Publications

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

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72. Santos DFB, Herschberger JE, Subedi B, Pocius VM, Greenspan SE, Neely WJ, Becker CG, Romero GQ, Kersch-Becker MF. (2024) Leaf shelters facilitate arthropod colonization and amplify microbial diversity on plants. Ecology Letters, 27: e14499. 

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71. Neely WJ, Souza KMC, Martins RA, Marshall VM, Assis AB, Buttimer SM, Medina D, Whetstone RD, Greenspan SE, Haddad CFB, Anjos LA, Becker CG (2024) Host-associated helminth diversity and microbiome composition contribute to anti-pathogen defenses in tropical frogs impacted by forest fragmentation. Royal Society Open Science, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240530.

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70. Cordeiro IF, Lemes CGC, Sanchez AB, Silva AK, de Paula CH, Matos RC, Ribeiro DF, de Matos JP, Garcia CCM, Beirão M, Becker CG, Pires MRS, Moreira LM (2024) Amphibian tolerance to arsenic: microbiome-mediated insights. Scientific Reports, 14: 10193.

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69. Schott RK, Fujita MK, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Thomas KN, Loew ER, Bamba Kaya AG, Bittencourt-Silva G, Becker CG, Clulow S, Davila M, Firneno Jr. TJ, Haddad CFB, Janssenswillen S, Labisko J, Maddock ST, Mahony M, Martins RA, Michaels CJ, Mitchell N, Portik DM, Prates I, Roelants K, Roelke C, Tobi E, Woolfolk M, Bell RC (2024) Diversity and evolution of frog visual opsins: spectral tuning and adaptation to distinct light environments. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 41: msae04.

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68. Buttimer SM, Moura-Campos D, Greenspan SE, Neely WJ, Ferrante L, Toledo LF, and Becker CG (2024) Skin microbiome disturbance linked to drought-associated amphibian disease. Ecology Letters, 27: e14372.

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67. Carvalho T, Medina D, Rebouças R, Becker CG, Toledo LF (2024) Thermal mismatch explains fungal disease outbreaks in neotropical frogs. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 22: 72–78.

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66. Schuck LK, Neely WJ, Buttimer SM, Moser CF, Barth P, Liskoski PE, Caberlon CA, Valiati VH, Tozetti AM, and Becker CG (2024) Effects of grassland controlled burning on symbiotic skin microbes in Neotropical amphibians. Scientific Reports, 14: 959.  

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65. Neely WJ, Martins RA, Mendonça da Silva, CM, Ferreira da Silva T, Fleck LE, Whetstone RD, Woodhams DC, Cook WH, Prist PR, Valiati VH, Greenspan SE, Tozetti AM, Earley RL, and Becker CG (2023) Linking microbiome function and stress hormone responses in wild tropical treefrogs across continuous and fragmented forests. Communications Biology, 6: 1261.

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64. Siomko S, Greenspan SE, Barnett KM, Neely WJ, Detmering S, Chtarbanova-Rudloff A, Woodhams D, McMahon T, Becker CG (2023) Selection of an anti-pathogen skin microbiome following prophylaxis treatment in an amphibian model system. Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society of London, 378: 2022.0126.

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63. Becker CG, Greenspan SE, Martins RA, Prist P, Metzger JP, Sao Pedro V, Haddad CFB, LeSage EH, Woodhams D, Savage AE (2023) Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians. Biological Reviews, 1: 12927.

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62. Carvalho T, Medina D, Ribeiro LP, Rodriguez D, Jenkinson TS, Becker CG, Toledo LF, Hite J (2023) Coinfection with chytrid genotypes drives divergent infection dynamics reflecting regional distribution patterns. Communications Biology, 6: 941.

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61. Marshall VM, McLaughlin PJ, Mengue JE, Bindang LJ, Scheinberg LA, Irian C, Bell RC, Becker CG (2023) Fungal pathogen infection intensity associated with reproductive mode and elevation in an Afrotropical anuran community. Herpetological Reviews, 33: 103–110.

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60. McDonald CA, Becker CG, Lambertini C, Toledo LF, Haddad CFB, Zamudio KR (2023) Host immune responses to enzootic and invasive pathogen lineages vary in magnitude, timing, and efficacy. Molecular Ecology, 32: 2252–2270.

