education:
BSc (Biology)
Washington & Lee University, 2008.
MSc (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Tulane University, 2010.
PhD (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Tulane University, 2015.
Permanent linkBSc (Biology)
Washington & Lee University, 2008.
MSc (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Tulane University, 2010.
PhD (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Tulane University, 2015.
Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Erick Gagne holds a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Tulane University. He recently completed his post-doctoral research in Dr. Sue VandeWoude’s Lab at Colorado state University, his work there used genomic data to determine how landscape characteristics shape disease spread in wildlife. In addition, their research was investigating disease spillover -transmission of a pathogen from a reservoir host population to a novel host- between domestic animals, wildlife, and humans.Erick's work uses molecular and ecological techniques to better understand population structure of wildlife as well as the origin and epidemiology of infectious disease in wildlife. The goal of this work is to further our understanding of the ecology and evolution of wildlife as well as their pathogens in order to guide remediation and prevention of wildlife disease.
Selected Publications
Kraberger, S., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Gagne, R. B., Malmberg, J., Dannemiller, N. G., Logan, K., Alldredge, M., Varsani, A., Crooks, K. R., Craft, M., Carver, S., VandeWoude, S.: Frequent cross-species transmissions of foamy virus between domestic and wild felids. Virus Evol 6(1): vez058, 2020.Godwin, B. L., LaCava, M. E. F., Mendelsohn, B., Gagne, R. B., Gustafson, K. D., Stowell, S. M. L., Engilis, A., Tell, L. A., Ernest, H. B.: Novel hybrid finds a peri-urban niche: Allen''s Hummingbirds in southern California. Conservation Genetics 21(6): 989-998, 2020.
Mendelsohn, B., Bedrosian, B., Stowell, S. M. L., Gagne, R. B., LaCava, M. E. F., Godwin, B. L., Hull, J. M., Ernest, H. B.: Population genomic diversity and structure at the discontinuous southern range of the Great Gray Owl in North America. Conservation Genetics 21(4): 693-706, 2020.
Stowell, S. L. M., Gagne, R. B., McWhirter, D., Edwards, W., Ernest, H. B.: Bighorn Sheep Genetic Structure in Wyoming Reflects Geography and Management. Journal of wildlife Management 84(6): 1072-1090, 2020.
LaCava, M. E. F., Gagne, R. B., Stowell, S. M. L., Gustafson, K. D., Buerkle, C. A., Knox, L., Ernest, H. B.: Pronghorn population genomics show connectivity in the core of their range. J Mammal 101(4): 1061-1071, 2020.
Gustafson, K. D., Gagne, R. B., Vickers, T. W., Riley, S. P. D., Wilmers, C. C., Bleich, V. C., Pierce, B. M., Kenyon, M., Drazenovich, T. L., Sikich, J. A., Boyce, W. M., Ernest, H. B.: Genetic source-sink dynamics among naturally structured and anthropogenically fragmented puma populations. Conservation Genetics 20(2): 215-227, 2019.
Gagne, R. B., Tinker, M. T., Gustafson, K. D., Ralls, K., Larson, S., Tarjan, L. M., Miller, M. A., Ernest, H. B.: Measures of effective population size in sea otters reveal special considerations for wide-ranging species. Evol Appl 11(10): 1779-1790, 2018.
Gagne, R. B., Sprehn, C. G., Alda, F., McIntyre, P. B., Gilliam, J. F., Blum, M. J.: Invasion of the Hawaiian Islands by a parasite infecting imperiled stream fishes. Ecography 41(3): 528-539, 2018.
Kozakiewicz, C. P., Burridge, C. P., Funk, W. C., Salerno, P. E., Trumbo, D. R., Gagne, R. B., Boydston, E. E., Fisher, R. N., Lyren, L. M., Jennings, M. K., Riley, S. P. D., Serieys, L. E. K., VandeWoude, S., Crooks, K. R., Carver, S.: Urbanization reduces genetic connectivity in bobcats (Lynx rufus) at both intra- and interpopulation spatial scales. Mol Ecol 28(23): 5068-5085, 2019.
Fitak, R. R., Antonides, J. D., Baitchman, E. J., Bonaccorso, E., Braun, J., Kubiski, S., Chiu, E., Fagre, A. C., Gagne, R. B., Lee, J. S., Malmberg, J. L., Stenglein, M. D., Dusek, R. J., Forgacs, D., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Gilbertson, M. L. J., Worsley-Tonks, K. E. L., Funk, W. C., Trumbo, D. R., Ghersi, B. M., Grimaldi, W., Heisel, S. E., Jardine, C. M., Kamath, P. L., Karmacharya, D., Kozakiewicz, C. P., Kraberger, S., Loisel, D. A., McDonald, C., Miller, S., O'Rourke, D., Ott-Conn, C. N., Paez-Vacas, M., Peel, A. J., Turner, W. C., VanAcker, M. C., VandeWoude, S., Pecon-Slattery, J.: The Expectations and Challenges of Wildlife Disease Research in the Era of Genomics: Forecasting with a Horizon Scan-like Exercise. Journal of Heredity 110(3): 261-274, 2019.
