PUBLICATIOns
Vredenburg Curriculum Vitae (CV long version) (CV short version)
In Review
Miller KM, TC Smith, AJ Jani, AG Zink, VT Vredenburg. In Review. Sympatric frogs have distinct skin microbiomes and differential survival despite similar levels of fungal infection.
Ghose SL, CL Ettinger, Vance T. Vredenburg, and Jonathan A. Eisen. In Review. Effects of experimental Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis inoculation and itraconazole treatment on the skin microbiome of Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs (Rana sierrae).
2024
113. Messersmith JF, EC Azar, KR Lutz, VT Vredenburg, A Vélez. 2024. Infection by a fungal pathogen and mating behavior in Pacific treefrogs: a test of the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 78, 110 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-024-03529-5
112. Coyle O, VT Vredenburg, JH Stillman. 2024. Interactive abiotic and biotic stressor impacts on a stream-dwelling amphibian. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e11371. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11371
111. Steigerwald E, J Chen , J Oshiro , VT Vredenburg, A Catenazzi, MS Koo. Microreserves are an important tool for amphibian conservation. Commun Biol 7, 1177 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06510-0
110. Womack MC, SM Strobel, J Phillips, J Parreiras, VT Vredenburg, and MH Wake. 2024. Organisms have gravity: taking an organism-centered approach in experimental biology. J Exp Biol 15 June 2024; 227 (12): jeb247461. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247461
109. Dodge CM, C Brown, AJ Lind, RA Knapp, LR Wilkinson, VT Vredenburg. 2024. Historical and contemporary impacts of the invasive fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, on the Yosemite toad. Biological Conservation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110504
108. Belasen AM, R Peek, A Adams , I Russell , M De León , M Adams , J Bettaso, K Breedveld , A Catenazzi , C Dillingham, D Grear, B Halstead, P Johnson, P Kleeman, M Koo, C Koppl, J Lauder , G Padgett-Flohr, J Piovia-Scott , K Pope , M Westphal, VT Vredenburg, K Wiseman, S Kupferberg. 2024 Chytrid infections exhibit historical spread and contemporary seasonality in a declining stream-breeding frog. R. Soc. Open Sci. 11: 231270. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231270
2023
107. Ghose SL, Yap TA, Byrne AQ, Sulaeman H, Rosenblum EB, Chan-Alvarado A, Chaukulkar S, Greenbaum E, Koo MS, Kouete MT, Lutz K, McAloose D, Moyer AJ, Parra E, Portik DM, Rockney H, Zink AG, Blackburn DC and Vredenburg VT (2023) Continent-wide recent emergence of a global pathogen in African amphibians. Front. Conserv. Sci. 4:1069490. https://doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2023.1069490 l
106. García-Sánchez JC, J Arredondo-Centeno, MG Segovia-Ramírez, AM Tenorio Olvera, G Parra-Olea, VT Vredenburg, SM Rovito. 2023. Factors Influencing bacterial and fungal skin communities of montane salamanders of central Mexico. Microb Ecol 86, 670–686 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02049-x
105. Bates KA, J Friesen, A Loyau , H Butler, VT Vredenburg , J Laufer, A Chatzinotas , DS Schmeller. Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors Shape the Skin Bacterial Communities of a Semi-Arid Amphibian Species. Microb Ecol 86, 1393–1404 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02130-5
2022
104. Womack MC, E Steigerwald, DC Blackburn, DC Cannatella, A Catenazzi, J Che, M. Koo, JA McGuire, S Ron, C Spencer, VT Vredenburg, RD Tarvin. 2022. State of Amphibia 2020: Five Years of Amphibian Research, Diversity and Resources.” Ichthyology & Herpetology, 110(4):638-661 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1643/h2022005
103. Schmeller DS, T Cheng, T Shelton, JC Lin, A Chan- Alvarado, A Bernardo-Cravo, L Zoccarato, T Ding, A Yu, Y Lin, A Swei, MC Fisher, VT Vredenburg, A Loyau. 2022. Environment is associated with chytrid infection and skin microbiome richness on an amphibian rich island (Taiwan). Sci Rep 12, 16456 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20547-3
