Ross A. Alford, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
James Cook University 
Area:
Population, community, and disease ecology, herpetology

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2022 Greenspan SE, Roznik EA, Edwards L, Duffy R, Berger L, Bower DS, Pike DA, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. Constant-temperature predictions underestimate growth of a fungal amphibian pathogen under individual host thermal profiles. Journal of Thermal Biology. 111: 103394. PMID 36585075 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103394  0.763
2021 Lynch TP, Alford RA, Shine R. Mistaken identity may explain why male sea snakes (Aipysurus laevis, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) "attack" scuba divers. Scientific Reports. 11: 15267. PMID 34413322 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94728-x  0.559
2020 McKnight DT, Carr LJ, Bower DS, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Zenger KR. Infection dynamics, dispersal, and adaptation: understanding the lack of recovery in a remnant frog population following a disease outbreak. Heredity. PMID 32483317 DOI: 10.1038/S41437-020-0324-X  0.811
2020 McKnight DT, Zenger KR, Alford RA, Huerlimann R. Microbiome diversity and composition varies across body areas in a freshwater turtle. Microbiology (Reading, England). PMID 32213245 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.000904  0.792
2020 Stevenson LA, Roznik EA, Greenspan SE, Alford RA, Pike DA. Host thermoregulatory constraints predict growth of an amphibian chytrid pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). Journal of Thermal Biology. 87: 102472. PMID 31999604 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jtherbio.2019.102472  0.791
2020 Gillespie GR, Roberts JD, Hunter D, Hoskin CJ, Alford RA, Heard GW, Hines H, Lemckert F, Newell D, Scheele BC. Status and priority conservation actions for Australian frog species Biological Conservation. 247: 108543. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2020.108543  0.356
2020 Callaghan CT, Roberts JD, Poore AGB, Alford RA, Cogger H, Rowley JJL. Citizen science data accurately predicts expert-derived species richness at a continental scale when sampling thresholds are met Biodiversity and Conservation. 29: 1323-1337. DOI: 10.1007/S10531-020-01937-3  0.332
2019 Brown GP, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Bower D, Shine R. Spinal arthritis in invasive cane toads is linked to rate of dispersal as well as to latitude. Scientific Reports. 9: 13965. PMID 31562362 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-50314-W  0.346
2019 Mcknight DT, Lal MM, Bower DS, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Zenger KR. The return of the frogs: The importance of habitat refugia in maintaining diversity during a disease outbreak. Molecular Ecology. PMID 31013393 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.15108  0.81
2019 Schmidt K, Richards S, Pearson RG, Alford RA, Puschendorf R. Seasonal, annual and decadal change in tadpole populations in tropical Australian streams Amphibia-Reptilia. 40: 447-459. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-20191168  0.45
2019 Schmidt K, Pearson RG, Alford RA, Puschendorf R. Tadpole species have variable roles in litter breakdown, sediment removal, and nutrient cycling in a tropical stream Freshwater Science. 38: 103-112. DOI: 10.1086/701673  0.33
2019 Bower DS, Lips KR, Amepou Y, Richards S, Dahl C, Nagombi E, Supuma M, Dabek L, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L, Ziembicki M, Noro JN, Hamidy A, Gillespie GR, Berger L, et al. Island of opportunity: can New Guinea protect amphibians from a globally emerging pathogen? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 17: 348-354. DOI: 10.1002/Fee.2057  0.392
2019 McKnight DT, Huerlimann R, Bower DS, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Zenger KR. microDecon: A highly accurate read‐subtraction tool for the post‐sequencing removal of contamination in metabarcoding studies Environmental Dna. 1: 14-25. DOI: 10.1002/EDN3.11  0.485
2018 Sapsford SJ, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Disentangling causes of seasonal infection prevalence patterns: tropical tadpoles and chytridiomycosis as a model system. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 130: 83-93. PMID 30198484 DOI: 10.3354/Dao03269  0.649
