Maureen Donnelly
- Professor, College of Arts, Sciences & Education , Academic Affairs
Publications
selected publications
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Article
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2020Thermal adaptations to extreme freeze-thaw cycles in the high tropical Andes. BIOTROPICA. 53:296-306.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/btp.12875 Web of Science: 000583259600001
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2020Oviposition Site Selection in Three Glass Frog Species. COPEIA. 108:333-340.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/CE-19-243 Web of Science: 000551278600007
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2020Standardized ethograms and a device for assessing amphibian thermal responses in a warming world. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY. 89.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102565 Web of Science: 000530094900031
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2018The influence of matrix quality on species richness in remnant forest. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY. 33.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10980-018-0664-6 Web of Science: 000438116500011
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2018Thermal quality influences habitat use of two anole species. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY. 75.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2018.05.007 Web of Science: 000439400800007
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2018Spatial patterns of the frog Oophaga pumilio in a plantation system are consistent with conspecific attraction. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 8:2880-2889.
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2018Thermal biology mediates responses of amphibians and reptiles to habitat modification. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 21:345-355.
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2017Amphibian sensitivity to habitat modification is associated with population trends and species traits. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. 26:700-712.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.12571 Web of Science: 000401993200008
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2017Tropical amphibians in shifting thermal landscapes under land-use and climate change. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 31:96-105.
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2016ADDITIVE EFFECTS OF MEAN TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY, AND CHLOROTHALONIL TO RED-EYED TREEFROG (AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS) LARVAE. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 35:2998-3004.
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2016Infection risk decreases with increasing mismatch in host and pathogen environmental tolerances. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 19:1051-1061.
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2015Evaluating connectivity for tropical amphibians using empirically derived resistance surfaces. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 25:928-942.
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2015Mechanistic insights into landscape genetic structure of two tropical amphibians using field-derived resistance surfaces. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 24:580-595.
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2014ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS AND META-ANALYSIS IDENTIFY GAPS IN TROPICAL ECOTOXICOLOGY FOR AMPHIBIANS. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 33:2114-2119.
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2014Forest-land use complementarity modifies community structure of a tropical herpetofauna. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 170:246-255.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.027 Web of Science: 000333774500028
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2014Litter Dynamics Regulate Population Densities in a Declining Terrestrial Herpetofauna. COPEIA. 454-461.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/CE-13-061 Web of Science: 000345523700005
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2014Polymorphic microsatellite loci for a neotropical leaf-litter frog (Craugastor bransfordii) characterized through Illumina sequencing. CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES. 6:697-698.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12686-014-0185-9 Web of Science: 000340404900053
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2013A New Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Guyana with Comments on Epicrionops niger. COPEIA. 223-231.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/CH-12-094 Web of Science: 000335277700006
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2013Effects of collared peccary (Pecan tajacu) exclusion on leaf litter amphibians and reptiles in a Neotropical wet forest, Costa Rica. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 163:90-98.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.12.015 Web of Science: 000321724400011
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2013Infection and co-infection by the amphibian chytrid fungus and ranavirus in wild Costa Rican frogs. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS. 104:173-178.
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2013Landscape resistance to movement of the poison frog, Oophaga pumilio, in the lowlands of northeastern Costa Rica. ANIMAL CONSERVATION. 16:188-197.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00585.x Web of Science: 000317981800013
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2013Matrix type alters structure of aquatic vertebrate assemblages in cypress domes. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. 22:497-511.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0425-9 Web of Science: 000313792200012
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2013Not all colors are equal: predation and color polytypism in the aposematic poison frog Oophaga pumilio. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY. 27:831-845.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10682-012-9605-z Web of Science: 000322723500001
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2013The value of remnant trees in pastures for a neotropical poison frog. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY. 29:345-352.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0266467413000382 Web of Science: 000321203600007
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2012Temporal Variation in Infection Prevalence by the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in Three Species of Frogs at La Selva, Costa Rica. BIOTROPICA. 44:779-784.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00872.x Web of Science: 000310729200009
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2011Contrasting colors of an aposematic poison frog do not affect predation. ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI. 48:29-38.Full Text via DOI: 10.5735/086.048.0103 Web of Science: 000289046900003
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2011Engineering a future for amphibians under climate change. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY. 48:487-492.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01942.x Web of Science: 000288379000025
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2011Meta-analysis reveals the importance of matrix composition for animals in fragmented habitat. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. 20:209-217.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00586.x Web of Science: 000286889500001
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2010A new lungless caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Guyana. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 277:915-922.