102. Knapp RA, Joseph MB, Smith TC, Hegeman EE, Vredenburg VT, Erdman Jr JE, Boiano DM, Jani AJ, Briggs CJ. 2022. Effectiveness of antifungal treatments during chytridiomycosis epizootics in populations of an endangered frog. PeerJ 10:e12712. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12712
2021
101. Haver, M, G Le Roux, J Friesen, A Loyau, VT Vredenburg, DS Schmeller. 2021. The role of abiotic variables in an emerging global amphibian fungal disease in mountains. Science of The Total Environment 152735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152735
100. Cowgill M, AG Zink, W Sparagon, T Yap, H Sulaeman, MS Koo, VT Vredenburg. 2021. Social behavior, community composition, pathogen strain and host symbionts influence fungal disease dynamics in salamanders. Front. Vet. Sci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.742288
99. Koo MS, Vredenburg VT, Deck JB, Olson DH, Ronnenberg KL and Wake DB (2021) Tracking, Synthesizing, and Sharing Global Batrachochytrium Data at AmphibianDisease.org. Front. Vet. Sci. 8:728232. https://doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.728232 l
98. Ellison, S., Knapp, R. & Vredenburg, VT. 2021. Longitudinal patterns in the skin microbiome of wild, individually marked frogs from the Sierra Nevada, California. ISME COMMUN. 1, 45 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00047-7
97. Martínez, AE, Parra, E, Gomez, JP and Vredenburg, VT. 2021. Shared predators between primate groups and mixed species bird flocks: the potential for forest-wide eavesdropping networks. Oikos. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08274
96. Ritchie, KL, Vredenburg, VT, Chaukulkar, S, Butler H, Zink, A. 2021. Social group size influences pathogen transmission in salamanders. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 75, 136 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03057-6
95. Uetz P, Koo MS, Aguilar R, Brings E, Catenazzi A, Chang AT, Chaitanya R, Freed P, Gross J, Hammermann M, Hosek J, Lambert M, Sergi Z, Spencer CL, Summers K, Tarvin R, Vredenburg VT, Wake DB. 2021. A Quarter Century of Reptile and Amphibian Databases. Herpetological Review 52(2):246-255.
2020
94. Greer JA, A Swei, VT Vredenburg, AG Zink. Parental Care Alters the Egg Microbiome of Maritime Earwigs. Microb Ecol 80, 920–934 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01558-x
93. Olivares-Miranda M, Vredenburg VT, García-Sánchez JC, Byrne AQ, Rosenblum EB, Rovito SM. 2020. Fungal infection, decline and persistence in the only obligate troglodytic Neotropical salamander. PeerJ 8:e9763 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9763
92. Sette, C.M., Vredenburg, V.T. & Zink, A.G. Differences in Fungal Disease Dynamics in Co-occurring Terrestrial and Aquatic Amphibians. EcoHealth 17, 302–314 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-020-01501-z
91. Lambert MR, MC Womack, AQ Byrne, MR Grundler, O Hernandez-Gomez, CF Noss, AP Rothstein, DC Blackburn, JP Collins, ML Crump, MS Koo, P Nanjappa, L Rollins-Smith, VT Vredenburg, and EB Rosenblum. 2020. Response to Scheele et al.: The amphibian chytrid crisis remains data deficient. Science 367. https://doi:/10.1126/science.aay1838
90. Woodhams, D.C., Rollins-Smith, L.A., Reinert, L.K. Lam, B.A., Harris, R.N., Briggs, C.J. Vredenburg, V.T., Patel, B.T., Carpioli, R.M., Chaurand, P., Hunziker, P., & Bigler, L. 2020. Probiotics Modulate a Novel Amphibian Skin Defense Peptide That Is Antifungal and Facilitates Growth of Antifungal Bacteria. Microb Ecol 79, 192–202 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01385-9
89. Caballero-Díaz, C, Sánchez-Montes, H Butler, VT Vredenburg, and Í Martínez-Solano. 2020. The role of artificial breeding sites in amphibian conservation: A case study in rural areas in central Spain. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15(1) 87-104.