2018 Bower DS, Yasumiba K, Trumbo DR, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Spinal arthritis in cane toads across the Australian landscape. Scientific Reports. 8: 12458. PMID 30127531 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-018-30099-0  0.793
2018 Bell SC, Garland S, Alford RA. Increased Numbers of Culturable Inhibitory Bacterial Taxa May Mitigate the Effects of in Australian Wet Tropics Frogs. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 1604. PMID 30072970 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2018.01604  0.788
2018 Nordberg EJ, Murray P, Alford R, Schwarzkopf L. Abundance, diet and prey selection of arboreal lizards in a grazed tropical woodland Austral Ecology. 43: 328-338. DOI: 10.1111/Aec.12570  0.357
2018 McKnight DT, Huerlimann R, Bower DS, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Zenger KR. Methods for normalizing microbiome data: An ecological perspective Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10: 389-400. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13115  0.574
2017 McKnight DT, Alford RA, Hoskin CJ, Schwarzkopf L, Greenspan SE, Zenger KR, Bower DS. Fighting an uphill battle: the recovery of frogs in Australia's Wet Tropics. Ecology. PMID 29141097 DOI: 10.1002/Ecy.2019  0.767
2017 Greenspan SE, Bower DS, Webb RJ, Berger L, Rudd D, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. White blood cell profiles in amphibians help to explain disease susceptibility following temperature shifts. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 77: 280-286. PMID 28870450 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2017.08.018  0.787
2017 Greenspan SE, Bower DS, Roznik EA, Pike DA, Marantelli G, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L, Scheffers BR. Infection increases vulnerability to climate change via effects on host thermal tolerance. Scientific Reports. 7: 9349. PMID 28839273 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-017-09950-3  0.778
2017 Bower DS, Mengersen K, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Using a Bayesian network to clarify areas requiring research in a host-pathogen system. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. PMID 28464282 DOI: 10.1111/Cobi.12950  0.62
2017 Greenspan SE, Bower DS, Webb RJ, Roznik EA, Stevenson LA, Berger L, Marantelli G, Pike DA, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. Realistic heat pulses protect frogs from disease under simulated rainforest frog thermal regimes Functional Ecology. 31: 2274-2286. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12944  0.626
2017 McKnight DT, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Bower DS, Zenger KR. Effects of emerging infectious diseases on host population genetics: a review Conservation Genetics. 18: 1235-1245. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-017-0974-2  0.392
2016 Greenspan SE, Roznik EA, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Pike DA. Robust calling performance in frogs infected by a deadly fungal pathogen. Ecology and Evolution. 6: 5964-72. PMID 27547369 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.2256  0.794
2016 Trumbo DR, Epstein B, Hohenlohe PA, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L, Storfer A. Mixed population genomics support for the central marginal hypothesis across the invasive range of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) in Australia. Molecular Ecology. PMID 27393238 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.13754  0.635
2016 Yasumiba K, Duffy RL, Parsons SA, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Rapid differentiation of sexual signals in invasive toads: call variation among populations. Scientific Reports. 6: 28158. PMID 27328666 DOI: 10.1038/Srep28158  0.785
2016 Yasumiba K, Bell S, Alford R. Cell Density Effects of Frog Skin Bacteria on Their Capacity to Inhibit Growth of the Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Microbial Ecology. 71: 124-30. PMID 26563320 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-015-0701-9  0.769
2016 Yasumiba K, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Seasonal Reproductive Cycles of Cane Toads and Their Implications for Control Herpetologica. 72: 288-292. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-15-00048.1  0.601
