Donnelly, Maureen

Maureen Donnelly
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Professor, College of Arts, Sciences & Education , Academic Affairs

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donnelly@fiu.edu

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selected publications

Article
- 2018
  
  The 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
- 2018
  
  Thermal 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
- 2018
  
  Spatial patterns of the frog Oophaga pumilio in a plantation system are consistent with conspecific attraction. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 8:2880-2889.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3748 PMID: 29531702 Web of Science: 000426725900042
- 2018
  
  Thermal biology mediates responses of amphibians and reptiles to habitat modification. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 21:345-355.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/ele.12901 PMID: 29314479 Web of Science: 000424890900004
- 2017
  
  Amphibian 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
- 2017
  
  Tropical amphibians in shifting thermal landscapes under land-use and climate change. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 31:96-105.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12769 PMID: 27254115 Web of Science: 000394428100011
- 2016
  
  ADDITIVE EFFECTS OF MEAN TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY, AND CHLOROTHALONIL TO RED-EYED TREEFROG (AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS) LARVAE. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 35:2998-3004.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/etc.3484 PMID: 27163793 Web of Science: 000391031400012
- 2016
  
  Infection risk decreases with increasing mismatch in host and pathogen environmental tolerances. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 19:1051-1061.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/ele.12641 PMID: 27339786 Web of Science: 000382542500005
- 2015
  
  Evaluating connectivity for tropical amphibians using empirically derived resistance surfaces. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 25:928-942.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/14-0833.1 PMID: 26465034 Web of Science: 000355191900005
- 2015
  
  Mechanistic insights into landscape genetic structure of two tropical amphibians using field-derived resistance surfaces. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 24:580-595.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/mec.13052 PMID: 25533403 Web of Science: 000348516900005
- 2014
  
  ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS AND META-ANALYSIS IDENTIFY GAPS IN TROPICAL ECOTOXICOLOGY FOR AMPHIBIANS. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 33:2114-2119.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/etc.2665 PMID: 24934557 Web of Science: 000340537400026
- 2014
  
  Forest-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
- 2014
  
  Litter 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
- 2014
  
  Polymorphic 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
- 2013
  
  A 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
- 2013
  
  Effects 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
- 2013
  
  Infection and co-infection by the amphibian chytrid fungus and ranavirus in wild Costa Rican frogs. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS. 104:173-178.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/dao02598 PMID: 23709470 Web of Science: 000319469600009
- 2013
  
  Landscape 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
- 2013
  
  Matrix 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
- 2013
  
  Not 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
- 2013
  
  The 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
- 2012
  
  Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. NATURE. 489:290-294.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/nature11318 PMID: 22832582 Web of Science: 000308635900041
- 2012
  
  Temporal 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
- 2011
  
  Contrasting 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
- 2011
  
  Engineering 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
- 2011
  
  Meta-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
- 2010
  
  A new lungless caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Guyana. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 277:915-922.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1662 PMID: 19923127 Web of Science: 000274328400012
- 2010
  
  Amphibian 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
- 2010
  
  Ontogenetic 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
- 2010
  
  Sex-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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/np900702d PMID: 20030363 Web of Science: 000275885000006
- 2009
  
  Breeding-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
- 2009
  
  Do 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
- 2009
  
  Nested 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
- 2009
  
  SPECIES DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF AMPHIBIANS IN MADRE DE DIOS, SOUTHERN PERU. HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY. 4:14-29.
  Web of Science: 000207807000003
- 2009
  
  The 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
- 2008
  
  A new Petracola and re-description of P. ventrimaculatus (Squamata : Gymnophthalmidae). ZOOTAXA. 53-62.
  Web of Science: 000252935700004
- 2008
  
  Sea 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
- 2008
  
  Species 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
- 2008
  
  The 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
- 2007
  
  Amphibian 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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611256104 PMID: 17449638 Web of Science: 000246599900030
- 2007
  