88. Bernardo-Cravo, AP, DS Schmeller, A Chatzinotas, VT Vredenburg, A Loyau. 2020. Environmental Factors and Host Microbiomes Shape Host–Pathogen Dynamics. Trends in Parasitology 36(7) 616-633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2020.04.010
2019
87. De León ME, Zumbado-Ulate H, García- Rodríguez A, Alvarado G, Sulaeman H, Bolaños F, & VT Vredenburg. 2019. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in amphibians predates first known epizootic in Costa Rica. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0208969. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0208969
86. Brown, C, LR Wilkinson, KK Wilkinson, T Tunstall, R Foote, BD Todd and VT Vredenburg. 2019. Demography, habitat, and movements of the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae) in streams. Copeia 107(4) 661–675. https://doi.org/10.1643/CE-19-196
*Awarded 2019 Best Paper in Herpetology! American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)
85. Byrne, AQ, VT Vredenburg, A Martel, F Pasmans, RC Bell, DC Blackburn, CJ Briggs, RM Brown, MC Bletz, J Bosch, R Figueroa-Valenzuela, SL Ghose, JR Jaeger, AJ Jani, M Jirku, RA Knapp, DM Portik, CL Richards-Zawacki, H Rockney, T Stark, H Sulaeman, N T Tao, J Voyles, AW Waddle, Z Yuan, E B Rosenblum. 2019. Cryptic diversity of a widespread global pathogen reveals new threats for amphibian conservation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2019 116 (41) 20382-20387 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908289116
84. Vredenburg VT, McNally SVG, Sulaeman H, Butler HM, Yap T, Koo MS, D Schmeller, C Dodge, T Cheng, G Lau, and CJ Briggs. (2019) Pathogen invasion history elucidates contemporary host pathogen dynamics. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0219981. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219981
83. Zumbado‐Ulate, H, A García‐Rodríguez, VT Vredenburg, C Searle. 2019. Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is common in tropical lowland habitats: Implications for amphibian conservation. Ecology and Evolution 9 (8):4917-4930. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5098
82. Flechas SV, Acosta-González A, Escobar LA, Kueneman JG, Sánchez-Quitian ZA, Parra-Giraldo CM, Rollins-Smith LA, Reinert LK, Vredenburg VT, Amézquita A, Woodhams DC (2019) Microbiota and skin defense peptides may facilitate coexistence of two sympatric Andean frog species with a lethal pathogen. ISME J 2019 Feb;13(2):361-373. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0284-9
81. Woodhams, DC, Rollins-Smith, LA, Reinert, LK, Lam, BA, Harris, RN, Briggs, CJ, Vredenburg, VT, Patel, BT, Caprioli, RM, Chaurand, P, Hunziker, P, and Bigler, L 2019. Probiotics modulate a novel amphibian skin defense peptide that is antifungal and facilitates growth of antifungal bacteria. Microb Ecol (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01385-9
80. Ellison S, Knapp RA, Sparagon W, Swei A, VT Vredenburg. Reduced skin bacterial diversity correlates with increased pathogen infection intensity in an endangered amphibian host. Mol Ecol. 2019; 28: 127–140. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14964
2018
79. Ellison, S, S Rovito, G Parra-Olea, C Vazquez-Almazan, SV Flechas, K Bi, and VT Vredenburg. 2018. The influence of habitat and phylogeny on the skin microbiome of amphibians in Guatemala and Mexico. Microb Ecol (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1288-8
78. Rios-Sotelo, G., Figueroa-Valenzuela, R., and V.T. Vredenburg. 2018. Retrospective survey reveals extreme rarity of amphibian fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Japanese amphibians from 1890-1990s. Herpetological Review 49(2): 247-252.