2016 Greenspan SE, Morris W, Warburton R, Edwards L, Duffy R, Pike DA, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. Low-cost fluctuating-temperature chamber for experimental ecology Methods in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12619  0.321
2016 Eterovick PC, Sloss BL, Scalzo JAM, Alford RA. Isolated frogs in a crowded world: Effects of human-caused habitat loss on frog heterozygosity and fluctuating asymmetry Biological Conservation. 195: 52-59. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2015.12.036  0.393
2015 Roznik EA, Sapsford SJ, Pike DA, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. Natural disturbance reduces disease risk in endangered rainforest frog populations. Scientific Reports. 5: 13472. PMID 26294048 DOI: 10.1038/Srep13472  0.664
2015 Sapsford SJ, Voordouw MJ, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Infection dynamics in frog populations with different histories of decline caused by a deadly disease. Oecologia. 179: 1099-110. PMID 26293680 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-015-3422-3  0.681
2015 Hagman M, Alford RA. Patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis transmission between tadpoles in a high-elevation rainforest stream in tropical Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 115: 213-21. PMID 26290506 DOI: 10.3354/Dao02898  0.402
2015 Roznik EA, Sapsford SJ, Pike DA, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. Condition-dependent reproductive effort in frogs infected by a widespread pathogen. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 282. PMID 26063847 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2015.0694  0.635
2015 Roznik EA, Alford RA. Seasonal Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Rainforest Frog (Litoria rheocola) Threatened by Disease. Plos One. 10: e0127851. PMID 25993520 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0127851  0.441
2015 Eterovick PC, Bar LF, Souza JB, Castro JF, Leite FS, Alford RA. Testing the relationship between human occupancy in the landscape and tadpole developmental stress. Plos One. 10: e0120172. PMID 25793699 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0120172  0.371
2015 Woodhams DC, Alford RA, Antwis RE, Archer H, Becker MH, Belden LK, Bell SC, Bletz M, Daskin JH, Davis LR, Flechas SV, Lauer A, Gonzalez A, Harris RN, Holden WM, et al. Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens Ecology. 96: 595-595. DOI: 10.1890/14-1837.1  0.377
2015 Sapsford SJ, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Visible implant elastomer as a viable marking technique for common mistfrogs (Litoria rheocola) Herpetologica. 71: 96-101. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-13-00089  0.577
2015 Zozaya SM, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Invasive house geckos are more willing to use artificial lights than are native geckos Austral Ecology. 40: 982-987. DOI: 10.1111/Aec.12287  0.606
2015 Davis JL, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Some lights repel amphibians: implications for improving trap lures for invasive species International Journal of Pest Management. DOI: 10.1080/09670874.2015.1058991  0.537
2015 Yasumiba K, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Why do male and female cane toads, Rhinella marina, respond differently to advertisement calls? Animal Behaviour. 109: 141-147. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2015.08.015  0.568
2015 Dell AI, Zhao L, Brose U, Pearson RG, Alford RA. Population and Community Body Size Structure Across a Complex Environmental Gradient Advances in Ecological Research. DOI: 10.1016/Bs.Aecr.2015.02.002  0.601
2014 Stevenson LA, Roznik EA, Alford RA, Pike DA. Host-specific thermal profiles affect fitness of a widespread pathogen. Ecology and Evolution. 4: 4053-64. PMID 25505533 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.1271  0.455
2014 Voyles J, Johnson LR, Briggs CJ, Cashins SD, Alford RA, Berger L, Skerratt LF, Speare R, Rosenblum EB. Experimental evolution alters the rate and temporal pattern of population growth in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians. Ecology and Evolution. 4: 3633-41. PMID 25478154 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.1199  0.801
