Department of Integrative Biology

D. P. Chivers, Wisenden, B. D., Hindman, C. J., Michalak, T., Kusch, R. C., Kaminskyj, S. W., Jack, K. L., Ferrari, M. C. O., Pollock, R. J., Halbgewachs, C. F., Pollock, M. S., Alemadi, S., James, C. T., Savaloja, R. K., Goater, C. P., Corwin, A., Mirza, R. S., Kiesecker, J. M., Brown, G. E., Adrian, J. C., Krone, P. H., Blaustein, A. R., and Mathis, A., “Epidermal 'alarm substance' cells of fishes maintained by non-alarm functions: possible defence against pathogens, parasites and UVB radiation”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 274, pp. 2611-2619, 2007.

A. R. Blaustein, Han, B., Fasy, B., Romansic, J., Scheessele, E. A., Anthony, R. G., Marco, A., Chivers, D. P., Belden, L. K., Kiesecker, J. M., Garcia, T., Lizana, M., and Kats, L. B., “Variable breeding phenology affects the exposure of amphibian embryos to ultraviolet radiation and optical characteristics of natural waters protect amphibians from UV-B in the US Pacific Northwest: Comment”, Ecology, vol. 85, pp. 1747-1754, 2004.

A. R. Blaustein, Root, T. L., Kiesecker, J. M., Belden, L. K., Olson, D. H., and Green, D. M., “Amphibian breeding and climate change: Reply to Corn”, Conservation Biology, vol. 17, pp. 626-627, 2003.

A. R. Blaustein, Romansic, J. M., Kiesecker, J. M., and Hatch, A. C., “Ultraviolet radiation, toxic chemicals and amphibian population declines”, Diversity and Distributions, vol. 9, pp. 123-140, 2003.

A. R. Blaustein, Root, T. L., Kiesecker, J. M., Belden, L. K., Olson, D. H., and Green, D. M., “Amphibian phenology and climate change”, Conservation Biology, vol. 16, pp. 1454-1455, 2002.

A. R. Blaustein and Kiesecker, J. M., “Complexity in conservation: lessons from the global decline of amphibian populations”, Ecology Letters, vol. 5, pp. 597-608, 2002.

J. M. Kiesecker, Chivers, D. P., Anderson, M., and Blaustein, A. R., “Effect of predator diet on life history shifts of red-legged frogs, Rana aurora”, Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 28, pp. 1007-1015, 2002.

L. B. Kats, Kiesecker, J. M., Chivers, D. P., and Blaustein, A. R., “Effects of UV-B radiation on anti-predator behavior in amphibians: Reply to Cummins”, Ethology, vol. 108, pp. 649-654, 2002.

A. R. Blaustein, Belden, L. K., Olson, D. H., Green, D. M., Root, T. L., and Kiesecker, J. M., “Amphibian breeding and climate change”, Conservation Biology, vol. 15, pp. 1804-1809, 2001.

B. A. Han, Kats, L. B., Pomme-Rening, R. C., Murry, M. A., Kiesecker, J. M., and Blaustein, A. R., “Avoidance of ultraviolet radiation (UV-B) by two species of diurnal poison-dart frogs”, American Zoologist, vol. 41, pp. 1465-1465, 2001.

D. P. Chivers, Wildy, E. L., Kiesecker, J. M., and Blaustein, A. R., “Avoidance response of juvenile pacific treefrogs to chemical cues of introduced predatory bullfrogs”, Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 27, pp. 1667-1676, 2001.

J. M. Kiesecker, Blaustein, A. R., and Belden, L. K., “Complex causes of amphibian population declines”, Nature, vol. 410, pp. 681-684, 2001.

M. T. Anderson, Kiesecker, J. M., Chivers, D. P., and Blaustein, A. R., “The direct and indirect effects of temperature on a predator-prey relationship”, Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie, vol. 79, pp. 1834-1841, 2001.

E. L. Wildy, Chivers, D. P., Kiesecker, J. M., and Blaustein, A. R., “The effects of food level and conspecific density on biting and cannibalism in larval long-toed salamanders, Ambystoma macrodactylum”, Oecologia, vol. 128, pp. 202-209, 2001.

J. M. Kiesecker, Blaustein, A. R., and Miller, C. L., “Potential mechanisms underlying the displacement of native red-legged frogs by introduced bullfrogs”, Ecology, vol. 82, pp. 1964-1970, 2001.

D. P. Chivers, Kiesecker, J. M., Marco, A., DeVito, J., Anderson, M. T., and Blaustein, A. R., “Predator-induced life history changes in amphibians: egg predation induces hatching”, Oikos, vol. 92, pp. 135-142, 2001.

J. M. Kiesecker, Blaustein, A. R., and Miller, C. L., “Transfer of a pathogen from fish to amphibians”, Conservation Biology, vol. 15, pp. 1064-1070, 2001.

A. R. Blaustein, Chivers, D. P., Kats, L. B., and Kiesecker, J. M., “Effects of ultraviolet radiation on locomotion and orientation in roughskin newts (Taricha granulosa)”, Ethology, vol. 106, pp. 227-234, 2000.

L. B. Kats, Kiesecker, J. M., Chivers, D. P., and Blaustein, A. R., “Effects of UV-B radiation on anti-predator behavior in three species of amphibians”, Ethology, vol. 106, pp. 921-931, 2000.

D. P. Chivers, Kiesecker, J. M., Wildy, E. L., Belden, L. K., Kats, L. B., and Blaustein, A. R., “Avoidance response of post-metamorphic anurans to cues of injured conspecifics and predators”, Journal of Herpetology, vol. 33, pp. 472-476, 1999.

A. R. Blaustein, Hays, J. B., Hoffman, P. D., Chivers, D. P., Kiesecker, J. M., Leonard, W. P., Marco, A., Olson, D. H., Reaser, J. K., and Anthony, R. G., “DNA repair and resistance to UV-B radiation in western spotted frogs”, Ecological Applications, vol. 9, pp. 1100-1105, 1999.

J. de Vito, Chivers, D. P., Kiesecker, J. M., Belden, L. K., and Blaustein, A. R., “Effects of snake predation on aggregation and metamorphosis of Pacific treefrog (Hyla regilla) larvae”, Journal of Herpetology, vol. 33, pp. 504-507, 1999.

J. M. Kiesecker, Chivers, D. P., Marco, A., Quilchano, C., Anderson, M. T., and Blaustein, A. R., “Identification of a disturbance signal in larval red-legged frogs, Rana aurora”, Animal Behaviour, vol. 57, pp. 1295-1300, 1999.

J. M. Kiesecker and Blaustein, A. R., “Pathogen reverses competition between larval amphibians”, Ecology, vol. 80, pp. 2442-2448, 1999.

D. P. Chivers, Kiesecker, J. M., Marco, A., Wildy, E. L., and Blaustein, A. R., “Shifts in life history as a response to predation in western toads (Bufo boreas)”, Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 25, pp. 2455-2463, 1999.