77. von May, R, A Catenazzi , R Santa-Cruz, VT Vredenburg. 2018. Microhabitat temperatures and prevalence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in lowland Amazonian frogs. Tropical Conservation Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082918797057
76. Chaukulkar S, Sulaeman H, Zink AG, VT Vredenburg. 2018 Pathogen invasion and non-epizootic dynamics in Pacific newts in California over the last century. PLoS ONE 13(7): e0197710. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197710
75. Martinez, A. E., Parra, E., Muellerklein, O., and VT Vredenburg. 2018. Fear‐based niche shifts in neotropical birds. Ecology (2018), 10.1002/ecy.2217. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2217
74. Bird AK, SR Prado-Irwin, VT Vredenburg and AG Zink. 2018. Skin Microbiomes of California Terrestrial Salamanders Are Influenced by Habitat More Than Host Phylogeny. Front. Microbiol. 9:442. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00442
73. Catenazzi A, Flechas SV, Burkart D, Hooven ND, Townsend J and VT Vredenburg. 2018. Widespread Elevational Occurrence of Antifungal Bacteria in Andean Amphibians Decimated by Disease: A Complex Role for Skin Symbionts in Defense Against Chytridiomycosis. Front. Microbiol. 9:465. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00465
72. Yap TA, Koo MS, Ambrose RF, VT Vredenburg. 2018. Introduced bullfrog facilitates pathogen invasion in the western United States. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0188384. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188384
71. Schmeller, DS, A Loyau, K Bao, W Brack, A Chatzinotas, F De Vleeschouwer, J Friesen, L Gandois, SV Hansson, M Haver, G Le Roux, J Shen, R Teisserenc, and VT Vredenburg. 2018. People, pollution and pathogens – Global change impacts in mountain freshwater ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment 622–623:756-763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.006
70. Owens, MT, Additional Authors, VT Vredenburg, AG Zink, LA Kelley, CR Domingo, KD Tanner. 2018. Collectively Improving Our Teaching: Attempting Biology Department-wide Professional Development in Scientific Teaching. CBE: Life Sci. Educ. March 1; 17(1):ar2.
2017
69. Yap, TA, Nguyen, NT, Serr, M, Shepak, A, and VT Vredenburg. 2017. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and the risk of a second amphibian pandemic. EcoHealth (2017) 14: 851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1278-1
68. Burkart, D, Flechas, SV, Vredenburg, VT and Catenazzi, A. 2017. Cutaneous bacteria, but not peptides, are associated with chytridiomycosis resistance in Peruvian marsupial frogs. Anim Conserv. doi:10.1111/acv.12352
67. Burkart, D., Flechas, S. V., Vredenburg, V.T. and Catenazzi, A. (2017), Cutaneous bacteria, but not peptides, are associated with chytridiomycosis resistance in Peruvian marsupial frogs. Anim Conserv. doi:10.1111/acv.12352
66. Catenazzi A, Swei A, Finkle J, Foreyt E, Wyman L, Vredenburg VT. 2017. Epizootic to enzootic transition of a fungal disease in tropical Andean frogs: Are surviving species still susceptible? PLoS ONE 12(10): e0186478.2017 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0186478
65. Prado-Irwin, SR, Bird, AK, Zink, AG, & Vredenburg, VT. 2017. Intraspecific variation in the skin-associated microbiome of Ensatina, the terrestrial ring-species salamander. Microb Ecol. 2017. doi:10.1007/s00248-017-0986-y
64. Martínez, A. E., Parra, E., Collado, L. F. and Vredenburg, VT. 2017. Deconstructing the landscape of fear in stable multi-species societies. Ecology, 98: 2447–2455. doi:10.1002/ecy.1935
63. Jaeger, JR, Waddle, AW, Rivera, R, Harrison DT, Ellison, S, Forrest, MJ, Vredenburg, VT, van Breukelen, F. 2017. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and the decline and survival of the Relict Leopard Frog. EcoHealth. doi:10.1007/s10393-017-1240-2
62. Romansic JM, Johnson JE, Wagner RS, Hill RH, Gaulke CA, Vredenburg VT, Blaustein AR. 2017. Complex interactive effects of water mold, herbicide, and the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on Pacific treefrog Hyliola regilla hosts. Dis Aquat Org 123:227-238. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03094
61. Adams, AJ, SJ Kupferberg, MQ Wilber, AP Pessier, M Grefsrud, S Bobzien, VT Vredenburg, and CJ Briggs. 2017. Extreme drought, host density, sex, and bullfrogs influence fungal pathogen infection in a declining lotic amphibian. Ecosphere 8(3):e01740. 10.1002/ecs2.1740
60. De Leon, ME, VT Vredenburg, and J Piovia-Scott. 2017. Recent Emergence of a Chytrid Fungal Pathogen in California Cascades Frogs (Rana cascadae). EcoHealth.doi:10.1007/s10393-016-1201-1
59. Familiar López, M, EA Rebollar, RN Harris, VT Vredenburg, and JM Hero. 2017. Temporal Variation of the Skin Bacterial Community and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection in the Terrestrial Cryptic Frog Philoria loveridgei. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:2535. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02535
58. Cusi JC, AC Barboza, VT Vredenburg, R von May. 2017. New distribution records and conservation status of Atelopus seminiferus Cope, 1874: A Critically Endangered harlequin frog from northern Peru Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 11 (1), 17-24
2016
57. Knapp, RA, GM Fellers, PM Kleeman, DAW Miller, VT Vredenburg, EB Rosenblum, and CJ Briggs. 2016. Large-scale recovery of an endangered amphibian despite ongoing exposure to multiple stressors Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 113, 11889-11894, doi:10.1073/pnas.1600983113 (2016).
