List of works - Ross A. Alford

Abundance, diet and prey selection of arboreal lizards in a grazed tropical woodland ⬇️

scientific article published on 25 December 2017

Adaptation or preadaptation: why are keelback snakes (Tropidonophis mairii) less vulnerable to invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) than are other Australian snakes?

article

Adaptations of skin peptide defences and possible response to the amphibian chytrid fungus in populations of Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria genimaculata

article

Addition of antifungal skin bacteria to salamanders ameliorates the effects of chytridiomycosis

scientific article

Amphibian Declines and Environmental Change: Use of Remote-Sensing Data to Identify Environmental Correlates

article

Behaviour of Australian rainforest stream frogs may affect the transmission of chytridiomycosis.

scientific article published on August 2007

Biodiversity. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions

scientific article

Cell Density Effects of Frog Skin Bacteria on Their Capacity to Inhibit Growth of the Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

scientific article published on 12 November 2015

Comparisons through time and space suggest rapid evolution of dispersal behaviour in an invasive species

article

Competition between Larval Rana palustris and Bufo americanus Is Not Affected by Variation in Reproductive Phenology

scientific article published on 27 December 1989

Condition-dependent reproductive effort in frogs infected by a widespread pathogen

scientific article (publication date: 7 July 2015)

Context-dependent symbioses and their potential roles in wildlife diseases ⬇️

scientific article published on January 11, 2012

Cool temperatures reduce antifungal activity of symbiotic bacteria of threatened amphibians--implications for disease management and patterns of decline

scientific article

Density and Phenology of Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis in a Natural Pond

scientific article published in 1988

Disentangling causes of seasonal infection prevalence patterns: tropical tadpoles and chytridiomycosis as a model system

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Distribution models for the amphibian chytridBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin Costa Rica: proposing climatic refuges as a conservation tool

scholarly article by Robert Puschendorf et al published May 2009 in Diversity and Distributions

Ecology: Bleak future for amphibians

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

Ecology: Global warming and amphibian losses

scientific article

Effects of Season and Weather on Calling in the Australian Microhylid Frogs Austrochaperina robusta and Cophixalus ornatus

scientific article published in December 2005

Effects of emerging infectious diseases on host population genetics: a review

article

Effects of parentage on competitive ability and vulnerability to predation in Hyla chrysoscelis tadpoles

scientific article published on 01 January 1986

Elevation, temperature, and aquatic connectivity all influence the infection dynamics of the amphibian chytrid fungus in adult frogs.

scientific article

Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperature

scientific article (publication date: 20 June 2003)

Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community

scientific article published on 15 February 2006

Environmental refuge from disease-driven amphibian extinction

scientific article

Experimental Infection and Repeat Survey Data Indicate the Amphibian Chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis May Not Occur on Freshwater Crustaceans in Northern Queensland, Australia

article

Experimental evolution alters the rate and temporal pattern of population growth in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians

scientific article published on 03 September 2014

Factors Affecting Diurnal Shelter Use by the Cane Toad, Bufo marinus

Feeding by omnivores increases food available to consumers

scientific article published in 2011

Fighting an uphill battle: the recovery of frogs in Australia's Wet Tropics

scientific article published on 15 November 2017

Habitat Partitioning among Size Classes of Larval Southern Leopard Frogs, Rana utricularia

scientific article published on 28 May 1982

Habitat Use and Positional Behavior of Anuran Larvae in a Northern Florida Temporary Pond

scientific article published on 9 May 1986

Host thermoregulatory constraints predict growth of an amphibian chytrid pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Host-specific thermal profiles affect fitness of a widespread pathogen

scientific article

Hot bodies protect amphibians against chytrid infection in nature.

scientific article

Immune evasion or avoidance: fungal skin infection linked to reduced defence peptides in Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria serrata.

scientific article

Impact of the invasive cane toad (Bufo marinus) on an Australian frog (Opisthodon ornatus) depends on minor variation in reproductive timing

scientific article

Increased Numbers of Culturable Inhibitory Bacterial Taxa May Mitigate the Effects of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Australian Wet Tropics Frogs

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Infection dynamics in frog populations with different histories of decline caused by a deadly disease.