2014 Roznik EA, Alford RA. Using pairs of physiological models to estimate temporal variation in amphibian body temperature. Journal of Thermal Biology. 45: 22-9. PMID 25436947 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jtherbio.2014.07.005  0.307
2014 Dell AI, Alford RA, Pearson RG. Intermittent pool beds are permanent cyclic habitats with distinct wet, moist and dry phases. Plos One. 9: e108203. PMID 25244550 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0108203  0.581
2014 Manicom C, Alford R, Schoener TW, Schwarzkopf L. Mechanisms causing variation in sexual size dimorphism in three sympatric, congeneric lizards. Ecology. 95: 1531-44. PMID 25039218 DOI: 10.1890/13-0693.1  0.773
2014 Daskin JH, Bell SC, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. Cool temperatures reduce antifungal activity of symbiotic bacteria of threatened amphibians--implications for disease management and patterns of decline. Plos One. 9: e100378. PMID 24941262 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0100378  0.81
2014 Sapsford SJ, Roznik EA, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Visible implant elastomer marking does not affect short-term movements or survival rates of the treefrog litoria rheocola Herpetologica. 70: 23-33. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-13-0004  0.55
2013 Sapsford SJ, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Elevation, temperature, and aquatic connectivity all influence the infection dynamics of the amphibian chytrid fungus in adult frogs. Plos One. 8: e82425. PMID 24324786 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0082425  0.608
2013 Stevenson LA, Alford RA, Bell SC, Roznik EA, Berger L, Pike DA. Variation in thermal performance of a widespread pathogen, the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Plos One. 8: e73830. PMID 24023908 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0073830  0.768
2013 Rowley JJ, Alford RA. Hot bodies protect amphibians against chytrid infection in nature. Scientific Reports. 3: 1515. PMID 23519020 DOI: 10.1038/Srep01515  0.803
2013 Bell SC, Alford RA, Garland S, Padilla G, Thomas AD. Screening bacterial metabolites for inhibitory effects against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using a spectrophotometric assay. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 103: 77-85. PMID 23482387 DOI: 10.3354/Dao02560  0.743
2013 Puschendorf R, Hodgson L, Alford RA, Skerratt LF, Vanderwal J. Underestimated ranges and overlooked refuges from amphibian chytridiomycosis Diversity and Distributions. 19: 1313-1321. DOI: 10.1111/Ddi.12091  0.425
2013 Alford RA. Environmental epidemiology: Fluctuating temperature effects Nature Climate Change. 3: 101-103. DOI: 10.1038/Nclimate1812  0.354
2012 Phillips BL, Puschendorf R, Vanderwal J, Alford RA. There is no evidence for a temporal link between pathogen arrival and frog extinctions in north-eastern Australia. Plos One. 7: e52502. PMID 23300687 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0052502  0.779
2012 Woodhams DC, Bell SC, Kenyon N, Alford RA, Rollins-Smith LA. Immune evasion or avoidance: fungal skin infection linked to reduced defence peptides in Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria serrata. Fungal Biology. 116: 1203-11. PMID 23245614 DOI: 10.1016/J.Funbio.2012.10.005  0.753
2012 Voyles J, Johnson LR, Briggs CJ, Cashins SD, Alford RA, Berger L, Skerratt LF, Speare R, Rosenblum EB. Temperature alters reproductive life history patterns in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal pathogen associated with the global loss of amphibians. Ecology and Evolution. 2: 2241-9. PMID 23139882 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.334  0.789
2012 Hauselberger KF, Alford RA. Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection is extremely low in direct-developing Australian microhylids. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 100: 191-200. PMID 22968787 DOI: 10.3354/Dao02494  0.777
2012 Llewelyn J, Bell K, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Shine R. Ontogenetic shifts in a prey's chemical defences influence feeding responses of a snake predator. Oecologia. 169: 965-73. PMID 22302513 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-012-2268-1  0.597
