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Amy  Hudson    Research Ecologist /ARSUserFiles/30200505/images/HudsonAmy_web.JPG

**Dr. Amy HudsonResearch Ecologist**
USDA-ARS-CGAHR-ABADRUATTN: Amy Hudson1515 College Ave.Manhattan, KS 66502
amy.hudson@usda.govTelephone: 785.802.8344**EDUCATION**
B.S., Mathematics, University of Maryland
M.S., Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland
Ph.D., Natural Resources, University of Arizona**RESEARCH INTERESTS**
Dr. AmyHudson’s expertise in climate ecology is applied to predicting arthropod-borne livestock disease spread, by identifying the role of the environment on virus-vector-host interactions. Arboviruses of interest span the globe and include bluetongue virus, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, and vesicular stomatitis virus. Some of her recent work has included climate change impacts on dryland agroecosystems by leveraging long-term ecological research, and the influence of oceanic and atmospheric circulations on plant growth and insect dispersal across the continent.
Google Scholar ORCID LinkedIn Research Gate**RECENT PUBLICATIONS**
DOI
Yao, Q., Ben Zheng, Keyan Fang, Hudson, A., Zhou, F., Chen, H., Tan, H., Guo, F., and Trouet, V. (2024). Modulations of NAO on the interplay between monsoon and westerlies in Asia on interdecadal timescales. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07115-3.DOI
Hudson, A.R., McGregor, B.L., Shults, P., England, M., Silbernagel, C., Mayo, C., Carpenter, M., Sherman, T.J., and Cohnstaedt, L.W. (2023). Culicoides-borne Orbivirus epidemiology in a changing climate. Journal of Medical Entomology. 60(6), 1221–1229 https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad098.DOI
Hudson, A.R., Peters, D.P.C., Blair, J.M., Childers, D.L., Doran, P.T., Geil, K., Gooseff, M., Gross, K.L., Haddad, N.M., Pastore, M.A., Rudgers, J.A., Sala, O., Seabloom, E.W., and Shaver, G. (2022). Cross-site comparisons of dryland ecosystem response to climate change in the US Long-Term Ecological Research network. BioScience. 72(9), 889–907 https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab134.DOI
Humphreys, J.M., Srygley, R.B., Lawton, D., Hudson, A.R., Branson, D.H. (2022) Grasshoppers Exhibit Asynchrony and Spatial Non-Stationarity in Response to the El Niño Southern and Pacific Decadal Oscillations. Ecological Modelling. 471, 110043 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110043.DOI
Hudson, A.R., Smith, W.K., Moore, D.J.P., Trouet, V. (2022). Length of Growing Season is modulated by Northern Hemisphere jet stream variability. International Journal of Climate. 42(11), 5644–5660 https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7553.DOI
Humphreys, J.M., Pelzel-McCluskey, A.M., Cohnstaedt, L.W., McGregor, B.L., Hanley, K.A., Hudson, A.R., Young, K.I., Peck, D., Rodriguez, L.L., Peters, D.P.C. (2021). Integrating Spatiotemporal Epidemiology, Eco-Phylogenetics, and Distributional Ecology to Assess West Nile Disease Risk in Horses. Viruses. 13(9), 1811. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091811.DOI
Peters, D.P.C., Savoy, H.M., Stillman, S., Huang, H., Hudson, A.R., Sala, O.E., Vivoni, E.R. (2021). Plant Species Richness in Multiyear Wet and Dry Periods in the Chihuahuan Desert. Climate. 9(8), 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9080130.DOI
Xu, G., Wu, G., Liu, X., Chen, T., Wang, B., Hudson, A., Trouet, V. (2020). Age-related climate response of tree-ring d13C and d18O from Spruce in Northwestern China, with implications for relative humidity reconstructions. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 125, e2019JG005513. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005513.DOI
Smith, W.K., Dannenberg, M.P., Yan, D., Herrmann, S., Barnes, M.L., Barron-Gafford, G.A., Biederman, J.A., Ferrenberg, S., Fox, A.M., Hudson, A.R., Knowles, J.F., MacBean, N., Moore, D.J.P., Nagler, P.L., Reed, S.C., Rutherford, W.A., Scott, R.L., Wang, X., Yang, J. (2019). Remote sensing of dryland ecosystem structure and function: Progress, challenges, and opportunities. Remote Sensing of Environment. 233, 111401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111401.DOI
Hudson, A.R., R. Alfaro-Sanchez, F. Babst, S. Belmecheri, D.J.P. Moore, and V. Trouet (2019). Seasonal and synoptic climatic drivers of tree growth in the Bighorn Mountains, WY, USA (1654-1983 CE). Dendrochronologia. 58, 125633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2019.125633.DOI
Xu, G., X. Liu, Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, A. Hudson, and V. Trouet (2019). Century-scale temperature variability and onset of industrial-era warming in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics. 53, 4569–4590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04807-z.DOI
Albrecht, T., and A. Hudson (2019). Being persuasive: Lessons from lawyers that all scientists need. Eos. 100. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO115327. Published on 04 February 2019.DOI
Alfaro-Sánchez R., H. Nguyen, S. Klesse, A. Hudson, S. Belmecheri, N. Köse, H.F. Diaz HF, R. Villalba, V. Trouet (2018). Climatic and volcanic forcing of tropical belt northern boundary over the past 800 years. Nature Geoscience. 11, 933-938 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0242-1.DOI
Smith, W. K., J. A. Biederman, R.L. Scott, D.J.P. Moore, M. He, J.S. Kimball, D. Yan, A. Hudson, M.L. Barnes, N. MacBean, A.M. Fox, M.E. Litvak (2018). Chlorophyll Fluorescence Better Captures Seasonal and Interannual Gross Primary Productivity Dynamics Across Dryland Ecosystems of Southwestern North America. Geophysical Research Letters. 45, 748–757. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075922.DOI
Belmecheri, S., F. Babst, A.R. Hudson, J. Betancourt, V. Trouet (2017). Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream Position Indices as Diagnostic Tools for Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics. Earth Interactions, 21(8), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1175/EI-D-16-0023.1.DOI
Hudson, A.R. and D.R. Tilley. (2014). Assessment of uncertainty in emergy evaluations using Monte Carlo simulations. Ecological Modelling. 271, 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.05.018.PublicationsNo publications listed for this employee.
ProjectsPredicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in North AmericaIn-House Appropriated (D)Accession Number:441383Ecology of Hemorrhagic Orbiviruses in North AmericaIn-House Appropriated (D)Accession Number:441386Vector Surveillance at an Active Cache Valley Virus FocusNon-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)Accession Number:444656Xenosurveillance Using Arthropod Vectors to Characterize Vector-borne Disease EpidemiologyNon-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)Accession Number:444667


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