scientific article

Infection dynamics, dispersal, and adaptation: understanding the lack of recovery in a remnant frog population following a disease outbreak

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Infection increases vulnerability to climate change via effects on host thermal tolerance

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Infection intensity and sampling locality affect Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis distribution among body regions on green-eyed tree frogs Litoria genimaculata

scientific article

Intermittent pool beds are permanent cyclic habitats with distinct wet, moist and dry phases

scientific article

Invasive house geckos are more willing to use artificial lights than are native geckos

article by Stephen M. Zozaya et al published 14 July 2015 in Austral Ecology

LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFFS INFLUENCE DISEASE IN CHANGING CLIMATES: STRATEGIES OF AN AMPHIBIAN PATHOGEN

scientific article (publication date: June 2008)

Litoria genimaculata

article published in 2004

Locomotor performance in an invasive species: cane toads from the invasion front have greater endurance, but not speed, compared to conspecifics from a long-colonised area

scientific article published on 16 October 2009

Mechanisms causing variation in sexual size dimorphism in three sympatric, congeneric lizards.

scientific article published in June 2014

Microbiome diversity and composition varies across body areas in a freshwater turtle

scientific article published on 26 March 2020

Mixed population genomics support for the central marginal hypothesis across the invasive range of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) in Australia. ⬇️

scientific article published on 9 July 2016

Movement patterns and habitat use of rainforest stream frogs in northern Queensland, Australia: implications for extinction vulnerability

article

Multiple mate choice criteria and the importance of age for male mating success in the microhylid frog, Cophixalus ornatus

scientific article published in 2006

Natural disturbance reduces disease risk in endangered rainforest frog populations

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Niche breadth and geographical range: ecological compensation for geographical rarity in rainforest frogs

scientific article published on December 2006

Nomadic movement in tropical toads

scientific article published in 2002

Ontogenetic shifts in a prey's chemical defences influence feeding responses of a snake predator

scientific article published in August 2012

Pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis, a cause of catastrophic amphibian declines

scientific article published on October 2009

Patterns and fitness consequences of intraclutch variation in egg provisioning in tropical Australian frogs

scientific article

Patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis transmission between tadpoles in a high-elevation rainforest stream in tropical Australia

scientific article published on August 2015

Population and Community Body Size Structure Across a Complex Environmental Gradient

scientific article published in 2015

Population trends associated with skin peptide defenses against chytridiomycosis in Australian frogs

scientific article published on 4 October 2005

Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection is extremely low in direct-developing Australian microhylids ⬇️

scientific article published on September 12, 2012

Priority Effects in Experimental Pond Communities: Competition between Bufo and Rana

article

Priority Effects in Experimental Pond Communities: Responses of Hyla to Bufo and Rana

article

Rapid differentiation of sexual signals in invasive toads: call variation among populations ⬇️

scientific article

Reproductive Biology of Four Species of Tropical Australian Lizards and Comments on the Factors Regulating Lizard Reproductive Cycles

article

Retreat sites of rain forest stream frogs are not a reservoir for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in northern Queensland, Australia

scientific article published on February 2007

Robust calling performance in frogs infected by a deadly fungal pathogen.

scientific article

Screening bacterial metabolites for inhibitory effects against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using a spectrophotometric assay

scientific article

Seasonal Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Rainforest Frog (Litoria rheocola) Threatened by Disease

scientific article published on 19 May 2015

Seasonal, annual and decadal change in tadpole populations in tropical Australian streams

scientific article published in 2019

Self-made shelters protect spiders from predation

scholarly article

Short-term exposure to warm microhabitats could explain amphibian persistence with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

scientific article

Sodium hypochlorite denatures the DNA of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

scientific article

Some lights repel amphibians: implications for improving trap lures for invasive species

article

Something different for dinner? Responses of a native Australian predator (the keelback snake) to an invasive prey species (the cane toad)

article

Spinal arthritis in cane toads across the Australian landscape

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Spinal arthritis in invasive cane toads is linked to rate of dispersal as well as to latitude ⬇️

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

Techniques for tracking amphibians: The effects of tag attachment, and harmonic direction finding versus radio telemetry

