Manuscripts in Review

Taylor, C. L., Hochuli, D. F., & Banks, P. B. Activity and movement of small mammals at the urban fringe. (2021)

Taylor, C. L., Egan, S.L., Gofton, A.W., Irwin, P.J., Oskam, C.L., Hochuli, D. F., & Banks, P. B. An invasive commensal and a native marsupial maintain disease vector populations at the urban fringe. (2021)

Taylor, C. L., Lydecker, H. W., Hochuli, D. F., & Banks, P. B. Associations between reported wildlife observations, tick encounters and landscape features in a peri-urban tick hotspot of Australia. (2021)

Publications

Gofton, A. W., Smith, I., Blasdell, K., Taylor, C.L., Dunn, M., Michie, M., Roy-Dufresne, E., Poldy. J., Tachedjian, M., and Wang, J. Metatranscriptomic profiling reveals diverse tick-borne bacteria, protozoans, and viruses in ticks and wildlife from Australia. (2022). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 1-19 pdf
Egan, S. L., Taylor, C. L., Austen, J. M., Banks, P. B., Northover, A.S., Ahlstrom, L. A., Ryan, U. M., … & Oskam, C. L. The bacterial biome of ticks and their wildlife hosts at the urban-wildland interface. (2021). Microbial Genomics 7 (12), 000730 pdf
Egan, S. L., Taylor, C. L., Austen, J. M., Banks, P. B., Northover, A.S., Ahlstrom, L. A., Ryan, U. M., … & Oskam, C. L. Haemoprotozoa surveillance in peri-urban native and introduced wildlife. (2021). Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-borne Diseases 100052 pdf
Taylor, C. L., Lydecker, H. W., Lo, N., Hochuli, D. F., & Banks, P. B. (2020). Invasive rabbits host immature Ixodes ticks at the urban-forest interface. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 11 (4), 101439. pdf
Egan, S. L., Taylor, C. L., Austen, J. M., Banks, P. B., Ahlstrom, L. A., Ryan, U. M., … & Oskam, C. L. (2020). Molecular identification of the Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) lewisi clade in black rats (Rattus rattus) from Australia. Parasitology Research 119 (5) 1691-1696. pdf
Van der Saag, D., Lomax, S., Windsor, P. A., Taylor, C., Thomson, P., Hall, E., & White, P. J. (2018). Effects of topical anaesthetic and buccal meloxicam on average daily gain, behaviour and inflammation of unweaned beef calves following surgical castration. Animal: an International Journal of Animal Bioscience 12 (11), 2373-2381. pdf
Van der Saag, D., Lomax, S., Windsor, P. A., Taylor, C., & White, P. J. (2018). Evaluating treatments with topical anaesthetic and buccal meloxicam for pain and inflammation caused by amputation dehorning of calves. PloS one 13 (6), e0198808. pdf

Grants & Awards

  • Hermon Slade Foundation Understanding the ecology of tick host interactions: black rats as drivers of urban tick dynamics ($84,000) (2021)
  • Northern Beaches Council PhD scholarship ($75,000) (2018)
  • The University of Sydney Postgraduate Research Support Scheme ($3100) (2020)
  • The Ecological Society of Australia. Student Travel Grant ($250) (2019)
  • Royal Zoological Society of NSW Paddy Pallin Science Grant ($7000) (2018)
  • Best Graphical Abstract, Higher Degree Research Showcase (2020)

Key conference presentations of my research findings

  • Australian Society for Parasitology, Parasitravaganza: Understanding the drivers of tick encounters in urban areas (2020)
  • Ecological Society of Australia: What drives tick occurrence in urban areas of Australia? (2019)
  • The Australian Mammal Society: Understanding the drivers of small mammal and tick activity (2019)
  • The Ecological Society of Australia: Introduced rabbits are hosts of immature Ixodes ticks in urban areas (2018)
  • Postgraduate research showcase seminar: The ecological drivers of human-tick encounters in urban environments (2018)