56. Warne, RW, B LaBumbard, S LaGrange, VT Vredenburg, and A Catenazzi. 2016. Co-Infection by Chytrid Fungus and Ranaviruses in Wild and Harvested Frogs in the Tropical Andes. PLoS ONE 11:e0145864.
55. Yap, T, L Gillespie, S Ellison, SV Flechas, MS Koo, AE Martinez, and VT Vredenburg. 2016. Invasion of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on California Islands. EcoHealth DOI 10.1007/s10393-015-1071-y
2015
54. Flechas, S, VT Vredenburg, and A Amézquita. 2015. Infection Prevalence in Three Lowland Species of Harlequin Toads from the Threatened Genus Atelopus. Herpetological Review 46(4) pp. 528-532.
53. Sette, C, VT Vredenburg, A Zink 2015. Reconstructing historical and contemporary disease dynamics: a case study using the California slender salamander (Biological Conservation Vol. 192, pp. 20–29 doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.039
52. Yap, T, M Koo, RF Ambrose, DB Wake and VT Vredenburg. 2015. Averting a biodiversity crisis. 2015. Science. Vol. 349 no. 6247 pp. 481-482 DOI: 10.1126/science.aab1052
51. Cusi, JC, AC Barboza, VT Vredenburg, R Von May 2015. A new locality, range extension and record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the endangered terrestrial breeding frog Pristimantis katoptroides Flores, 1988 (Anura: Craugastoridae) in Peru. Check List 11, 1608.
50. Fong JJ, Cheng TL, Bataille A, Pessier AP, Waldman B, and VT Vredenburg. 2015 Early 1900s Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Korean Amphibians. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0115656. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115656
49. Talley, BL, C Muletz, R Fleischer, VT Vredenburg, and KR Lips A Century of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Illinois Amphibians (1888-1989) 2015. Biological Conservation 182(2015):254-261
2014
48. Galindo-Bustos, MA, DMB Hernandez-Jauregui, T Cheng, VT Vredenburg, and G Parra-Olea. 2015. Presence and prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in commercial amphibians in Mexico City. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 2014 45:4, 830-835
47. Chaves G, Zumbado-Ulate H, García-Rodríguez A, Gómez E, Vredenburg VT, Ryan, MJ. 2014. Rediscovery of the critically endangered streamside frog Craugastor taurus (Craugastoridae) in Costa Rica. Tropical Conservation Science 7:628-638
46. Catenazzi, A, E Lehr, and VT Vredenburg. 2014. Thermal Physiology, Disease, and Amphibian Declines on the Eastern Slopes of the Andes. Conservation Biology 28:509-517.
45. Bishop, MR, RC Drewes, and VT Vredenburg. 2014. Food Web Linkages Demonstrate Importance of Terrestrial Prey for the Threatened California Red-Legged Frog. Journal of Herpetology 48:137-143.
44. Murrieta-Galindo, R, G Parra-Olea, A González-Romero, F López-Barrera, and VT Vredenburg. 2014. Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians inhabiting cloud forests and coffee agroecosystems in central Veracruz, Mexico. European Journal of Wildlife Research:1-9.
2013
43. Huss, M, L Huntley, VT Vredenburg, J Johns, and S Green. 2013. Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in 120 Archived Specimens of Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog) Collected in California, 1924–2007. EcoHealth 10:339-343.
