Karen R Lips

Summary

Affiliation: Southern Illinois University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community
    Karen R Lips
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 62901 6501, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:3165-70. 2006
  2. ncbi Predicted disease susceptibility in a Panamanian amphibian assemblage based on skin peptide defenses
    Douglas C Woodhams
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, A5301 Medical Center North, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
    J Wildl Dis 42:207-18. 2006
  3. ncbi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection patterns among Panamanian amphibian species, habitats and elevations during epizootic and enzootic stages
    Forrest M R Brem
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901 6501, USA
    Dis Aquat Organ 81:189-202. 2008
  4. ncbi Riding the wave: reconciling the roles of disease and climate change in amphibian declines
    Karen R Lips
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS Biol 6:e72. 2008
  5. ncbi Energy flow and subsidies associated with the complex life cycle of ambystomatid salamanders in ponds and adjacent forest in southern Illinois
    Kurt J Regester
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901 6501, USA
    Oecologia 147:303-14. 2006
  6. ncbi Fine scale gene flow and individual movements among subpopulations of Centrolene prosoblepon (Anura: Centrolenidae)
    Jeanne M Robertson
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
    Rev Biol Trop 56:13-26. 2008
  7. ncbi Biodiversity. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions
    Joseph R Mendelson
    Zoo Atlanta, 800 Cherokee Avenue SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA
    Science 313:48. 2006
  8. ncbi Alternative views of amphibian toe-clipping
    W Chris Funk
    Nature 433:193. 2005

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community
    Karen R Lips
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 62901 6501, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:3165-70. 2006
    ..The high virulence and large number of potential hosts of this emerging infectious disease threaten global amphibian diversity...
  2. ncbi Predicted disease susceptibility in a Panamanian amphibian assemblage based on skin peptide defenses
    Douglas C Woodhams
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, A5301 Medical Center North, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
    J Wildl Dis 42:207-18. 2006
    ..This supports the hypothesis that B. dendrobatidis is a generalist pathogen and that species possessing an innate immunologic defense at the time of disease emergence are more likely to survive...
  3. ncbi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection patterns among Panamanian amphibian species, habitats and elevations during epizootic and enzootic stages
    Forrest M R Brem
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901 6501, USA
    Dis Aquat Organ 81:189-202. 2008
    ..Variation among species, microenvironmental conditions, and the length of coexistence with Bd may contribute to observed differences in prevalence of Bd and in population response...
  4. ncbi Riding the wave: reconciling the roles of disease and climate change in amphibian declines
    Karen R Lips
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS Biol 6:e72. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Energy flow and subsidies associated with the complex life cycle of ambystomatid salamanders in ponds and adjacent forest in southern Illinois
    Kurt J Regester
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901 6501, USA
    Oecologia 147:303-14. 2006
    ..94, P<0.05, n = 5). These results are important in understanding the multiple functional roles of salamanders and the impact of amphibian population declines on ecosystems...
  6. ncbi Fine scale gene flow and individual movements among subpopulations of Centrolene prosoblepon (Anura: Centrolenidae)
    Jeanne M Robertson
    Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
    Rev Biol Trop 56:13-26. 2008
    ..322, p = 0.065), even within the same drainage network. Lowland populations of C. prosoblepon potentially act as an important source of colonists for upland populations in this watershed...
  7. ncbi Biodiversity. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions
    Joseph R Mendelson
    Zoo Atlanta, 800 Cherokee Avenue SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA
    Science 313:48. 2006
  8. ncbi Alternative views of amphibian toe-clipping
    W Chris Funk
    Nature 433:193. 2005