Vadim Karatayev
William J. Higgins Assistant Professor of Biology

I combine theory and large-scale field data to understand conditions that erode or reinforce resilience in complex ecosystems. In the process, I explore fundamental questions at the interface of community ecology, landscape ecology, and network dynamics.

Latest Publications via PubMed

Karatayev VA,Munch SB,Rogers TL,Reuman DC
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jan 7;122(1):e2404155121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2404155121. Epub 2024 Dec 30
Karatayev AY,Burlakova LE,Karatayev VA,Cooper JE,Rudstam LG
Biol Invasions. 2025;27(2):85. doi: 10.1007/s10530-025-03540-5. Epub 2025 Feb 13
Walter JA,Emery KA,Dugan JE,Hubbard DM,Bell TW,Sheppard LW,Karatayev VA,Cavanaugh KC,Reuman DC,Castorani MCN
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jan 9;121(2):e2310052120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2310052120. Epub 2024 Jan 2
Karatayev VA,Baskett ML,van Nes EH
Am Nat. 2023 Sep;202(3):260-275. doi: 10.1086/725421. Epub 2023 Jul 26
Fair KR,Karatayev VA,Anand M,Bauch CT
Epidemics. 2022 Jun;39:100557. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100557. Epub 2022 Apr 6
Karatayev VA,Baskett ML,Kushner DJ,Shears NT,Caselle JE,Boettiger C
Ecol Lett. 2021 Sep;24(9):1917-1929. doi: 10.1111/ele.13828. Epub 2021 Jul 4
Karatayev VA,Vasconcelos VV,Lafuite AS,Levin SA,Bauch CT,Anand M
Nat Commun. 2021 May 18;12(1):2908. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23056-5. Epub 2021 May 18
Karatayev VA,Anand M,Bauch CT
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Sep 29;117(39):24575-24580. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2014385117. Epub 2020 Sep 4
Karatayev VA,Burlakova LE,Karatayev AY,Yang L,Miller T
Oecologia. 2020 Jul;193(3):773-785. doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04706-9. Epub 2020 Jul 25
Karatayev VA,Baskett ML
Ecology. 2020 Feb;101(2):e02930. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2930. Epub 2019 Dec 17