42. Vredenburg VT, Felt SA, Morgan EC, McNally SVG, Wilson S, SL Green. 2013. Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Xenopus Collected in Africa (1871–2000) and in California (2001–2010). PLoS ONE 8(5): e63791. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063791
41. Catenazzi, A, von May, R, and VT Vredenburg. 2013 High prevalence of infection in tadpoles increases vulnerability to fungal pathogen in high-Andean amphibians. Biological Conservation 159:413-421
2012
40. Vredenburg VT, L du Preez, L Raharivololoniaina, DR Vieites, M Vences, C Weldon. 2012. A molecular survey across Madagascar does not yield positive records of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Herpetology Notes 5:507-517
39. Woodhams DC, CC Geiger, LK Reinert, LA Rollins-Smith, BA Lam, RN Harris, CJ Briggs, VT Vredenburg; Voyles, J 2012 Treatment of amphibians with chytrid fungus: learning from failed trials with itraconizole, antimicrobial peptides, bacteria, and heat therapy. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 98:11-25
38. Voyles J, VT Vredenburg, TS Tunstall, JM Parker, CJ Briggs, EB Rosenblum. 2012. Pathophysiology in mountain yellow-legged frogs (Rana muscosa) during a chytridiomycosis outbreak. PLoS ONE 7(4): e35374
37. Reeder NMM, AP Pessier, VT Vredenburg. 2012 A reservoir species for the emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis thrives in a landscape decimated by disease. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33567
36. Green SL, SA Felt, SVG McNally, E Morgan, S Wilson, and VT Vredenburg. 2012. Chytrid-positive wild-caught Xenopus laevis from California: Implications for laboratory animal medicine. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science: JAALAS 51(5):682-682.
2011
35. Swei, A, JJL Rowley, D Rödder, MLL Diesmos, AC Diesmos, CJ Briggs, R Brown, TT Cao, TL Cheng, B Han, J Hero, DH Hoang, MD Kusrini, TTD Le, M Meegaskumbura, T Neang, SPhimmack, D Rao, NMM Reeder, SD Schoville, N Sivongxay, N Srei, M Stöck, B Stuart, L Torres, TAD Tran, TS Tunstall, D Vieites, and VT Vredenburg 2011 Is Chytridiomycosis an Emerging Infectious Disease in Asia? PLoS ONE 6(8): e23179
34. Cheng, TL, S Rovito, DB Wake and VT Vredenburg 2011 Coincident mass extinction of neotropical amphibians with the emergence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis 2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(23):9502-9507
Review of Cheng et al 2011
· Lips KR 2011 Museum collections: Mining the past to manage the future Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108(23):9323-9324
· Cheng, et al. 2011 won the Best Student Paper Award at the Ecological Society of America general meeting 2011
33. Schoville, SD, TS Tunstall, VT Vredenburg, AR Backlin, DA Wood, RN Fisher 2011 Conservation genetics of evolutionary lineages of the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa (Amphibia: Ranidae), in southern California Biological Conservation 144:2031-2040
32. Reeder, NMM, TL Cheng, VT Vredenburg, and DC Blackburn 2011 Survey of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from montane and lowland frogs in eastern Nigeria Herpetology Notes 4:83-86
31. Catenazzi A, E Lehr, LO Rodriguez, and VT Vredenburg 2011 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and the collapse of anuran species richness and abundance in the upper Manu National Park, southeastern Peru Conservation Biology 25: 382-391
2010
30. Catenazzi, A, VT Vredenburg, and E Lehr 2010 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the live frog trade of Telmatobius (Anura: Ceratophryidae) in the Tropical Andes Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 92:187-191
29. Blackburn, DC, B J Evans, AP Pessier, VT Vredenburg 2010 An enigmatic mass mortality event in the only population of the Critically Endangered Cameroonian frog Xenopus longipes (Anura: Pipidae) African Journal of Herpetology 59:1-12
28. Vredenburg VT, LM Chan, TS Tunstall, and JM Romansic. 2010. Does UV-B radiation affect embryos of three high-elevation amphibian species in California? Copeia 2010:502–512
27. Lam BA, JB Walke, VT Vredenburg, and RN Harris 2010 Proportion of individuals with anti-Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis skin bacteria is associated with population persistence in the frog Rana muscosa Biological Conservation 143 (2010):529-531
