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The thermal mismatch hypothesis explains host susceptibility to an emerging infectious disease by Cohen, Jeremy M., Venesky, Matthew D., Sauer, Erin L., Civitello, David J., McMahon, Taegan A., Roznik, Elizabeth A., Rohr, Jason R., Ostfeld, Richard

“…Parasites typically have broader thermal limits than hosts, so large performance gaps between pathogens and their cold‐ and warm‐adapted hosts should occur at…”
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Chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has nonamphibian hosts and releases chemicals that cause pathology in the absence of infection by McMahon, Taegan A., Brannelly, Laura A., Chatfield, Matthew W. H., Johnson, Pieter T. J., Joseph, Maxwell B., McKenzie, Valerie J., Richards-Zawacki, Corinne L., Venesky, Matthew D., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis , a pathogenic chytrid fungus implicated in worldwide amphibian declines, is considered an amphibian specialist. Identification…”
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Seasonal and Diel Signature of Eastern Hellbender Environmental DNA by TAKAHASHI, MIZUKI K., MEYER, MARK J., MCPHEE, CAROLYN, GASTON, JORDAN R., VENESKY, MATTHEW D., CASE, BRIAN F.

“…Examination of environmental DNA (eDNA) is a non-invasive conservation tool that has been used for the detection of aquatic organisms. When coupled with…”
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Exposure to Corticosterone Affects Host Resistance, but Not Tolerance, to an Emerging Fungal Pathogen by Murone, Julie, DeMarchi, Joseph A, Venesky, Matthew D

“…Host responses to pathogens include defenses that reduce infection burden (i.e., resistance) and traits that reduce the fitness consequences of an infection…”
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Dietary protein restriction impairs growth, immunity, and disease resistance in southern leopard frog tadpoles by Venesky, Matthew D., Wilcoxen, Travis E., Rensel, Michelle A., Rollins-Smith, Louise, Kerby, Jacob L., Parris, Matthew J.

“…The immune system is a necessary, but potentially costly, defense against infectious diseases. When nutrition is limited, immune activity may consume a…”
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Can differences in host behavior drive patterns of disease prevalence in tadpoles? by Venesky, Matthew D, Kerby, Jacob L, Storfer, Andrew, Parris, Matthew J

“…Differences in host behavior and resistance to disease can influence the outcome of host-pathogen interactions. We capitalized on the variation in aggregation…”
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Influence of substrate orientation on tadpoles' feeding efficiency by Annibale, Fabiane Santana, de Sousa, Verônica Thiemi Tsutae, de Sousa, Carlos Eduardo, Venesky, Matthew D, Rossa-Feres, Denise de Cerqueira, Nomura, Fausto, Wassersug, Richard J

“…In nature, tadpoles encounter food on substrates oriented at different angles (e.g. vertically along stems, horizontally on the bottom of the pond). We…”
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An interaction between climate change and infectious disease drove widespread amphibian declines by Cohen, Jeremy M., Civitello, David J., Venesky, Matthew D., McMahon, Taegan A., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Climate change might drive species declines by altering species interactions, such as host–parasite interactions. However, few studies have combined…”
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Tadpole Food Consumption Decreases with Increasing Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection Intensity by DeMarchi, Joseph A, Gaston, Jordan R, Spadaro, Amanda N, Porterfield, Claire A, Venesky, Matthew D

“…Parasitized hosts frequently experience behavioral side effects associated with pathology. Although this phenomenon is fairly well documented, we do not fully…”
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Disease and thermal acclimation in a more variable and unpredictable climate by Raffel, Thomas R., Romansic, John M., Halstead, Neal T., McMahon, Taegan A., Venesky, Matthew D., Rohr, Jason R.

