SCHLAEPFER Lab in Evolutionary Conservation Biology
State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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Publications (peer reviewed)

Angeloni, L., M.A, Schlaepfer, J. J. Lawler, And K.R. Crooks. 2008. A reassessment of the interface between conservation and behaviour. Animal Behaviour. 75: 731-737 pdf

Schlaepfer, M.A., M. J. Sredl, P. Rosen, and M.J. Ryan. 2007. High prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild anuran populations. EcoHealth 4: 421-427 pdf

Lawler, J, J. E. Aukema, J. B. Grant, B.S. Halpern, P. Kareiva, C.R. Nelson, K. Ohleth, J. D. Olden, M.A. Schlaepfer, B.R. Silliman, and P. Zaradic. 2006. Conservation science: a 20-year report card. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4:473-480. pdf

Schlaepfer, M.A. 2006. Growth rates and body condition in Norops polylepis (Polychrotidae) vary with respect to sex but not mite load. Biotropica 38: 414-418 pdf

Halpern, B.S., C.R. Pyke, H.E. Fox, J.C. Haney, M.A. Schlaepfer, and P. Zaradic. 2006. Gaps and mismatches between global conservation priorities and spending. Conservation Biology 20: 56-64 pdf

Socci, A.M., M.A. Schlaepfer, and T.A. Gavin. 2005. The importance of soil moisture and leaf cover in a female lizard’s (Norops polylepis) evaluation of potential oviposition sites. Herpetologica 61: 233-240 pdf

Schlaepfer, M.A., C. Hoover, and K. Dodd, Jr. 2005. Challenges in evaluating the impact of the trade in amphibians and reptiles on wild populations. BioScience 55: 256-264.  cover photo pdf

Schlaepfer, M.A., P.W. Sherman, B. Blossey, and M.C. Runge. 2005. Invasive species as evolutionary traps. Ecology Letters 8:241-246. pdf

Schlaepfer, M.A. 2003. Successful lizard eggs in a human-disturbed habitat. Oecologia 137:304-311. pdf

Schlaepfer, M.A. and K.A. Pilgrim 2003. Geographic Distribution. Bufo marinus. Herpetological Review 34:161.

Schlaepfer, M.A., M.C. Runge, and P.W. Sherman 2002. Ecological and evolutionary traps. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:474-480. pdf 

Schlaepfer, M.A. and T.A. Gavin 2001. Edge effects on lizards and frogs in tropical forest fragments. Conservation Biology 15:1079-1090. pdf

France, R. and M.A. Schlaepfer 2000. ð13C and ð15N depletion in components of a foodweb from an ephemeral boreal wetland compared to boreal lakes: putative evidence for microbial processes. Hydrobiologia 439: 1-6.  

Schlaepfer, M.A. and J. McNeil 2000. Are virgin male lepidopterans more successful in mate acquisition than previously mated individuals? A study of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:2045-2050. pdf

Schlaepfer, M.A. and R. Sandí-Figeroa 1998. Female reciprocal calling in Eleutherodactylus podiciferus. Copeia 1998:1076-1080. pdf

Schlaepfer, M.A. 1998. Use of a fluorescent powder marking technique on small terrestrial anurans. Herpetological Review 29:25-26. pdf


Publications (non peer reviewed)

Schlaepfer, M.A. 2007. Is there a role for evolutionary management in addressing the threat of chytridiomycosis? Science e-letter (link)

Schlaepfer, M.A. 2005. Re-wilding: a bold plan that needs native megafauna. Nature 437: 951. (letter to editor pdf)