Krakoff, E., Gagne, R. B., VandeWoude, S., Carver, S.: Variation in Intra-individual Lentiviral Evolution Rates: a Systematic Review of Human, Nonhuman Primate, and Felid Species. Journal of virology 93(16), 2019.
Trumbo, D. R., Salerno, P. E., Logan, K. A., Alldredge, M. W., Gagne, R. B., Kozakiewicz, C. P., Kraberger, S., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Craft, M. E., Carver, S., Ernest, H. B., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude, S., Funk, W. C.: Urbanization impacts apex predator gene flow but not genetic diversity across an urban-rural divide. Mol Ecol 28(22): 4926-4940, 2019.
Malmberg, J. L., Lee, J. S., Gagne, R. B., Kraberger, S., Kechejian, S., Roelke, M., McBride, R., Onorato, D., Cunningham, M., Crooks, K. R., VandeWoude, S.: Altered lentiviral infection dynamics follow genetic rescue of the Florida panther. Proc Biol Sci 286(1913): 20191689, 2019.
Ledesma-Feliciano, C., Troyer, R. M., Zheng, X., Miller, C., Cianciolo, R., Bordicchia, M., Dannemiller, N., Gagne, R., Beatty, J., Quimby, J., Löchelt, M., VandeWoude, S.: Feline foamy virus infection: Characterization of experimental infection and prevalence of natural infection in domestic cats with and without chronic kidney disease. Viruses 11(7), 2019.
Schönhuth, S., Gagne, R. B., Alda, F., Neely, D. A., Mayden, R. L., Blum, M. J.: Phylogeography of the widespread creek chub Semotilus atromaculatus (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae). J Fish Biol 93(5): 778-791, 2018.
Lisi, P. J., Childress, E. S., Gagne, R. B., Hain, E. F., Lamphere, B. A., Walter, R. P., Hogan, J. D., Gilliam, J. F., Blum, M. J., McIntyre, P. B.: Overcoming urban stream syndrome: Trophic flexibility confers resilience in a Hawaiian stream fish. Freshwater Biology 63(5): 492-502, 2018.
Stowell, S. M. L., Bentley, E. G., Gagne, R. B., Gustafson, K. D., Rutledge, L. Y., Ernest, H. B.: Optimal DNA extractions from blood on preservation paper limits conservation genomic but not conservation genetic applications. Journal for Nature Conservation 46: 89-96, 2018.
Ralls, K., McInerney, N. R., Gagne, R. B., Ernest, H. B., Tinker, M. T., Fujii, J., Maldonado, J.: Mitogenomes and relatedness do not predict frequency of tool-use by sea otters. Biol Lett 13(3), 2017.
Moody, K. N., Gagne, R. B., Heim-Ballew, H., Alda, F., Hain, E. F., Lisi, P. J., Walter, R. P., Higashi, G. R., Hogan, J. D., Mcintyre, P. B., Gilliam, J. F., Blum, M. J.: Invasion hotspots and ecological saturation of streams across the Hawaiian archipelago. Cybium 41(2): 127-156, 2017.
Alda, F., Gagne, R. B., Walter, R. P., Hogan, J. D., Moody, K. N., Zink, F., McIntyre, P. B., Gilliam, J. F., Blum, M. J.: Colonization and demographic expansion of freshwater fauna across the Hawaiian archipelago. J Evol Biol 29(10): 2054-2069, 2016.
Arias, M. C., Aulagnier, S.,.. Gagne, R. B., et al: Microsatellite records for volume 8, issue 1. Conservation Genetics Resources 8(1): 43-81, 2016.
Gagne, R. B., Blum, M. J.: Parasitism of a native Hawaiian stream fish by an introduced nematode increases with declining precipitation across a natural rainfall gradient. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 25(3): 476-486, 2016.
Gagne, R. B., Hogan, J. D., Pracheil, B. M., Mcintyre, P. B., Hain, E. F., Gilliam, J. F., Blum, M. J.: Spread of an introduced parasite across the Hawaiian archipelago independent of its introduced host. Freshwater Biology 60(2): 311-322, 2015.
Gagne, R. B., Heins, D. C., McIntyre, P. B., Gilliam, J. F., Blum, M. J.: Mutual dilution of infection by an introduced parasite in native and invasive stream fishes across Hawaii. Parasitology 143(12): 1605-14, 2016.
Lindstrom, D. P., Blum, M. J., Walter, R. P., Gagne, R. B., Gilliam, J. F.: Molecular and Morphological Evidence of Distinct Evolutionary Lineages of Awaous guamensis in Hawai''i and Guam. Copeia(2), 293-300, 2012.
Walter, RP, Hogan, JD, Blum, MJ, Gagne, RB, Hain, EF, Gilliam, JF, McIntyre, PB: Climate change and conservation of endemic amphidromous fishes in Hawaiian streams. Endangered Species Research 16(3): 261-272, 2012.