Whitfield, Steven

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Whitfield, Steven

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Postdoctoral Associate, School of Environment, Arts and Society , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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Article
- 2024
  
  Precipitation Drives Frugivory in a Subtropical Generalist Herbivore, the Gopher Tortoise, and Alters Its Functional Role as a Seed Disperser. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 14.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70585 Web of Science: 001369023300001
- 2024
  
  Seasonal frugivory drives both diet inconsistency and individual specialization in the generalist herbivore gopher tortoise
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2024.e00356 Web of Science: 001294469700001
- 2024
  
  Status, Distribution, and Management of Gopher Tortoises in Highly Urbanized Southeastern Florida. SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST. 23:385-400.
  Web of Science: 001341282600015
- 2023
  
  Management of a Globally Imperiled and Fire-Dependent Ecosystem in the Urban Matrix of Miami-Dade County, Florida: A Case Study of the Richmond Tract Pine Rocklands
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/d15030426 Web of Science: 000955516200001
- 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
- 2022
  
  Burrow Characteristics and Habitat Associations of Gopher Tortoises in Urban Pine Rockland Reserves (Miami, Florida, USA)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1643/h2020168 Web of Science: 000886946800003
- 2021
  
  Seed Consumption by Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in the Globally Imperiled Pine Rockland Ecosystem of Southern Florida, USA
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2744/CCB-1426.1 Web of Science: 000665437100005
- 2021
  
  Genotyping and differential bacterial inhibition of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in threatened amphibians in Costa Rica
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001017 Web of Science: 000651616500001
- 2021
  
  Ranavirus is widespread in Costa Rica and co-occurs with threatened amphibians. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS. 144:89-98.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/dao03576 Web of Science: 000665457900009
- 2019
  
  A recovery engine strategy for amphibian conservation in the context of disease. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 236:188-191.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.025 Web of Science: 000483908400020
- 2019
  
  Endemic Infection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica: Implications for Amphibian Conservation at Regional and Species Level
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/d11080129 Web of Science: 000482961700011
- 2019
  
  Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity. SCIENCE. 363:1459-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aav0379 Web of Science: 000462738000038
- 2019
  
  Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 3:381-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0798-1 Web of Science: 000459753700018
- 2018
  
  Assessment of Bacterial Communities Associated With the Skin of Costa Rican Amphibians at La Selva Biological Station. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02001 Web of Science: 000443430000001
- 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 Web of Science: 000424890900004
- 2017
  
  Differential patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in relict amphibian populations following severe disease-associated declines. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS. 126:33-41.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/dao03154 Web of Science: 000412292600004
- 2017
  
  Characterization of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Inhibiting Bacteria from Amphibian Populations in Costa Rica. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00290 Web of Science: 000394930500001
- 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 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 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 Web of Science: 000382542500005
- 2016
  
  Turn up the heat: thermal tolerances of lizards at La Selva, Costa Rica. OECOLOGIA. 180:325-334.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3467-3 Web of Science: 000368829300003
- 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
  
  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 Web of Science: 000340537400026
- 2013
  
  Interactive effects of pesticide mixtures, predators, and environmental regimes on the toxicity of two pesticides to red-eyed tree frog larvae. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 32:2379-2386.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/etc.2319 Web of Science: 000323887300026
- 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 Web of Science: 000319469600009
- 2013
  
  Utilization of fast qPCR techniques to detect the amphibian chytrid fungus: a cheaper and more efficient alternative method. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 4:162-166.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2012.00263.x Web of Science: 000314974800007
- 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
- 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 Web of Science: 000246599900030
- 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
  
  Tree buttress microhabitat use by a neotropical leaf-litter hervetofauna. JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY. 39:192-198.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1670/219-04A Web of Science: 000230153200003
Book Chapter
- 2018
  
  Impacts of Climate Change on Amphibian Biodiversity
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.10022-3
- 2017
  
  Impacts of climate change on amphibian biodiversity. 113-121.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809665-9.10022-9
Letter
- 2015
  
  Untitled Reply. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 4-5.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/etc.2779 Web of Science: 000346789800002
Note
- 2012
  
  Ranavirus infection in native amphibians at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica: First report of ranavirus in Central America. 425-427.
Other Scholarly Work
- 2020
  
  Response to Comment on "Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity". SCIENCE.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aay2905 Web of Science: 000522167400002
Review
- 2018
  
  Status and trends of American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) in Florida, USA. 291-304.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-17-187.1 Web of Science: 000432479400003
- 2016
  
  Amphibian 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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