2012 Daskin JH, Alford RA. Context-dependent symbioses and their potential roles in wildlife diseases. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 279: 1457-65. PMID 22237907 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2011.2276  0.37
2011 Alford RA. Ecology: Bleak future for amphibians. Nature. 480: 461-2. PMID 22193094 DOI: 10.1038/480461A  0.334
2011 Daskin JH, Alford RA, Puschendorf R. Short-term exposure to warm microhabitats could explain amphibian persistence with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Plos One. 6: e26215. PMID 22028834 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0026215  0.785
2011 Puschendorf R, Hoskin CJ, Cashins SD, McDonald K, Skerratt LF, Vanderwal J, Alford RA. Environmental refuge from disease-driven amphibian extinction. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 25: 956-64. PMID 21902719 DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2011.01728.X  0.823
2011 Crossland MR, Hearnden MN, Pizzatto L, Alford RA, Shine R. Why be a cannibal? The benefits to cane toad, Rhinella marina [=Bufo marinus], tadpoles of consuming conspecific eggs Animal Behaviour. 82: 775-782. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2011.07.009  0.355
2011 Llewelyn J, Phillips BL, Brown GP, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Shine R. Adaptation or preadaptation: Why are keelback snakes (Tropidonophis mairii) less vulnerable to invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) than are other Australian snakes? Evolutionary Ecology. 25: 13-24. DOI: 10.1007/S10682-010-9369-2  0.661
2010 Llewelyn J, Phillips BL, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L, Shine R. 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. Oecologia. 162: 343-8. PMID 19841946 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-009-1471-1  0.631
2010 Woodhams DC, Kenyon N, Bell SC, Alford RA, Chen S, Billheimer D, Shyr Y, Rollins-Smith LA. Adaptations of skin peptide defences and possible response to the amphibian chytrid fungus in populations of Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria genimaculata Diversity and Distributions. 16: 703-712. DOI: 10.1111/J.1472-4642.2010.00666.X  0.409
2010 Llewelyn J, Webb JK, Schwarzkopf L, Alford R, Shine R. Behavioural responses of carnivorous marsupials (Planigale maculata) to toxic invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) Austral Ecology. 35: 560-567. DOI: 10.1111/J.1442-9993.2009.02067.X  0.591
2010 Mott B, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Tropical reptiles in pine forests: Assemblage responses to plantations and plantation management by burning Forest Ecology and Management. 259: 916-925. DOI: 10.1016/J.Foreco.2009.11.031  0.581
2010 Llewelyn J, Schwarzkopf L, Alford R, Shine R. Something different for dinner? Responses of a native Australian predator (the keelback snake) to an invasive prey species (the cane toad) Biological Invasions. 12: 1045-1051. DOI: 10.1007/S10530-009-9521-5  0.634
2009 Blaustein AR, Alford RA, Harris RN. The value of well-designed experiments in studying diseases with special reference to amphibians. Ecohealth. 6: 373-7. PMID 20039096 DOI: 10.1007/S10393-009-0266-5  0.662
2009 Voyles J, Young S, Berger L, Campbell C, Voyles WF, Dinudom A, Cook D, Webb R, Alford RA, Skerratt LF, Speare R. Pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis, a cause of catastrophic amphibian declines. Science (New York, N.Y.). 326: 582-5. PMID 19900897 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1176765  0.71
2009 Harris RN, Lauer A, Simon MA, Banning JL, Alford RA. Addition of antifungal skin bacteria to salamanders ameliorates the effects of chytridiomycosis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 83: 11-6. PMID 19301631 DOI: 10.3354/Dao02004  0.744
2009 Crossland MR, Alford RA, Shine R. Impact of the invasive cane toad (Bufo marinus) on an Australian frog (Opisthodon ornatus) depends on minor variation in reproductive timing. Oecologia. 158: 625-32. PMID 18853191 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-008-1167-Y  0.761