26. Vredenburg VT, RA Knapp, T Tunstall, and CJ Briggs 2010 Dynamics of an emerging disease drive large-scale amphibian population extinctions Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:9689-9694
Reviews and other significant citations of Vredenburg et al 2010:
· Blaustein, AR and PTJ Johnson 2010 When an infection turns lethal Nature 461:881-882
· Jeremy, A 2010 Epidemiology: It’s not easy being green Nature Reviews Microbiology 8:467
· Kinney, V C, J L Heemeyer, A P Pessier, and M J Lannoo 2011 Seasonal pattern of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection and mortality in Lithobates areolatus: Affirmation of Vredenburg's "10,000 zoospore rule" PLoS ONE 6(3):e16708
25. Briggs CJ, RA Knapp, and VT Vredenburg 2010 Enzootic and epizootic dynamics of the chytrid fungal pathogen of amphibians Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:9695-9700
2009
24. Harris RN, RM Brucker, JB Walke, MH Becker, CR Schwantes, DC Flaherty, BA Lam, DC Woodhams, CJ Briggs, VT Vredenburg, KPC Minbiole 2009 Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus The ISME Journal 3:818-824
2008
23. Wake DB, and VT Vredenburg 2008 Are we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? A view from the world's amphibians Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:11466-11473
22. FrÍas-Álvarez P, VT Vredenburg, M Familiar-Lopez, JE Longcore , E Gonzalez-Bernal, G Santos-Berrera, L Zambrano, and G Parra-Olea 2008 Chytridiomycosis survey in wild and captive Mexican amphibians EcoHealth 5: 18-26
2007
21. Morgan JAT, VT Vredenburg, LJ Rachowicz, RA Knapp, MJ Stice, T Tunstall, RE Bingham, JM Parker, JE Longcore, C Moritz, CJ Briggs, JW Taylor 2007 Population genetics of the frog killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(34): 13845-13850
20. Woodhams, DC, VT Vredenburg, M Simon, D Billheimer, B Shakhtour, Y Shyr, CJ Briggs, LA Rollins-Smith, RN Harris 2007 Symbiotic bacteria contribute to innate immune defenses of the threatened mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa Biological Conservation 138: 390-398
19. Finlay JC and VT Vredenburg 2007 Introduced trout sever trophic connections in watersheds: consequences for a declining amphibian Ecology 88(9): 2187-2198
18. Vredenburg VT, R Bingham, R Knapp, JAT Morgan, C Moritz, and D Wake. 2007. Concordant molecular and phenotypic data delineate new taxonomy and conservation priorities for the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog (Ranidae: Rana muscosa) Journal of Zoology 271(4): 361-374
17. Knapp RA, DM Boiano, and VT Vredenburg. 2007. Removal of nonnative fish results in population expansion of a declining amphibian (mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa) Biological Conservation 135: 11-20
16. Rollins-Smith LA, DC Woodhams, LK Reinert, VT Vredenburg, CJ Briggs, PF Nielsen, and JM Conlon 2006. Antimicrobial Peptide Defenses of the Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana muscosa) Developmental & Comparative Immunology 30(9): 831-842
2006 and earlier
15. Rachowicz LJ, RA Knapp, JAT Morgan, MJ Stice, VT Vredenburg, JM Parker and CJ Briggs. 2006. Emerging infectious disease as a proximate cause of amphibian mass mortality Ecology 87(7): 1671-1683
14. Briggs CJ, VT Vredenburg, RA Knapp, and LJ Rachowicz. 2005. Investigating the population-level effects of chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease of amphibians Ecology 86(12):3149-3159
13. Rachowicz LJ, JM Hero, JAT Morgan, VT Vredenburg, J Taylor, CJ Briggs. 2005 The novel and endemic pathogen hypothesis: explanations for the origin of an emerging infectious disease of wildlife Conservation Biology 19(5):1441-1448
12. Vredenburg VT. 2004. Reversing introduced species effects: Experimental removal of introduced fish leads to rapid recovery of declining frog Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101(20):7646-7650
11. Rachowicz LJ and VT Vredenburg 2004 Transmission of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis within and between amphibian life stages Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 61:75-83
