Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Biology of Amphibians

Principal Investigator: Howard Whiteman

Status: active

Field: Ecology and Evolutionary biology

Research Areas: Animal Behavior; Aquatic Biology; Climate change; Community ecology; Disease ecology; Food web biology; Long-term research; Modeling; Phenology; Species Interactions; Theory; Vertebrate biology

Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Biology of Amphibians

Publications (70)

Declining Amphibians: A United States' Response to the Global Problem

Evolution of alternative life histories in the tiger salamander, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>

Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field

Polyphenism predicts actuarial senescence and lifespan in tiger salamanders

Climate mediates the trade-offs associated with phenotypic plasticity in an amphibian polyphenism

The role of environmental variation in mediating fitness trade-offs for an amphibian polyphenism

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

Animal-Driven Nutrient Supply Declines Relative to Ecosystem Nutrient Demand Along a Pond Hydroperiod Gradient

Complete Genome Sequences for <i>Pseudomonas sp.</i> Strains 29A and 43A

Lifetime Fitness, Sex-Specific Life History, and the Maintenance of a Polyphenism

Modeling the population dynamics and community impacts of <i>Ambystoma tigrinum</i>: A case study of phenotype plasticity

How diploidization turned a tetraploid into a pseudotriploid

Natal philopatry varies with larval condition in salamanders

Salamander cannibalism

Consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of cannibalism in fluctuating age-structured populations

Accuracy assessment of skeletochronology in the Arizona tiger salamander (<i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>)

An evaluation of MS-222 and benzocaine as anesthetics for metamorphic and paedomorphic tiger salamanders (<i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>)

Temporal shift of diet in alternative cannibalistic morphs of the tiger salamander

Evolutionary ecology of facultative paedomorphosis in news and salamanders

Foraging Differences Between Sexes in Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum

Foraging trade-offs along a predator-permanence gradient in subalpine wetlands

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>

Fluctuation in a Rocky Mountain population of salamanders: anthropogenic acidification or natural variation?

Status and Conservation of US Amphibians. Vol 1: Conservation Essays

Behavioral ecology and conservation biology

Interactions between larval amphibians

The taxonomy and ecology of the tiger salamander of Colorado

Ecology of Aquatic Insects

Efficacy and Uses of PIT Tag Telemetry in Salamanders From the Western USA: ,<i> Aneides vagrans </i>, <i> Ensatina eschscholtzii </i>, and <i> Ambystoma mavortium </i>

Evolution and genomic basis of the plant penetrating ovipositor: a key morphological trait in herbivorous Drosophilidae

Insect herbivory reshapes a native leaf microbiome

Habitat preference of an herbivore shapes the habitat distribution of its host plant

Heritable plant phenotypes track light and herbivory levels at fine spatial scales

Aversion and attraction to harmful plant secondary compounds jointly shape the foraging ecology of a specialist herbivore

A model of inter-cohort cannibalism and paedomorphosis in Arizona tiger salamanders, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>

A PIT tagging technique for Ambystomatid salamanders

Evolution of herbivory in Drosophilidae linked to loss of behaviors, antennal responses, odorant receptors and ancestral diet

Evolution in an ancient detoxification pathway is coupled with a transition to herbivory in the Drosophilidae

Diversity and abundance of phyllosphere bacteria are linked to insect herbivory

Larval growth in polyphenic salamanders: making the best of a bad lot

Genes involved in the evolution of herbivory by a leaf-mining drosophilid fly

Evolutionary biology: Insects converge on resistance

Mining the plant-insect interface with a leafmining <i>Drosophila</i> of <i>Arabidopsis</i>

Foraging tactics in alternative heterochronic salamander morphs: trophic quality of ponds matters more than water permanency

Conservation and Status of North American Amphibians

Writing a RUI proposal: strategies for success

Potential of prey size and type to affect foraging asymmetries in tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum) larvae

Heterospecific prey and trophic polyphenism in larval tiger salamanders

Dispersal of the fairy shrimp <i>Branchinecta coloradensis</i> (Anostraca): Effects of hydroperiod and salamanders

Datasets (1)

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Documents (14)

Wildlife Impacts

Wildlife 2000 Review

Beavers: Biologists "Rediscover" a Natural Resource

Small Mammals: A Beaver Pond Ecosystem and Adjacent Riparian Habitat in Idaho

Wetlands Program Update: The Wetlands Conservation Efforts of the Colorado Division of Wildlife

Prospects The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic

Effect of Keystone Mine Effluent on Colonization of Stream Benthos

Beavers and Their Control

Proceedings of the National Symposium on Protection of Wetlands From Agricultural Impacts

Moist Forests

Beaver Management in Grazed Riparian Ecosystems

Revising Desertification of Riparian Zones Along Cold Desert Streams

Endangered Fish Recovery Program & Instream Flows

Colorado Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife Wetlands Program Summary