2009 Puschendorf R, Carnaval AC, Vanderwal J, Zumbado-Ulate H, Chaves G, Bolaños F, Alford RA. Distribution models for the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica: Proposing climatic refuges as a conservation tool Diversity and Distributions. 15: 401-408. DOI: 10.1111/J.1472-4642.2008.00548.X  0.326
2009 Lloyd R, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Chemical discrimination among predators by lizards: Responses of three skink species to the odours of high- and low-threat varanid predators Austral Ecology. 34: 50-54. DOI: 10.1111/J.1442-9993.2008.01881.X  0.617
2009 Iwai N, Pearson RG, Alford RA. Shredder-tadpole facilitation of leaf litter decomposition in a tropical stream Freshwater Biology. 54: 2573-2580. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2427.2009.02267.X  0.36
2009 Alford RA, Brown GP, Schwarzkopf L, Phillips BL, Shine R. Comparisons through time and space suggest rapid evolution of dispersal behaviour in an invasive species Wildlife Research. 36: 23-28. DOI: 10.1071/Wr08021  0.634
2008 North S, Alford RA. Infection intensity and sampling locality affect Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis distribution among body regions on green-eyed tree frogs Litoria genimaculata. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 81: 177-88. PMID 18998583 DOI: 10.3354/Dao01958  0.402
2008 Manicom C, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA, Schoener TW. Self-made shelters protect spiders from predation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105: 14903-7. PMID 18772383 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0807107105  0.781
2008 Cashins SD, Skerratt LF, Alford RA. Sodium hypochlorite denatures the DNA of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 80: 63-7. PMID 18714685 DOI: 10.3354/Dao01919  0.75
2008 Woodhams DC, Alford RA, Briggs CJ, Johnson M, Rollins-Smith LA. Life-history trade-offs influence disease in changing climates: strategies of an amphibian pathogen. Ecology. 89: 1627-39. PMID 18589527 DOI: 10.1890/06-1842.1  0.705
2007 Rowley JJ, Chan SK, Tang WS, Speare R, Skerratt LF, Alford RA, Cheung KS, Ho CY, Campbell R. Survey for the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hong Kong in native amphibians and in the international amphibian trade. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 78: 87-95. PMID 18286805 DOI: 10.3354/Dao01861  0.77
2007 Rowley JJ, Alford RA. Behaviour of Australian rainforest stream frogs may affect the transmission of chytridiomycosis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 77: 1-9. PMID 17933392 DOI: 10.3354/Dao01830  0.774
2007 Alford RA, Bradfield KS, Richards SJ. Ecology: global warming and amphibian losses. Nature. 447: E3-4; discussion E5-. PMID 17538571 DOI: 10.1038/Nature05940  0.333
2007 Rowley JJ, Skerratt LF, Alford RA, Campbell R. Retreat sites of rain forest stream frogs are not a reservoir for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in northern Queensland, Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 74: 7-12. PMID 17425258 DOI: 10.3354/Dao074007  0.786
2007 Rowley JJL, Alford RA. Techniques for tracking amphibians: The effects of tag attachment, and harmonic direction finding versus radio telemetry Amphibia Reptilia. 28: 367-376. DOI: 10.1163/156853807781374755  0.325
2007 Woodhams DC, Rollins-Smith LA, Alford RA, Simon MA, Harris RN. Innate immune defenses of amphibian skin: Antimicrobial peptides and more Animal Conservation. 10: 425-428. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-1795.2007.00150.X  0.387
2007 Woodhams DC, Ardipradja K, Alford RA, Marantelli G, Reinert LK, Rollins-Smith LA. Resistance to chytridiomycosis varies among amphibian species and is correlated with skin peptide defenses Animal Conservation. 10: 409-417. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-1795.2007.00130.X  0.42
2007 Rowley JJL, Alford RA. Movement patterns and habitat use of rainforest stream frogs in northern Queensland, Australia: Implications for extinction vulnerability Wildlife Research. 34: 371-378. DOI: 10.1071/Wr07014  0.373
2007 Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. Acoustic attractants enhance trapping success for cane toads Wildlife Research. 34: 366-370. DOI: 10.1071/Wr06173  0.569
