Publications

*mentored undergraduates

Cervantez, O.,  Anderson, D., Bucciarelli, G.M., Lambert, M., & Friesen, M. (Under Review). Feral

 frogs, native newts, and chemical cues: Identifying threats from and management opportunities

 for invasive African clawed frogs in Washington state. PeerJ

 

 

Frey, A.R.,  Bucciarelli, G.M., Kats, L.B., & Green, D.B. (Under Review). An amphibian toxin

 phenotype is sexually dimorphic and shows seasonal concordant change between sexes.

 

 

Bucciarelli, G.M., * Smith, S.J,  * Choe, J., * Shin, P., Fisher, R.N., & Kats, L.B. (In Revision). Native

 amphibian toxin reduces invasive crayfish feeding with apparent benefits to stream biodiversity.

 BMC Ecology and Evolution

 

 

van Riemsdijk, I., Arntzen, J.W., Bucciarelli, G.M., McCartney-Melstad, E., Rafajilovic, M., Scott,

 P.A., Toffelmier, E., Shaffer, H.B., & Wielstra, B. (Accepted). Spatial variation in

 introgression along a toad hybrid zone in France. Heredity. Preprint

 

 

* Clark, M.A.,  * Ota, W.M., * Smith, S.J., * Muramoto, B.K, * Chan, G., * Ngo, S., * Kenyon, M.,

 * Sturtevant, M., * Diamond, M., Bucciarelli, G.M., & Kats, L.B. 2022. A natural

 experiment identifies an impending ecological trap for a neotropical amphibian in response to

 extreme weather events. Ecology and Evolution. PDF

 

 

*Bucciarelli, G.M.,  *Alsalek, F., Green, D.B., Kats, L.B., & Shaffer, H.B. 2022. Toxic relationships and

 arms race coevolution revisited. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. PDF

 

 

*Bucciarelli, G.M.,  *Lechner, M., * Fontes, A., Kats, L.B., & Shaffer, H.B. 2021. From poison to

 promise: The evolution of tetrodotoxin and its potential as a therapeutic. Toxins. 13: 517. PDF

 

 

Grear, D., Mosher, B., Grant, E., Adams, M., Backlin, A., Barichivich, W., Brand, A., Bucciarelli, G.M.,

 Calhoun, D., Chestnut, T., Davenport, J., Dietrich, A., Fisher, R., Glorioso, B., Halstead, B., Hayes,

 M., Honeycutt, R.K., Hossack, B., Kleeman, P., Lemos-Espinal, J., Lorch, J., McCreary, B., Muths,

 E., Pearl, C.,  Richgels, K., Robinson, C., Rowe, J., Sigafus, B., Stasiak, I., Sweet, S., Walls, S.,

 Watkins-Colwell, G., White, C., Williams, L., & Winzeler, M. (2020). Batrachochytrium

 salamandrivorans (Bsal) not detected in an intensive survey of North American amphibians.

 Scientific Reports. 10: 1-7. PDF

 

 

Bucciarelli, GM, *Clark, MA, Shaffer, HB, Fisher, RN, Dealney, KS, Riley, SPD, Honeycutt, RL, and Kats, LB. (2020) Amphibian responses in the aftermath of extreme climatic events. Scientific Reports. PDF

 

 

Valliere, JM, Bucciarelli, GM, Bytnerowicz, A, Fenn, ME, Irvine, IC, Johnson, RF, & Allen, EB. (2020). Declines in native forb richness of an imperiled plant community across an anthropogenic nitrogen deposition gradient. Ecosphere. PDF

 

 

Valliere, JM, *Escobido, E, Bucciarelli, GM, Sharifi, M, & Rundel, P. (2019) Invasive annuals respond more negatively to drought than native species. New Phytologist. PDF

 

 

Bucciarelli, GM, *Suh, D, *Davis, A, Roberts, D, Sharpton, D, Shaffer, HB, Fisher, RN, & Kats, LB (2018) Assessing effects of non-native crayfish on mosquito survival. Conservation Biology. (https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13198) PDF

 

 

*Ota, WM, *Olsen, B, Bucciarelli, GM, Kats, LB (2018) The effect of newt toxin on an invasive snail. Hydrobiologia 1-8. (doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3568-1) PDF

 

 

Velasco, MA, Berkunsky, I, Simony, MV, Quiroga, S, Bucciarelli, GM,  Kats LB, & Kacoliris, FP. (2017) The rainbow trout is affecting the occupancy of native amphibians in Patagonia. Hydrobiologia. (doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3450-6) PDF

 

 

Calhoun, DM, Bucciarelli, GM, Kats, LB, Zimmer, RK, & Johnson, PT. (2017) Noxious newts and their natural enemies: Experimental effects of tetrodotoxin exposure on trematode parasites and aquatic macroinvertebrates. Toxicon. 137. (doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.07.021)  PDF

 

 

Bucciarelli, GM, Shaffer, HB, Green, DB, & Kats LB. (2017) An amphibian chemical defense phenotype is inducible across life history stages. Scientific Reports. 7:8185. (doi:10.1038/s41598-017-08154-z)  PDF

 

 

Bucciarelli, GM, Green, DB, Shaffer, HB, & Kats LB. (2016) Individual fluctuations in toxin levels affect breeding site fidelity in a chemically defended amphibian. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283 2016048.

(doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0468) PDF

 

 

Bucciarelli, GM & Kats LB. (2015) Effects of newt chemical cues on the distribution and foraging behavior of stream macroinvertebrates. Hydrobiologia 749 69 - 81. (doi:10.1007/s10750-014-2146-4) PDF

 

 

Bucciarelli, GM, Blaustein, AR, Garcia, TS, & Kats, LB. (2014). Invasion Complexities: The Diverse Impacts of Nonnative Species on Amphibians. Copeia, 4 611 - 632. (doi:10.1643/OT-14-014) PDF

 

 

Bucciarelli, GM, *Li, A, Kats, LB, & Green, DB. (2014). Quantifying tetrodotoxin levels in the California newt using a non-destructive sampling method. Toxicon 80 87 - 93. (doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2014.01.009) PDF

 

 

Kats, LB, Bucciarelli, GM, Vandergon, TL, Honeycutt, RL, *Mattiason, E, *Sanders, A, Riley, SPD, Kerby, JL, & Fisher, RN. (2013) Effects of natural flooding and manual trapping on the facilitation of invasive crayfish-native amphibian coexistence in a semi-arid perennial stream. Journal of Arid Environments. 98 109 - 112. (doi:10.1016j.jaridenv.2013.08.003) PDF

 

 

Kats, LB, Bucciarelli, G, *Schlais, DE, Blaustein, AR, & Han, BA. (2012) Ultraviolet Radiation Influences Perch Selection by a Neotropical Poison-dart Frog. PLoS ONE (doi: 10. 137/jounal.pone.0051364) PDF