Temperature alters reproductive life history patterns in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal pathogen associated with the global loss of amphibians

scientific article

Testing the relationship between human occupancy in the landscape and tadpole developmental stress

scientific article

The Amphibian Chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Occurs on Freshwater Shrimp in Rain Forest Streams in Northern Queensland, Australia

article

The Function of Tail Displays in Male Rainbow Skinks (Carlia jarnoldae)

article by Tracy Langkilde et al published June 2005 in Journal of Herpetology

The ontogeny of fluctuating asymmetry

scientific article published on 10 June 2003

The return of the frogs: The importance of habitat refugia in maintaining diversity during a disease outbreak

scientific article published on 23 June 2019

The value of well-designed experiments in studying diseases with special reference to amphibians

scientific article published in September 2009

There is no evidence for a temporal link between pathogen arrival and frog extinctions in north-eastern Australia

scientific article

Tropical reptiles in pine forests: Assemblage responses to plantations and plantation management by burning

article

Underestimated ranges and overlooked refuges from amphibian chytridiomycosis

article

Using pairs of physiological models to estimate temporal variation in amphibian body temperature

scientific article published on 30 July 2014

Variation in thermal performance of a widespread pathogen, the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

scientific article

Visible Implant Elastomer Marking Does Not Affect Short-term Movements or Survival Rates of the Treefrog Litoria rheocola

scientific article published in March 2014

Visible Implant Elastomer as a Viable Marking Technique for Common Mistfrogs (Litoria rheocola)

scientific article published in June 2015

White blood cell profiles in amphibians help to explain disease susceptibility following temperature shifts

scientific article

List of works by Ross A. Alford

Abundance, diet and prey selection of arboreal lizards in a grazed tropical woodland ⬇️

Adaptation or preadaptation: why are keelback snakes (Tropidonophis mairii) less vulnerable to invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) than are other Australian snakes?

Adaptations of skin peptide defences and possible response to the amphibian chytrid fungus in populations of Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria genimaculata

Addition of antifungal skin bacteria to salamanders ameliorates the effects of chytridiomycosis

Amphibian Declines and Environmental Change: Use of Remote-Sensing Data to Identify Environmental Correlates

Behaviour of Australian rainforest stream frogs may affect the transmission of chytridiomycosis.

Biodiversity. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions

Cell Density Effects of Frog Skin Bacteria on Their Capacity to Inhibit Growth of the Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Comparisons through time and space suggest rapid evolution of dispersal behaviour in an invasive species

Competition between Larval Rana palustris and Bufo americanus Is Not Affected by Variation in Reproductive Phenology

Condition-dependent reproductive effort in frogs infected by a widespread pathogen

Context-dependent symbioses and their potential roles in wildlife diseases ⬇️

Cool temperatures reduce antifungal activity of symbiotic bacteria of threatened amphibians--implications for disease management and patterns of decline

Density and Phenology of Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis in a Natural Pond

Disentangling causes of seasonal infection prevalence patterns: tropical tadpoles and chytridiomycosis as a model system

Distribution models for the amphibian chytridBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin Costa Rica: proposing climatic refuges as a conservation tool

Ecology: Bleak future for amphibians

Ecology: Global warming and amphibian losses

Effects of Season and Weather on Calling in the Australian Microhylid Frogs Austrochaperina robusta and Cophixalus ornatus

Effects of emerging infectious diseases on host population genetics: a review

Effects of parentage on competitive ability and vulnerability to predation in Hyla chrysoscelis tadpoles

Elevation, temperature, and aquatic connectivity all influence the infection dynamics of the amphibian chytrid fungus in adult frogs.

Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperature

Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community

Environmental refuge from disease-driven amphibian extinction

Experimental Infection and Repeat Survey Data Indicate the Amphibian Chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis May Not Occur on Freshwater Crustaceans in Northern Queensland, Australia

Experimental evolution alters the rate and temporal pattern of population growth in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians

Factors Affecting Diurnal Shelter Use by the Cane Toad, Bufo marinus

Feeding by omnivores increases food available to consumers

Fighting an uphill battle: the recovery of frogs in Australia's Wet Tropics

Habitat Partitioning among Size Classes of Larval Southern Leopard Frogs, Rana utricularia

Habitat Use and Positional Behavior of Anuran Larvae in a Northern Florida Temporary Pond

Host thermoregulatory constraints predict growth of an amphibian chytrid pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

Host-specific thermal profiles affect fitness of a widespread pathogen

Hot bodies protect amphibians against chytrid infection in nature.