2007 Rowley JJL, Hemingway VA, Alford RA, Waycott M, Skerratt LF, Campbell R, Webb R. Experimental infection and repeat survey data indicate the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis may not occur on freshwater crustaceans in northern Queensland, Australia Ecohealth. 4: 31-36. DOI: 10.1007/S10393-006-0075-Z  0.399
2006 Williams YM, Williams SE, Alford RA, Waycott M, Johnson CN. Niche breadth and geographical range: ecological compensation for geographical rarity in rainforest frogs. Biology Letters. 2: 532-5. PMID 17148281 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2006.0541  0.79
2006 Mendelson JR, Lips KR, Gagliardo RW, Rabb GB, Collins JP, Diffendorfer JE, Daszak P, Ibáñez D R, Zippel KC, Lawson DP, Wright KM, Stuart SN, Gascon C, da Silva HR, Burrowes PA, ... ... Alford RA, et al. Biodiversity. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions. Science (New York, N.Y.). 313: 48. PMID 16825553 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1128396  0.391
2006 Lips KR, Brem F, Brenes R, Reeve JD, Alford RA, Voyles J, Carey C, Livo L, Pessier AP, Collins JP. Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103: 3165-70. PMID 16481617 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0506889103  0.744
2006 Woodhams DC, Rollins-Smith LA, Carey C, Reinert L, Tyler MJ, Alford RA. Population trends associated with skin peptide defenses against chytridiomycosis in Australian frogs. Oecologia. 146: 531-40. PMID 16205955 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-005-0228-8  0.694
2006 Rowley JJL, Alford RA, Skerratt LF. The amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis occurs on freshwater shrimp in rain forest streams in Northern Queensland, Australia Ecohealth. 3: 49-52. DOI: 10.1007/S10393-005-0005-5  0.451
2006 Felton A, Alford RA, Felton AM, Schwarzkopf L. Multiple mate choice criteria and the importance of age for male mating success in the microhylid frog, Cophixalus ornatus Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 59: 786-795. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-005-0124-6  0.556
2006 Carey C, Bruzgul JE, Livo LJ, Walling ML, Kuehl KA, Dixon BF, Pessier AP, Alford RA, Rogers KB. Experimental Exposures of Boreal Toads ( Bufo boreas ) to a Pathogenic Chytrid Fungus ( Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ) Ecohealth. 3: 5-21. DOI: 10.1007/Pl00021734  0.408
2005 Dziminski MA, Alford RA. Patterns and fitness consequences of intraclutch variation in egg provisioning in tropical Australian frogs. Oecologia. 146: 98-109. PMID 16003504 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-005-0177-2  0.393
2005 Langkilde T, Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. The function of tail displays in male rainbow skinks (Carlia jarnoldae) Journal of Herpetology. 39: 325-328. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0325:Tfotdi]2.0.Co;2  0.568
2005 Hauselberger KF, Alford RA. Effects Of Season And Weather On Calling In The Australian Microhylid Frogs Austrochaperina Robusta And Cophixalus Ornatus Herpetologica. 61: 349-363. DOI: 10.1655/04-03.1  0.37
2005 Woodhams DC, Alford RA. Ecology of chytridiomycosis in rainforest stream frog assemblages of tropical Queensland. Conservation Biology. 19: 1449-1459. DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2005.004403.X  0.493
2005 Rachowicz LJ, Hero JM, Alford RA, Taylor JW, Morgan JAT, Vredenburg VT, Collins JP, Briggs CJ. The novel and endemic pathogen hypotheses: Competing explanations for the origin of emerging infectious diseases of wildlife Conservation Biology. 19: 1441-1448. DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2005.00255.X  0.391
2005 Langkilde T, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. No behavioural compensation for fitness costs of autotomy in a lizard Austral Ecology. 30: 713-718. DOI: 10.1111/J.1442-9993.2005.01512.X  0.576
2005 Richards SJ, Alford RA. Structure and dynamics of a rainforest frog (Litoria genimaculata) population in northern Queensland Australian Journal of Zoology. 53: 229-236. DOI: 10.1071/Zo03036  0.393
2003 Woodhams DC, Alford RA, Marantelli G. Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperature. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 55: 65-7. PMID 12887256 DOI: 10.3354/Dao055065  0.726
