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| Matthew J ParrisSummaryAffiliation: University of Memphis Country: USA Publications
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Phylogenetic concordance analysis shows an emerging pathogen is novel and endemicAndrew Storfer
School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4236, USA
Ecol Lett 10:1075-83. 2007..Thus, our analysis of intraspecific phylogenetic concordance revealed that human introduction of viruses is the mechanism underlying tree non-concordance and possibly disease emergence via artificial selection...
Chytridiomycosis impacts predator-prey interactions in larval amphibian communitiesMatthew J Parris
Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
Oecologia 140:626-32. 2004..Direct measurements of the community-level effects of pathogens offer an important opportunity to understand a significant threat to global biodiversity-declining amphibian populations...
Can differences in host behavior drive patterns of disease prevalence in tadpoles?Matthew D Venesky
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e24991. 2011..versicolor tadpoles. However, our results demonstrate that Bd appears to negatively impact larval growth and developmental rates of A. fowleri and H. versicolor similarly, even in the absence of high Bd prevalence...
Impacts of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection on tadpole foraging performanceMatthew D Venesky
Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
Ecohealth 6:565-75. 2009..Thus, our results provide a potential mechanism of decreased developmental rates of Bd-infected tadpoles...
Dietary protein restriction impairs growth, immunity, and disease resistance in southern leopard frog tadpolesMatthew D Venesky
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
Oecologia 169:23-31. 2012..Our results support the general hypothesis that host condition can strongly affect disease resistance; in particular, fluctuations in dietary protein availability may change how diseases affect populations in the field...
Life cycle polyphenism as a factor affecting ecological divergence within Notophthalmus viridescensMizuki K Takahashi
Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA
Oecologia 158:23-34. 2008..Canalizing selection for certain alternative phenotypes within a single species in which other populations remain plastic may play an important role in the initiation of ecological divergence...
How does a change in labial tooth row number affect feeding kinematics and foraging performance of a ranid tadpole (Lithobates sphenocephalus)?Matthew D Venesky
Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152, USA
Biol Bull 218:160-8. 2010..Our data suggest that tadpoles with missing teeth compensate for inferior feeding kinematics during mouth closing in each gape cycle by increasing the number of gape cycles per unit time...
Fungal pathogen changes the feeding kinematics of larval anuransMatthew D Venesky
Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152, USA
J Parasitol 96:552-7. 2010..Our data show explicitly how Bd infection reduces foraging efficiency of anuran tadpoles by altering feeding kinematics and elucidate a mechanistic link between the pathogen infection and reduced host fitness...
Unlikely remedy: fungicide clears infection from pathogenic fungus in larval southern leopard frogs (Lithobates sphenocephalus)Shane M Hanlon
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e43573. 2012..Our findings highlight the need for more research into multiple perturbations, specifically pesticides and disease, to further promote amphibian heath...
The impact of pesticides on the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis independent of potential hostsShane M Hanlon
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, TN 38152 3530, USA
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 63:137-43. 2012..We conclude that examining pesticide and pathogen interactions independent of hosts provides mechanistic understanding of such interactions before and after host infection or contamination...
