Matt Robak, a recent RZ lab alum, published a paper in the March 2018 issue of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. The research described in this publication documents how temperature and the skin microbial community affect the susceptibility of northern cricket frogs (Acris crepitans) to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection.
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Defying disease: Panama’s frogs are fighting back Many infectious diseases can fade away after initial outbreaks. Bubonic plague, cholera, and influenza are examples from recent human history. The same phenomenon occurs for wildlife diseases as well. How does this happen? One popular explanation is that the pathogen evolves to become less deadly, so […]
A new paper written by Yusan Yang, a PhD student in our lab, was published in the March 2018 issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. In this paper, Yusan describes some of her recent research testing if male Strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio) differ in the territorial aggression […]
Julia Sonn, a recent PhD graduate from our lab, recently published a paper in the December 2017 issue of the journal EcoHealth. In this publication, Julia describes an experiment testing the effect of temperature on Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection of Northern cricket frogs (Acris crepitans).
A new paper written by our very own Yusan Yang, a PhD student in the lab, was published in December’s issue of Evolution. In this paper, Yusan describes some of her recent research testing if female preferences diverged along with coloration in the Strawberry poison frog (Oophaga pumilio), and whether […]
A new paper written by our former Postdoc, Matt Dugas, was published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology in October. In this paper, Matt describes research examining on the costs and benefits of maternal care in Strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio).
A new paper written by our former Postdoc, Matt Dugas, was published in Behavioral Ecology this month. In it, Matt describes a project he completed in our lab that focused on how resource limitation shapes the nuclear family, even for an ectotherm living in captivity. Summary: Mother strawberry poison […]