2003 Kavanagh KD, Alford RA. Sensory and skeletal development and growth in relation to the duration of the embryonic and larval stages in damselfishes (Pomacentridae) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 80: 187-206. DOI: 10.1046/J.1095-8312.2003.00229.X  0.315
2002 Seebacher F, Alford RA. Shelter Microhabitats Determine Body Temperature and Dehydration Rates of a Terrestrial Amphibian (Bufo marinus) Journal of Herpetology. 36: 69-75. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0069:Smdbta]2.0.Co;2  0.321
2002 Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. Nomadic movement in tropical toads Oikos. 96: 492-506. DOI: 10.1034/J.1600-0706.2002.960311.X  0.554
2001 Alford RA, Dixon PM, Pechmann JH. Ecology. Global amphibian population declines. Nature. 412: 499-500. PMID 11484041 DOI: 10.1038/35087658  0.378
2001 Carey C, Heyer WR, Wilkinson J, Alford RA, Arntzen JW, Halliday T, Hungerford L, Lips KR, Middleton EM, Orchard SA, Rand AS. Amphibian declines and environmental change: Use of remote-sensing data to identify environmental correlates Conservation Biology. 15: 903-913. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.2001.015004903.X  0.404
2000 Brooke PN, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L. Environmental and social factors influence chorusing behaviour in a tropical frog: Examining various temporal and spatial scales Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 49: 79-87. DOI: 10.1007/S002650000256  0.581
1999 Alford RA, Richards SJ. Global Amphibian Declines: A Problem in Applied Ecology Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 30: 133-165. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Ecolsys.30.1.133  0.361
1998 Crossland MR, Alford RA. Evaluation of the toxicity of eggs, hatchlings and tadpoles of the introduced toad Bufo marinus (Anura: Bufonidae) to native Australian aquatic predators Austral Ecology. 23: 129-137. DOI: 10.1111/J.1442-9993.1998.Tb00711.X  0.372
1997 Alford RA, Richards SJ. Lack of evidence for epidemic disease as an agent in the catastrophic decline of Australian rain forest frogs Conservation Biology. 11: 1026-1029. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.1997.96403.X  0.374
1996 Schwarzkopf L, Alford RA. Desiccation and shelter-site use in a tropical amphibian: Comparing toads with physical models Functional Ecology. 10: 193-200.  0.487
1994 Burton AM, Alford RA, Young J. Reproductive parameters of the grey goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae and brown goshawk Accipiter fasciatus at Abergowrie, northern Queensland, Australia Journal of Zoology. 232: 347-363. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1994.Tb01578.X  0.378
1994 Richards SJ, McDonald KR, Alford RA. Declines in populations of Australia's endemic tropical rainforest frogs Pacific Conservation Biology. 1: 66-77. DOI: 10.1071/Pc930066  0.417
1994 Cumming RL, Alford RA. Population dynamics of Turbonilla sp. (Pyramidellidae, Opisthobranchia), an ectoparasite of giant clams in mariculture Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 183: 91-111. DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(94)90159-7  0.404
1993 Alford RA, Jackson GD. Do cephalopods and larvae of other taxa grow asymptotically? The American Naturalist. 141: 717-28. PMID 19426006 DOI: 10.1086/285501  0.338
1993 Clerke RB, Alford RA. Reproductive Biology of Four Species of Tropical Australian Lizards and Comments on the Factors Regulating Lizard Reproductive Cycles Journal of Herpetology. 27: 400-406. DOI: 10.2307/1564826  0.331
1989 Alford RA. Variation in Predator Phenology Affects Predator Performance and Prey Community Composition Ecology. 70: 206-219. DOI: 10.2307/1938427  0.402
1989 Alford RA. Competition between larval Rana palustris and Bufo americanus is not affected by variation in reproductive phenology Copeia. 1989: 993-1000. DOI: 10.2307/1445985  0.412
1985 Wilbur HM, Alford RA. Priority effects in experimental pond communities: responses of Hyla to Bufo and Rana. Ecology. 66: 1106-1114. DOI: 10.2307/1939162  0.655
1985 Alford RA, Wilbur HM. Priority effects in experimental pond communities: competition between Bufo and Rana. Ecology. 66: 1097-1105. DOI: 10.2307/1939161  0.601
1980 Alford RA. Population Structure of Gopherus polyphemus in Northern Florida Journal of Herpetology. 14: 177. DOI: 10.2307/1563851  0.313
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