Immune evasion or avoidance: fungal skin infection linked to reduced defence peptides in Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria serrata.

Impact of the invasive cane toad (Bufo marinus) on an Australian frog (Opisthodon ornatus) depends on minor variation in reproductive timing

Increased Numbers of Culturable Inhibitory Bacterial Taxa May Mitigate the Effects of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Australian Wet Tropics Frogs

Infection dynamics in frog populations with different histories of decline caused by a deadly disease.

Infection dynamics, dispersal, and adaptation: understanding the lack of recovery in a remnant frog population following a disease outbreak

Infection increases vulnerability to climate change via effects on host thermal tolerance

Infection intensity and sampling locality affect Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis distribution among body regions on green-eyed tree frogs Litoria genimaculata

Intermittent pool beds are permanent cyclic habitats with distinct wet, moist and dry phases

Invasive house geckos are more willing to use artificial lights than are native geckos

LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFFS INFLUENCE DISEASE IN CHANGING CLIMATES: STRATEGIES OF AN AMPHIBIAN PATHOGEN

Litoria genimaculata

Locomotor performance in an invasive species: cane toads from the invasion front have greater endurance, but not speed, compared to conspecifics from a long-colonised area

Mechanisms causing variation in sexual size dimorphism in three sympatric, congeneric lizards.

Microbiome diversity and composition varies across body areas in a freshwater turtle

Mixed population genomics support for the central marginal hypothesis across the invasive range of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) in Australia. ⬇️

Movement patterns and habitat use of rainforest stream frogs in northern Queensland, Australia: implications for extinction vulnerability

Multiple mate choice criteria and the importance of age for male mating success in the microhylid frog, Cophixalus ornatus

Natural disturbance reduces disease risk in endangered rainforest frog populations

Niche breadth and geographical range: ecological compensation for geographical rarity in rainforest frogs

Nomadic movement in tropical toads

Ontogenetic shifts in a prey's chemical defences influence feeding responses of a snake predator

Pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis, a cause of catastrophic amphibian declines

Patterns and fitness consequences of intraclutch variation in egg provisioning in tropical Australian frogs

Patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis transmission between tadpoles in a high-elevation rainforest stream in tropical Australia

Population and Community Body Size Structure Across a Complex Environmental Gradient

Population trends associated with skin peptide defenses against chytridiomycosis in Australian frogs

Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection is extremely low in direct-developing Australian microhylids ⬇️

Priority Effects in Experimental Pond Communities: Competition between Bufo and Rana

Priority Effects in Experimental Pond Communities: Responses of Hyla to Bufo and Rana

Rapid differentiation of sexual signals in invasive toads: call variation among populations ⬇️

Reproductive Biology of Four Species of Tropical Australian Lizards and Comments on the Factors Regulating Lizard Reproductive Cycles

Retreat sites of rain forest stream frogs are not a reservoir for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in northern Queensland, Australia

Robust calling performance in frogs infected by a deadly fungal pathogen.

Screening bacterial metabolites for inhibitory effects against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using a spectrophotometric assay

Seasonal Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Rainforest Frog (Litoria rheocola) Threatened by Disease

Seasonal, annual and decadal change in tadpole populations in tropical Australian streams

Self-made shelters protect spiders from predation

Short-term exposure to warm microhabitats could explain amphibian persistence with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Sodium hypochlorite denatures the DNA of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Some lights repel amphibians: implications for improving trap lures for invasive species

Something different for dinner? Responses of a native Australian predator (the keelback snake) to an invasive prey species (the cane toad)

Spinal arthritis in cane toads across the Australian landscape

Spinal arthritis in invasive cane toads is linked to rate of dispersal as well as to latitude ⬇️

Techniques for tracking amphibians: The effects of tag attachment, and harmonic direction finding versus radio telemetry