  Comparison of diet, reproductive biology, and growth of the pig frog (Rana grylio) from harvested and protected areas of the Florida everglades. COPEIA. 436-448.
  Web of Science: 000246637600017
- 2007
  
  Distribution 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
- 2007
  
  Experimental 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
- 2007
  
  Multivariate 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
- 2007
  
  Oribatid 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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0702851104 PMID: 17502597 Web of Science: 000246853700038
- 2007
  
  Role 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
- 2007
  
  Spatial and temporal patterns of alkaloid variation in the poison frog Oophaga pumilio in Costa Rica and Panama over 30 years. TOXICON. 50:757-778.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.06.022 PMID: 17706737 Web of Science: 000250495100004
- 2007
  
  The 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
- 2006
  
  A 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
- 2006
  
  Geographic and seasonal variation in alkaloid-based chemical defenses of Dendrobates pumilio from Bocas del Toro, Panama. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY. 32:795-814.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9034-y PMID: 16718571 Web of Science: 000237795600007
- 2006
  
  Influence of forest fragmentation on community structure of frogs and lizards in northeastern Costa Rica. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 20:1750-1760.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00522.x PMID: 17181810 Web of Science: 000242724500025
- 2006
  
  Ontogenetic 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
- 2005
  
  Sampling 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
- 2005
  
  New species of krait (Squamata : Elapidae) from the Red River system of northern Vietnam. COPEIA. 818-833.
  Web of Science: 000234088100011
- 2005
  
  Population 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
- 2005
  
  Reproductive 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
- 2005
  
  Seasonal 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
- 2005
  
  Variation of total mercury concentrations in pig frogs (Rana grylio) across the Florida Everglades, USA. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 345:51-59.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.10.015 PMID: 15919527 Web of Science: 000230258100006
- 1999
  
  Reproductive phenology of Eleutherodactylus bransfordii in northeastern Costa Rica. JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY. 33.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1565579 Web of Science: 000084139200013
- 1998
  
  Potential effects of climate change on two neotropical amphibian assemblages. CLIMATIC CHANGE. 39.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/A:1005315821841 Web of Science: 000075280900021
Book Chapter
- 2005
  
  Lessons from the Tropics. AMPHIBIAN DECLINES: THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF UNITED STATES SPECIES. 198-205.
  Web of Science: 000295537400029
Editorial Material
- 2013
  
  A 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
- 2013
  
  Jay M. Savage. COPEIA. 757-767.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/OT-13-008 Web of Science: 000335277900024
Letter
- 2015
  
  Untitled Reply. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 4-5.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/etc.2779 PMID: 25537292 Web of Science: 000346789800002
- 2008
  
  The tadpole of the bamboo-breeding poison frog Ranitomeya biolat (Anura : Dendrobatidae). ZOOTAXA. 66-68.
  Web of Science: 000258707500006
Proceedings Paper
- 2005
  
  The Iwokrama herpetofauna: An exploration of diversity in a Guyanan rainforest. Ecology & Evolution in the Tropics: A Herpetological Perspective. 428-460.
  Web of Science: 000230111100017
Review
- 2018
  
  Effects 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
- 2016
  
  Amphibian Decline and Conservation in Central America. COPEIA. 351-379.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/CH-15-300 Web of Science: 000379626200001
- 2016
  
  The importance of defining focal assemblages when evaluating amphibian and reptile responses to land use. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 249-258.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12637 PMID: 26416506 Web of Science: 000372304600002
- 2012
  
  A review of chemical ecology in poison frogs. CHEMOECOLOGY. 159-168.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00049-011-0088-0 Web of Science: 000307512500003
- 2009
  
  ARTHROPOD 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
- 2006
  
  Fragments as islands: a synthesis of faunal responses to habitat patchiness. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 1016-1025.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00482.x PMID: 16922218 Web of Science: 000239545500013

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

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 activities

BSC3941-U12: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019

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

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