Shepack, Alexander

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Shepack, Alexander

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Postdoctoral Associate, Institute of Environment , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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Scholarly & Creative Works

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Article
- 2023
  
  Ongoing harlequin toad declines suggest the amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01069-w Web of Science: 001102987700001
- 2022
  
  A new species of brilliant green frog of the genus Tlalocohyla (Anura, Hylidae) hiding between two volcanoes of northern Costa Rica. ZOOTAXA. 5178:501-531.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.6.1 Web of Science: 000858762300001
- 2022
  
  Bridging the Research Gap between Live Collections in Zoos and Preserved Collections in Natural History Museums. BIOSCIENCE. 72:449-460.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac022 Web of Science: 000784741200001
- 2021
  
  Assessing suitable habitats for treefrog species after previous declines in Costa Rica
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/d13110577
- 2020
  
  Recent findings of Isthmohyla pictipes (Anura: Hylidae) in Costa Rica: variation and implications for conservation. ZOOTAXA. 4881:499-514.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.3.4 Web of Science: 000591737700004
- 2020
  
  After the epizootic: Host-pathogen dynamics in montane tropical amphibian communities with high prevalence of chytridiomycosis. BIOTROPICA. 52:1195-1205.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/btp.12824 Web of Science: 000557968500001
- 2018
  
  Widespread occurrence of the antifungal cutaneous bacterium Janthinobacterium lividum on Andean water frogs threatened by fungal disease. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS. 131:233-238.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/dao03298 Web of Science: 000452890800007
- 2017
  
  Survey of Pathogenic Chytrid Fungi (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B-salamandrivorans) in Salamanders from Three Mountain Ranges in Europe and the Americas
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10393-016-1188-7 Web of Science: 000404153600013
- 2017
  
  Species absence in developed landscapes: an experimental evaluation. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY. 32:609-615.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10980-016-0464-9 Web of Science: 000394327200010
- 2017
  
  Bryophryne phuyuhampatu sp n., a new species of Cusco Andes frog from the cloud forest of the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.685.12152 Web of Science: 000405571900004
- 2016
  
  A new species of Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae) from the foothills of the Andes in Manu National Park, southeastern Peru
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.594.8295 Web of Science: 000376789400008
Other Scholarly Work
- 2020
  
  Transcriptomics reveal immune downregulation of newts overwhelmed by chytrid co-infection. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 3167-3169.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/mec.15576 Web of Science: 000562529700001
- 2018
  
  Prepublication Communication of Research Results. 478-481.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10393-018-1352-3 Web of Science: 000448039100001
Preprint
- The amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency
  Full Text via DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2711241/v1
Review
- 2017
  
  Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and the Risk of a Second Amphibian Pandemic. 851-864.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10393-017-1278-1 Web of Science: 000417724800019

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