Publications | Steven M Whitfield

Publications

Peer-reviewed (*indicates undergraduate researcher, § indicates high school teacher, ‡ indicates equal contribution to the work)

2022

S. Poo‡, S.M. Whitfield‡, A. Shepack, G.J. Watkins-Colwell, G. Nelson, J. Goodwin, A. Bogisich, P.L R. Brennan, J. D’Agostino, M.S. Koo, J.R. Mendelson III, R. Snyder, S. Wilson, G.P. Aronsen, A.C. Bentley, D.C. Blackburn, M.R. Borths, M.L. Campbell, D.A. Conde, J.A. Cook, J.D. Daza, D.P. Dembiec, J.L. Dunnum, C.M. Early, A. Ferguson, A. Greene, R. Guralnick, C. Janney, D. Johnson, F. Knightly, S. Poulin, L. Rocha, P.S. Soltis, B. Thiers, P. Chakrabarty. 2022. Bridging the research gap between live collections in zoos and preserved collections in natural history museums. BioScience 72:449-460. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac022

Whitfield, S.M., D. Valle§, A. Figueroa, B. Chin*, H. Bravo-Gallegos*, F. Leone*. 2022. Burrow characteristics and habitat associations of gopher tortoises in urban pine rockland reserves (Miami, Florida, USA). Ichthyology and Herpetology 110(1): 22-32

2021

Moore, T., F. Ridgley, S.M. Whitfield, S. Sayre.* 2021. Life history, taxonomy, and ecology of the Faithful Beauty Moth, Composia fidellissima vagrans (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Pericopina) in the pine rocklands of south Florida. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(3):151-157 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5776933

Whitfield, S.M., J.M. Patterson, A. Pernas, M. Davis, J.J. Lorenz, F.N. Ridgley. 2021. Satellite telemetry reveals habitat selection and movement patterns of an American Flamingo in Florida Bay. Florida Field Naturalist 49:58-81

Figueroa, A.*, J. Lange, S.M. Whitfield. 2021. Seed consumption by gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in the globally imperiled pine rockland ecosystem of southern Florida, USA. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 20:27-34 DOI: 10.2744/CCB-1426.1

Whitfield, S.M., G. Alvarado-Barboza, J.G. Abarca, H. Zumbado-Ulate, R. R. Jimenez, J.L. Kerby. 2021. Ranavirus is widespread in Costa Rica and co-occurs with threatened amphibians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 144:89-98. DOI: 10.3354/dao03576

Abarca, J.C., S.M. Whitfield, I. Zuniga, G. Alvarado, J. Kerby, C. Murillo-Cruz, A. Pinto-Tomas. 2021. Genotyping and differential bacterial inhibition of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in threatened amphibians in Costa Rica. Microbiology. DOI 10.1099/mic.0.001017

2020

Scheele, B.C., F. Pasmans, L. Berger, L. Skerratt, A. Martel, W. Beukema, A.A. Acevedo, P.A. Burrowes, T. Carvalho, A. Catenazzi, I. De La Riva, M.C. Fisher, S.V. Flechas, C.N. Foster, P. Frías-Álvarez, T.W.J. Garner, B. Gratwicke, J. M. Guayasamin, M. Hirschfeld, J.E. Kolby, T. A. Kosch, E. La Marca, D.B. Lindenmayer, K.R. Lips, A.V. Longo, R. Maneyro, C.A. McDonald, J. Mendelson III, P. Palacios-Rodriguez, G. Parra-Olea, C.L. Richards-Zawacki, M. Rödel, S.M. Rovito, C. Soto-Azat, L.F. Toledo, J. Voyles, C. Weldon, S.M. Whitfield, M. Wilkinson, K.R. Zamudio, S. Canessa. 2020. Response to Comment on “Amphibian fungal panzootic reveals unprecedented loss of biodiversity.” Science 367:6484. DOI: 10.1126/science.aay2905

2019

Mendelson, J.R.III, S.M. Whitfield, M.J. Sredl. 2019. A recovery engine strategy for amphibian conservation in the context of disease. Biological Conservation 236:188-191. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.025

Zumbado-Ulate, H., K. Nelson, A. García-Rodríguez, G. Chaves, E. Arias, F. Bolaños, S.M. Whitfield, C.L. Searle. 2019. Endemic infection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica: Implications for amphibian conservation at regional and species level. Diversity 11(8): 129. DOI: 10.3390/d11080129