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2010Amphibian community structure as a function of forest type in Amazonian Peru. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY. 26:509-519.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000301 Web of Science: 000281371800004
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2010Ontogenetic scaling of poison glands in a dendrobatid poison frog. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. 282:238-245.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00732.x Web of Science: 000285010300004
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2010Sex-Related Differences in Alkaloid Chemical Defenses of the Dendrobatid Frog Oophaga pumilio from Cayo Nancy, Bocas del Toro, Panama. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS. 73:317-321.
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2009Breeding-site selection by the poison frog Ranitomeya biolat in Amazonian bamboo forests: an experimental approach. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. 87:453-463.Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/Z09-026 Web of Science: 000266441700010
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2009Do trails affect relative abundance estimates of rainforest frogs and lizards?. AUSTRAL ECOLOGY. 34:613-620.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01965.x Web of Science: 000269675600002
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2009Nested species subsets of amphibians and reptiles on Neotropical forest islands. ANIMAL CONSERVATION. 12:467-476.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00274.x Web of Science: 000270140600011
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2009SPECIES DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF AMPHIBIANS IN MADRE DE DIOS, SOUTHERN PERU. HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY. 4:14-29.Web of Science: 000207807000003
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2009The advertisement calls of four species of glassfrogs (Centrolenidae) from southeastern Peru. STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT. 44:83-91.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/01650520903036653 Web of Science: 000269453200004
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2008A new Petracola and re-description of P. ventrimaculatus (Squamata : Gymnophthalmidae). ZOOTAXA. 53-62.Web of Science: 000252935700004
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2008Sea lion Otaria flavescens as host of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 360:285-289.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps07393 Web of Science: 000257050600025
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2008Species richness and composition of amphibians and reptiles in a fragmented forest landscape in northeastern Bolivia. BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY. 9:523-532.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.09.009 Web of Science: 000258800200007
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2008The Effect of Australian Pine (Casuarina equisetifolia) Removal on Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Incubation Temperatures on Keewaydin Island, Florida. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 214-220.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/SI55-001.1 Web of Science: 000266564000017
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2007Amphibian and reptile declines over 35 years at La Selva, Costa Rica. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 104:8352-8356.
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2007Distribution of geckos in northern Peru: Long-term effect of strong ENSO events?. JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS. 71:330-336.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.05.003 Web of Science: 000249611000006
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2007Experimental evidence for aposematism in the dendrobatid poison frog Oophaga pumilio. COPEIA. 1006-1011.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[1006:EEFAIT]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000252100300023
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2007Multivariate correlates of extinction proneness in a naturally fragmented landscape. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS. 13:372-378.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00331.x Web of Science: 000247263100002
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2007Oribatid mites as a major dietary source for alkaloids in poison frogs. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 104:8885-8890.
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2007Role of supratidal invertebrates in the decomposition of beach-cast green algae Ulva sp.. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 349:33-42.Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps07106 Web of Science: 000251565400004
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2007The Ulva connection: marine algae subsidize terrestrial predators in coastal Peru. OIKOS. 116:75-86.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15230.x Web of Science: 000243413600008
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2006A new riparian gymnophthalmid (Squamata) from Guyana. COPEIA.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[396:ANRGSF]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000240652400007
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2006Geographic and seasonal variation in alkaloid-based chemical defenses of Dendrobates pumilio from Bocas del Toro, Panama. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY. 32:795-814.
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2006Influence of forest fragmentation on community structure of frogs and lizards in northeastern Costa Rica. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 20:1750-1760.