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59. Fiorillo BF, Faggioni GP, Cerezer FO, Becker CG, Díaz-Ricaurte JC, Martins M (2023) Effects of environmental factors on the ecology and survival of a widespread, endemic Cerrado frog. Biotropica, 55: 551–562.

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58. Toledo LF, Carvalho-e-Silva S, Carvalho-e-Silva AM, Gasparini JL, Baêta D, Rebouças R, Haddad CFB, Becker CG, Carvalho T (2023) A retrospective overview of amphibian declines in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Biological Conservation, 277: 109845.

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57. Greenspan SE, Peloso P, Fuentes-Gonzalez JA, Bletz M, Lyra ML, Machado IF, Martins RA, Medina DC, Moura-Campos Dd, Neely WJ, Preuss J, Sturaro MJ, Vaz RI, Navas CA, Toledo LF, Tozetti AM, Vences M, Woodhams DC, Haddad CFB, Pienaar J, Becker CG (2022) Low bacteriome diversity in threatened amphibians from two biodiversity hotspots. Animal Microbiome, 4: 1–9.

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56. Harding S, Becker CG, Yates JR, Crump P, Forstner MRJ, Mullin SJ, Rodriguez D (2022) Comparative host–pathogen associations of Snake Fungal Disease in sympatric species of water snakes (Nerodia). Scientific Reports, 12: 12303.

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55. Haddad CFB, Lopes CM, Becker CG, da Silva FR, Lyra ML (2022) From genes to ecosystems: a synthesis of amphibian biodiversity research in Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 22: e20221375.

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54. Martins RA, Greenspan SE, Medina D, Buttimer S, Siomko S, Neely WJ, Marshall V, Lyra ML, Haddad CFB, Sao Pedro V, Becker CG (2022) Signatures of functional bacteriome structure in a tropical direct-developing amphibian species. Animal Microbiome, 4: 40.

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53. Belasen A, Becker CG, Clemons, R, Toledo LF, James TY (2022) Habitat fragmentation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is associated with erosion of frog immunogenetic diversity and increased fungal infections. Immunogenetics, 74: 431–441. 

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52. Lima PLM, Lambertini C, Becker CG, Rebouças R, Toledo LF (2022) Presence of invasive American bullfrogs may reduce infectious disease in a native frog species. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 149: 53–58.

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51. Thomas KN, Gower DJ, Streicher JW, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Liedtke HC, Haddad CFB, Becker CG, Cox CL, Martins RA, Douglas RH (2022) Ecological correlates of spectral transmission in the ocular lenses of frogs and salamanders. Functional Ecology, 36: 850–864.

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50. Neely WJ, Greenspan SE, Stahl L, Heraghty SD, Marshall V, Atkinson CL, Becker CG (2022) Habitat disturbance linked with host microbiome dispersion and Bd dynamics in temperate amphibians. Microbial Ecology, 84: 901–910. 

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49. Moura-Campos D, Greenspan SE, DiRenzo GV, Neely WJ, Toledo LF, Becker CG (2021) Fungal disease cluster in tropical terrestrial frogs predicted by low rainfall. Biological Conservation, 261: 109246.

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48. Medina D, Greenspan SE, Carvalho T, Becker CG, Toledo LF (2021) Co-infecting pathogen lineages have additive effects on host bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97: fiab030.

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47. Rebouças R, Becker CG, Wright A, Bacon J, Toledo LF (2021) Anthropogenic habitat modification linked to deformities in Cururu Toads from the island of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Salamandra/German Journal of Herpetology, 57: 389–399.

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46. Trujillo AL, Hoffman EA, Becker CG, Savage AE (2021) Spatiotemporal adaptive evolution of immune genes in a frog-fungus disease system. Heredity, 126: 640–655.

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45. Lambertini C, Becker CG, Belasen A, Valencia-Aguilar A, de Almeida CHN, Betancourt-Roman CM, Rodriguez D, da Silva Leite D, Oliveira IS, Gasparini JLR, Ruggeri J, Mott T, Jenkinson TS, James TY, Zamudio KR, Toledo LF (2021) Biotic and abiotic determinants of chytrid-disease dynamics across the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Forest. Fungal Ecology, 49: 100995. 