Scheele, B.C., F. Pasmans, L. Berger, L. Skerratt, A. Martel, W. Beukema, A.A. Acevedo, P.A. Burrowes, T. Carvalho, A. Catenazzi, I. De La Riva, M.C. Fisher, S.V. Flechas, C.N. Foster, P. Frías-Álvarez, T.W.J. Garner, B. Gratwicke, J. M. Guayasamin, M. Hirschfeld, J.E. Kolby, T. A. Kosch, E. La Marca, D.B. Lindenmayer, K.R. Lips, A.V. Longo, R. Maneyro, C.A. McDonald, J. Mendelson III, P. Palacios-Rodriguez, G. Parra-Olea, C.L. Richards-Zawacki, M. Rödel, S.M. Rovito, C. Soto-Azat, L.F. Toledo, J. Voyles, C. Weldon, S.M. Whitfield, M. Wilkinson, K.R. Zamudio, S. Canessa. 2019. Amphibian fungal panzootic reveals unprecedented loss of biodiversity. Science 363:1459-1463. DOI: 10.1126/science.aav0379

Kueneman, J. M.C. Bletz , V.J. McKenzie , G. C. Becker , M. Joseph , J.G. Abarca , H.M. Archer, L. Arellano , A. Bataille , M. H. Becker, L. K. Belden , A. Crottini, R. Geffers , C.F. Haddad, R.N. Harris , W.M. Holden , M.C. Hughey , B. Waldman, M. Jarek, J. Kerby, J. Kielgast, A. Kurabayashi , A.V. Longo, A. Loudon, D. Medina , J.J. Nuñez , B.R.G. Perl , A.A. Pinto-Tomás , F.C.E. Rabemananjara, E.A Rebollar, A. Rodríguez, L.A. Rollins-Smith, R. Stevenson, C.C. Tebbe , G. Vargas Asensio, J.B. Walke , S.M. Whitfield, K.R. Zamudio, I. Zúñiga Chaves, D.C. Woodhams, M. Vences. 2019. Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale. Nature Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0798-1

2018

Whitfield, S.M., P. Frezza, F.N. Ridgley, A. Mauro, J.M. Patterson, A. Pernas, J. Lorenz. 2018. Status and trends of American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) in Florida, USA. The Condor 120(2): 291-304. DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-17-187.1

Abarca, J.G., G. V Vargas-Asensio, Ibrahim Zúñiga-Chaves, S.M. Whitfield, D.C. Woodhams, J.L. Kerby, V. J. McKenzie, C. Murillo-Cruz, A. Pinto-Tomás. 2018. Assessment of Bacterial Communities Associated with the Skin of Costa Rican Amphibians at La Selva Biological Station. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02001

Whitfield, S.M., F.N. Ridgley, D.Valle*, N. Atteberry. 2018, Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma agassizii and Mycoplasma testudineum in wild and waif Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA. Herpetological Review 49(1):47-49

Nowakowski, A.J., J.I. Watling, M. Thompson, G. Brusch,* A. Catenazzi, S.M. Whitfield, D. Kurz, A Suarez-Mayorga, A. Aponte-Gutierrez, M.A. Donnelly, B.D. Todd. 2018. Thermal biology mediates responses of amphibians and reptiles to habitat modification. Ecology Letters 21(3):345-355. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12901

Gomez-Hoyos, D.A., S. Escobar-Lasso, R. Seisdedos-de-Vergara, J.G. Abarca, J. Schipper, S.M. Whitfield, G. Alvarado, J.F. Gonzalez-Maya. 2018. Phytotelmata selection by anurans and implications for their conservation at Las Tablas Protected Zone, Costa Rica. Alytes 34:1-11.

2017
Whitfield, S.M., G. Alvarado, J. Abarca, H. Zumbado, M. Wainwright, J.L. Kerby. Differential patterns of infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in relict amphibian populations following severe disease-associated declines. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 126:33-41. DOI: 10.3354/dao03154.