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2006Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diets of a Costa Rican leaf-litter herpetofauna. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY. 22:409-417.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003245 Web of Science: 000239587500005
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2005Biodiversity research in the Neotropics: From conflict to collaboration. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 154.Full Text via DOI: 10.1635/0097-3157(2004)154[0127:BRITNF]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000230829500009
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2005Sampling amphibians and reptiles in the Iwokrama Forest ecosystem. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 154.Full Text via DOI: 10.1635/0097-3157(2004)154[0055:SAARIT]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000230829500005
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2005New species of krait (Squamata : Elapidae) from the Red River system of northern Vietnam. COPEIA. 818-833.Web of Science: 000234088100011
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2005Population structure of Florida box Turtles (Terrapene carolina bauri) at the southernmost limit of their range. JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY. 39:572-577.Full Text via DOI: 10.1670/131-04A.1 Web of Science: 000234580700005
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2005Reproductive phenology of three lizard species in Costa Rica, with comments on seasonal reproduction of neotropical lizards. JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY. 39:341-348.Full Text via DOI: 10.1670/80-02A.1 Web of Science: 000232114800001
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2005Seasonal and geographic eurythermy in a coastal Peruvian lizard. COPEIA. 713-723.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2005)005[0713:SAGEIA]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000234088100001
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2005Variation of total mercury concentrations in pig frogs (Rana grylio) across the Florida Everglades, USA. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 345:51-59.
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2004Evolution of Galapagos Island Lava Lizards (Iguania : Tropiduridae : Microlophus). MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 32.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.04.004 Web of Science: 000223329500008
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2004The criterion of reciprocal monophyly and classification of nested diversity at the species level. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 32.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.001 Web of Science: 000223329500032
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2004Formicine ants: An arthropod source for the pumiliotoxin alkaloids of dendrobatid poison frogs. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 101.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402365101 Web of Science: 000221652000038
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2003A siphonotid millipede (Rhinotus) as the source of spiropyrrolizidine oximes of dendrobatid frogs. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY. 29.Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000008065.28364.a0 Web of Science: 000187278100013
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2002Bioactive alkaloids of frog skin: Combinatorial bioprospecting reveals that pumiliotoxins have an arthropod source. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 99.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.222551599 Web of Science: 000178967400008
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2002Seasonal patterns of reproduction and abundance of leaf litter frogs in a Central American rainforest. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. 258.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902001371 Web of Science: 000179022600011
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2001Herpetofauna of the Yutaje-Corocoro massif, Venezuela: Second report from The Robert G. Goelet American Museum-terramar expedition to the northwestern tepuis. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.Web of Science: 000168792500001
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1999Reproductive phenology of Eleutherodactylus bransfordii in northeastern Costa Rica. JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY. 33.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1565579 Web of Science: 000084139200013
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1998Potential effects of climate change on two neotropical amphibian assemblages. CLIMATIC CHANGE. 39.Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/A:1005315821841 Web of Science: 000075280900021
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1988Variation and Systematics in the Colubrid Snakes of the Genus HydromorphusFull Text via DOI: 10.1163/156853888X00378
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Biographical Item
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2003Joseph Bruno Slowinski 1962-2001. COPEIA.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0424:JBS]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000183817700025
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Book
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Book Chapter
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2018Impacts of Climate Change on Amphibian BiodiversityFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.10022-3
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2017Impacts of climate change on amphibian biodiversityFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809665-9.10022-9
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2005Lessons from the Tropics. AMPHIBIAN DECLINES: THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF UNITED STATES SPECIES. 198-205.Web of Science: 000295537400029
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Editorial Material
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2013A New Species of Earless Toad (Bufonidae: Incilius) from Western Panama. COPEIA. 8-12.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/CH-12-095 Web of Science: 000411881100002
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2013Jay M. Savage. COPEIA. 757-767.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/OT-13-008 Web of Science: 000335277900024
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Letter
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2019Empowering Latina scientists. SCIENCE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw6004 Web of Science: 000459387100031
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2008The tadpole of the bamboo-breeding poison frog Ranitomeya biolat (Anura : Dendrobatidae). ZOOTAXA. 66-68.Web of Science: 000258707500006
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2005Alternative views of amphibian toe-clipping. NATURE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/433193c Web of Science: 000226381300015
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Meeting Abstract
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1999Ontogenetic scaling of poison glands in Dendrobates pumilio.. AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST.Web of Science: 000085800400491
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Proceedings Paper
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2005The Iwokrama herpetofauna: An exploration of diversity in a Guyanan rainforest. Ecology & Evolution in the Tropics: A Herpetological Perspective. 428-460.Web of Science: 000230111100017
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Review
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2018Effects of Secondary Forest Succession on Amphibians and Reptiles: A Review and Meta-analysis. COPEIA. 10-19.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/CH-17-654 Web of Science: 000427990400001
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2016Amphibian Decline and Conservation in Central America. COPEIA. 351-379.Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/CH-15-300 Web of Science: 000379626200001
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2016The importance of defining focal assemblages when evaluating amphibian and reptile responses to land use. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 249-258.
