Publications

Peer-reviewed

  1. Paplauskas, S. (2026). Conventional wisdom revised in terms of a Diversity-Uncertainty model for the effect of host genetic diversity on mean epidemic size and its variability. Ecology and Evolution, 16(5). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73660
  2. Paplauskas, S. (2025). A Conceptual Disease Cycle Model to Link the Size of Past and Future Epidemics. Ecology and Evolution, 15(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71868
  3. Paplauskas, S., Morton, O., Hunt, M., Courage, A., Swanney, S., Dennis, S. R., Becker, D., Auld, S. K. J. R. and Beckerman, A. P. (2024). Predator‐induced shape plasticity in Daphnia pulex. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10913
  4. Paplauskas, S., Brand, J. and Auld, S. K. J. R. (2021). Ecology directs host–parasite coevolutionary trajectories across Daphnia–microparasite populations. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5(4), 480–486. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01390-7
  5. Wilkinson, S. W., Pastor, V., Paplauskas, S., Pétriacq, P. and Luna, E. (2018). Long-lasting β-aminobutyric acid-induced resistance protects tomato fruit against Botrytis cinerea. Plant Pathology, 67(1), 30–41. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12725

Under review

  1. Paplauskas, S. (2026). No local adaptation despite environmental heterogeneity in naturally coevolving Daphnia–parasite mesocosms. Ecology and Evolution (under review). Preprint: https://doi.org/10.22541/au.177153469.92868672/v1
  2. Paplauskas,   S. (2025).    Borrowing   data   from    other    populations   to   forecast    epidemic size. Ecology and Evolution (under review). Preprint: https://doi.org/10.22541/au.174475403.32807642/v1

Protocols

  1. Paplauskas, S. (2026). User guide for Daphnia microinjection. Protocols.io. https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bp2l6je8rvqe/v1

Datasets

  1. Paplauskas, S. and Miyakawa, H. (2026). RT-qPCR Gene Expression Dataset for Daphnia pulex (Predator-Induced). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18491338
  2. Paplauskas, S. (2026). Immunofluorescence dataset of developmental marker expression during neckteeth formation in Daphnia pulex. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18751901

Thesis

  1. Paplauskas, S., Tinsley, M. C., Duthie, A. B. and Thackeray, S. (2024). Predicting epidemic size and disease evolution in response to environmental change. STORRE. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/36402

Manuscripts in preparation

  1. Paplauskas, S. (tbc). The extent to which epidemics drive host-parasite (co)-evolution is system specific and depends on epidemic size: A meta-analysis. Manuscript in preparation.