Bickford, D.P., R. Alford, M.L. Crump, S.M. Whitfield, N. Karraker, and M. A. Donnelly. 2017. Impacts of Climate Change on Amphibian Biodiversity. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10022-3

Madison, J.D., E.A. Berg, J. Abarca Alvarado, S.M. Whitfield, O. Gorbatenko, A. Pinto, J.L. Kerby. 2017. Characterization of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis-inhibiting bacteria from amphibian populations in Costa Rica. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:290 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00290

Nowakowski, A., J. Watling, S.M. Whitfield, B. Todd, D. Kurz, M.A. Donnelly. 2017. Tropical amphibians in shifting thermal landscapes under land use and climate change. Conservation Biology 31(1):96-105. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12769

2016

Whitfield, S.M., K R. Lips, M.A. Donnelly. Amphibian decline and conservation in Central America. 2016. Copeia 104(2):351–379. DOI: 10.1643/CH-15-300

Alza, C.*, M.A. Donnelly, S.M. Whitfield. 2016. Additive effects of mean temperature, temperature variability, and chlorothalonil to Red-Eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas) larvae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 35:12. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3484

Brusch, G.*, E. N. Taylor, S.M. Whitfield. 2016. Turn up the heat: Thermal tolerances of lizards in La Selva, Costa Rica. Oecologia 180(2):325-334. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3467-3

Nowakowski, A.J., S.M. Whitfield, E.A. Eskew, M.E. Thompson, J.P. Rose, B.L. Caraballo§, J.L. Kerby, M.A. Donnelly, B.D. Todd. 2016. Infection risk decreases with increasing mismatch in host and pathogen environmental tolerances. Ecology Letters 19:1051-1061. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12641

2015

Kerby, J.L., S.M. Whitfield. S Ghose, M.A. Donnelly. 2015. Letter to the editor. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34(1):4-5. DOI: 10.1002/etc.2779

2014

Whitfield, S.M., K. Reider, S. Greenspan, M.A. Donnelly. 2014. Litter dynamics regulate population densities in a declining tropical herpetofauna. Copeia 14(3):454-461. DOI: 10.1643/CE-13-061

Ghose, S.,* M.A. Donnelly, J.L. Kerby, S.M. Whitfield. 2014. Acute toxicity tests and meta-analysis identify gaps in tropical ecotoxicology for amphibians. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33(9):2114-2119. DOI: 10.1002/etc.2665

2013

Johnson, L.*, B. Welch§, S.M. Whitfield. 2013. Interactive effects of pesticide mixtures, predators, and temperature regimes on the toxicity of two pesticides to Red-Eyed Tree Frog larvae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32(10): 2379-2386 DOI: 10.1002/etc.2319

Whitfield, S.M., E. Geerdes*, I. Chacon*, E. Ballesteros, R. Jimenez*, M.A. Donnelly, J.L. Kerby. 2013. Infection and co-infection by the amphibian chytrid fungus and ranavirus in wild Costa Rican frogs. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 104(2):173-178 DOI:10.3354/dao02598

Kerby, J.L., A. Schieffer*, J.R. Brown, S.M. Whitfield. 2013. Utilization of fast qPCR techniques to detect the amphibian chytrid fungus: a cheaper and more efficient alternative. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4(2):162-166. DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2012.00263.x

2012

Whitfield, S.M., J.L. Kerby, L.R. Gentry, M.A. Donnelly. 2012. Temporal variation in infection prevalence by the amphibian chytrid fungus in three species of frogs at La Selva, Costa Rica. Biotropica 44(6): 779-784. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00872.x

Whitfield, S.M. M.A. Donnelly, E. Geerdes*, J. Kerby. 2012. Ranavirus infection in native amphibians at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica: the first report of ranavirus in Central America. Herpetological Review 43(3): 425-427

2007

Whitfield, S.M., K.E. Bell, T. Philippi, M. Sasa, F. Bolaños, G. Chaves, J.M. Savage, M.A. Donnelly. 2007. Amphibian and reptile declines over 35 years at La Selva, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104(20):8352-8356. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611256104

2006

Whitfield, S.M., M.A. Donnelly. 2006. Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diets of a Costa Rican leaf-litter herpetofauna. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 22(4): 409-417. DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003245

2005

Whitfield, S.M.*, M.S F. Pierce*. 2005. Tree buttress microhabitat use by a neotropical leaf-litter herpetofauna. Journal of Herpetology 39(2): 192-198. DOI: 10.1670/219-04A