“…Few studies have considered the effects of changes in climatic variability on disease incidence. Now research based on laboratory experiments and field data…”
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Linking manipulative experiments to field data to test the dilution effect by Venesky, Matthew D, Liu, Xuan, Sauer, Erin L, Rohr, Jason R, Boots, Mike

“…The dilution effect, the hypothesis that biodiversity reduces disease risk, has received support in many systems. However, few dilution effect studies have…”
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Amphibians acquire resistance to live and dead fungus overcoming fungal immunosuppression by McMahon, Taegan A., Sears, Brittany F., Venesky, Matthew D., Bessler, Scott M., Brown, Jenise M., Deutsch, Kaitlin, Halstead, Neal T., Lentz, Garrett, Tenouri, Nadia, Young, Suzanne, Civitello, David J., Ortega, Nicole, Fites, J. Scott, Reinert, Laura K., Rollins-Smith, Louise A., Raffel, Thomas R., Rohr, Jason R.

“…The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been implicated in the decline of a large number of amphibian species; here it is shown that frogs can…”
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A meta-analysis reveals temperature, dose, life stage, and taxonomy influence host susceptibility to a fungal parasite by Sauer, Erin L., Cohen, Jeremy M., Lajeunesse, Marc J., McMahon, Taegan A., Civitello, David J., Knutie, Sarah A., Nguyen, Karena, Roznik, Elizabeth A., Sears, Brittany F., Bessler, Scott, Delius, Bryan K., Halstead, Neal, Ortega, Nicole, Venesky, Matthew D., Young, Suzanne, Rohr, Jason R.

“…Complex ecological relationships, such as host–parasite interactions, are often modeled with laboratory experiments. However, some experimental laboratory…”
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Confronting inconsistencies in the amphibian-chytridiomycosis system: implications for disease management by Venesky, Matthew D., Raffel, Thomas R., McMahon, Taegan A., Rohr, Jason R.

“…ABSTRACT Chytridiomycosis, caused by the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is one of the largest threats to wildlife and is putatively…”
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Impacts of thermal mismatches on chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence are moderated by life stage, body size, elevation and latitude by Cohen, Jeremy M., McMahon, Taegan A., Ramsay, Chloe, Roznik, Elizabeth A., Sauer, Erin L., Bessler, Scott, Civitello, David J., Delius, Bryan K., Halstead, Neal, Knutie, Sarah A., Nguyen, Karena H., Ortega, Nicole, Sears, Brittany, Venesky, Matthew D., Young, Suzanne, Rohr, Jason R., Ezenwa, Vanessa

“…Global climate change is increasing the frequency of unpredictable weather conditions; however, it remains unclear how species‐level and geographic factors,…”
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Comparative feeding kinematics of temperate pond-dwelling tadpoles (Anura, Amphibia) by Venesky, Matthew D., Wassersug, Richard J., Jorgensen, Michael E., Riddle, Mellie, Parris, Matthew J.

“…Several studies have explored various components of feeding kinematics in anuran larvae; however, a direct comparison of feeding kinematics among…”
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Are novel or locally adapted pathogens more devastating and why? Resolving opposing hypotheses by Sauer, Erin L., Venesky, Matthew D., McMahon, Taegan A., Cohen, Jeremy M., Bessler, Scott, Brannelly, Laura A., Brem, Forrest, Byrne, Allison Q., Halstead, Neal, Hyman, Oliver, Johnson, Pieter T. J., Richards‐Zawacki, Corinne L., Rumschlag, Samantha L., Sears, Brittany, Rohr, Jason R.

“…There is a rich literature highlighting that pathogens are generally better adapted to infect local than novel hosts, and a separate seemingly contradictory…”
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Does the thermal mismatch hypothesis predict disease outcomes in different morphs of a terrestrial salamander? by Venesky, Matthew D., DeMarchi, Joseph, Hickerson, Cari, Anthony, Carl D.

“…Many aspects of ectotherm physiology are temperature‐dependent. The immune system of temperate‐dwelling ectothermic host species is no exception and their…”
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Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis reduces salamander capacity to mount a cell‐mediated immune response by Venesky, Matthew D., Laskey, Corey A.

“…The vertebrate immune system is a costly defense system that is responsible for preventing and eliminating parasites and pathogens. Theory predicts that hosts…”
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Impacts of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection on Tadpole Foraging Performance by Venesky, Matthew D, Parris, Matthew J, Storfer, Andrew

“…Pathogen-induced modifications in host behavior, including alterations in foraging behavior or foraging efficiency, can compromise host fitness by reducing…”
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