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2012A review of chemical ecology in poison frogs. CHEMOECOLOGY. 159-168.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00049-011-0088-0 Web of Science: 000307512500003
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2009ARTHROPOD ALKALOIDS IN POISON FROGS: A REVIEW OF THE 'DIETARY HYPOTHESIS'. HETEROCYCLES. 277-297.Full Text via DOI: 10.3987/REV-08-SR(D)11 Web of Science: 000266564200017
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2006Fragments as islands: a synthesis of faunal responses to habitat patchiness. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 1016-1025.
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chaired theses and dissertations
- Levine, Alexander V, The Real Snowbirds of South Florida: Using Citizen Science to Assess the Ranges of South Florida's Overwintering Birdsh 2018
- Warschefsky, Emily, The Evolution and Domestication Genetics of the Mango Genus, Mangifera (Anacardiaceae) 2018
- Linhoff, Luke Jack, Linking Husbandry and Behavior to Enhance Amphibian Reintroduction Success 2018
- Thompson, Michelle E, Recovery of Amphibian and Reptile Communities During Tropical Secondary Forest Succession 2018
- Eluvathingal, Lilly M, An Ecological Study of the Anurans in Tea Plantations in a Biodiversity Hotspot 2016
- Nowakowski, Aaron J, Connectivity of fragmented amphibian populations in a Neotropical landscape 2014
- Isola, Monica, Does the Matrix Matter? A Comparison on Phenology and Habitat utilization of Two Treefrog Species in the Big Cypress National Preserve 2011
- Reider, Kelsey, The Effects of Simulated Peccary Extirpation on Leaf Litter Dynamics, Reptiles, and Amphibians in a Neotropical Forest 2011
- Maccachero, Vivian C, Treefrogs in Forested Swamps at the La Selva Biological Station: Assemblage Variation through Space and Time 2011
- Whitfield, Steven M, Enigmatic Faunal Declines at La Selva, Costa Rica: Patterns and Processes in a Collapsing Neotropical Herpetofauna 2011
- Murasaki, Seiichi, Sex-Specific Patterns of Movement and Space Use in the Strawberry Poison Frog, Oophaga pumilio 2010
- Catenazzi, Alessandro, The importance of marine subsidies for terrestrial consumers in coastal Peru 2006
- Bell, Kristen E., Conservation ecology of amphibians and reptiles in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica : forest fragmentation and long term population change 2005
- Calandriello, Carlos J., The rodent fauna of Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park: a comparison of habitat types 1999
- Chen, Megan Huilan, The herpetofauna of Iwokrama reserve: a comparison of sampling methods 1998
- Farrell, Christopher Jon, A study of the herpetofaunal assemblages in the floodplain habitats of the Kissimmee river 1998
- Combs, Christy Angela, The relationship between calling and body condition in hyla cinerea 1998
advised honors theses
- Saporito, Ralph, Ontogenetic Scaling of Poison Glands in Dendrobates Pumilio 2000
Research
principal investigator on
- The Fairchild Challenge for Middle and High Schools at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden awarded by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden 2015 - 2018
- Enigmatic Faunal Declines at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica: Pattern and Process in a Collapsing Tropical Herpetofauna. awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2007 - 2010
investigator on
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2020
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2016
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2016
Teaching
teaching activities
- BSC3941-U12: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
Contact
full name
- Maureen Donnelly
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publication subject areas
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Biodiversity & Conservation
- Chemistry
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Fisheries
- Genetics & Heredity
- Geology
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
- Oceanography
- Pharmacology & Pharmacy
- Physical Geography
- Plant Sciences
- Science & Technology - Other Topics
- Toxicology
- Veterinary Sciences
- Zoology