10. Vredenburg VT, T Tunstall, H Nguyen, J Romansic, S Schoville. 2001 Hydromantes platycephalus (Mt. Lyell Salamander) Behavior Herpetological Review 32:178
9. Macey JR J Stasburg, J Brisson, VT Vredenburg, M Jennings, and A Larson 2001 Molecular phylogenetics of western North American frogs of the Rana boylii species group Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19(1):131-143
8. Vredenburg VT, T Tunstall, H Nguyen, J Romansic and S Schoville 2001 Hydromantes platycephalus (Mt Lyell salamander) Herpetological Review 32:178
7. Vredenburg VT, and AP Summers. 2001. Field Identification of chytridiomycosis in Rana muscosa Herpetological Review 32:151-152
6. Vredenburg VT. 2000. Natural History Notes: Rana muscosa (mountain yellow-legged frog), conspecific egg predation Herpetological Review 31:170-171
5. Vredenburg V T, Y Wang, and G Fellers. 2000. Scientific meeting raises awareness of amphibian decline in Asia FrogLog 42: 2-3
4. Knapp R A, V T Vredenburg, and K M Matthews. 1998. Effects of stream channel morphology on golden trout spawning habitat and recruitment Ecological Applications 8(4):1104-1117
3. Knapp RA, and VT Vredenburg. 1996. A field comparison of the substrate composition of golden trout redds using two sampling techniques North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:674-681
2. Knapp RA, and VT Vredenburg. 1996. Spawning by California golden trout: characteristics of spawning fish, seasonal and daily timing, redd characteristics, and microhabitat preferences Transactions of the North American Fisheries Society 125(4):519-531
1. Knapp RA, PC Sikkel, and VT Vredenburg. 1995. Age of clutches in nests and the with-in nest spawning-site preferences of three damselfish species (Pomacentridae) Copeia (1995):78-88
BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Catenazzi A, von May R, VT Vredenburg (2013) Conservation of the high Andean frog Telmatobius jelskii along the Peru LNG pipeline in the regions of Ayacucho and Huancavelica, Peru. Chap. 17, in: Monitoring Biodiversity: Lessons from a Transandean megaproject. A. Alonso, F. Dallmeier and G. Servat (Eds.) Smithsonian Institution Press,Washington DC.
Whittaker K, MS Koo, DB Wake, and VT Vredenburg. 2013 Global Declines of Amphibians. In: Levin S.A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, second edition, Volume 3, pp. 691-699. Waltham, MA: Academic Press.
Diesmos MLD, AC Diesmos, CD Siler, VT Vredenburg, & RM Brown. 2012. Detecting the distribution of the chytrid fungus in the Philippines. FrogLog, 104, 48-49
Vredenburg VT, CJ Briggs, and RN Harris. 2011. Host-pathogen dynamics of amphibian chytridiomycosis: The role of the skin microbiome in health and disease In Fungal diseases: An emerging threat to human, animal and plant health, edited by L. Olsen, E. R. Choffnes, D. A. Relman and L. Pray. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press IOM (Institute of Medicine). Pp. 342-355.
Cheng TL, S Rovito, DB Wake and VT Vredenburg 2011 Museum specimens reveal spread of pathogen and collapse of amphibians in Central America Froglog 101: 18-22
Swei A, JJL Rowley, D Rödder, MLL Diesmos, AC Diesmos, CJ Briggs, R Brown, TT Cao, TL Cheng, B Han, J Hero, DH Hoang, MD Kusrini, TTD Le, M Meegaskumbura, T Neang, SPhimmack, D Rao, NMM Reeder, SD Schoville, N Sivongxay, N Srei, M Stöck, B Stuart, L Torres, TAD Tran, TS Tunstall, D Vieites, and VT Vredenburg. 2012. Prevalence and distribution of chytridiomycosis throughout Asia FrogLog 98: 22-24
Vredenburg VT, M McDonald, & T Sayre. 2010. Amphibians and Climate Change Natural Selections 6(1):10-12
Vredenburg VT, MS Koo, and DB Wake. 2008 Declines of amphibians in California In Hoffman, M (Ed), Threatened Amphibians of the World Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona, Spain, pp 126
Vredenburg VT, G Fellers, and C Davidson. 2005. The mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) In Lannoo, MJ (Ed), Status and Conservation of US Amphibians University of California Press, Berkeley, California, USA, pp 563-566
Vredenburg VT, Y Wang, G Fellers. Scientific meeting raises awareness of amphibian declines in Asia. 2000. Newsletter of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force of the World 42.