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44. Greenspan SE, Migliorini GH, Lyra ML, Pontes MR, Carvalho T, Ribeiro LP, Moura-Campos D, Haddad CFB, Toledo LF, Romero GQ, Becker CG (2020) Warming drives ecological community changes linked to microbiome dysbiosis. Nature Climate Change, 10: 1057–1061. *See associated News & Views article: Climate change disturbs wildlife microbiomes. Nature Climate Change, 10: 981–982. 

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43. Ruthsatz K, Lyra ML, Lambertini C, Belasen A, Jenkinsohn TS, da Silva Leite, D, Becker CG, Haddad CFB, James TY, Zamudio KR, Toledo LF, Vences M (2020) Skin microbiome correlates with bioclimate and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection intensity in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest treefrogs. Scientific Reports, 10: 22311.

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42. Preuss J*, Greenspan SE, Rossi EB, Lucas Gonsales EM, Neely WJ, Valliati, Woodhams D, Becker CG*, Tozetti AM* (2020) Widespread pig farming practice linked to shifts in skin microbiomes and disease in pond-breeding amphibians. Environmental Science & Technology, 54: 11301–11312. *authors contributed equally; corresponding authors.

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41. Martins RA, Scheeffer I, Becker CG (2020) Haddadus binotatus (leaf litter frog). Herpetological Review 51: 563–564.

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40. Nali R, Becker CG, Zamudio KZ, Prado CP (2020) Topography, more than land cover, explains genetic diversity in a Neotropical Savanna treefrog. Diversity & Distributions, 26: 1798–1812.

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39. Neely WJ, Greenspan SE, Ribeiro LP, Carvalho T, Martins RA, Rodriguez D, Rohr JR, Haddad CFB, Toledo LF, Becker CG (2020) Synergistic effects of warming and disease linked to high mortality in cool-adapted terrestrial frogs. Biological Conservation, 2545: 108521.

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38. Ribeiro Jr. JW, Siqueira T, Direnzo G, Lambertini C, Toledo LF, Haddad CFB, Becker CG (2020) Assessing infection risk in tropical amphibians while accounting for imperfect detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Oecologia, 193: 237–248. 

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37. Woodhams DC, Bletz MC, Becker CG, Bender HA, Buitrago-Rosas D, Diebboll H, Huynh R, Kearns PJ, Kueneman J, Kurosawa E, LaBumbard BC, Lyons C, McNally K, Schliep K, Shankar N, Tokash-Peters A, Vences M, Whetsone R (2020) Host associated microbiomes predicted by immune system complexity and climate. Genome Biology, 21: 23. 

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36. Martins RA, Becker CG, Haddad CFB, Yvonnick LP, Sole M, Mira-Mendes CV (2020) Redescription of the tadpole of Leptodactylus flavopictus Lutz, 1926 (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Pilar do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4722: 495–499.

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35. Becker CG, Bletz MC, Greenspan SE, Rodriguez D, Lambertini C, Jenkinson TS, Guimaraes PR, Assis P, Geffers R, Jarek M, Toledo LF, Vences M, Haddad CFB (2019) Low-load pathogen spillover predicts shifts in skin microbiome and survival of a terrestrial-breeding amphibian. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London – B, 286: 20191114. 

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34. Greenspan SE, Lyra ML, Migliorini GH, Kersch-Becker MF, Bletz MC, Lisboa CS, Pontes MR, Ribeiro LP, Neely WJ, Rezende F, Romero GQ, Woodhams DC, Haddad CFB, Toledo LF, Becker CG (2019) Arthropod–bacteria interactions influence assembly of aquatic host microbiome and pathogen defense. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London – B, 286: 20190924. 

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33. Kuenemann J, Bletz M, McKenzie V, Becker CG, Joseph MB, Abarca JG, Archer H, Arellano AL, Bataille A, Becker M, Belden LK, Crottini A, Geffers R, Haddad CFB, Harris RN, Holden WM, Hughey M, Jarek M, Kearns PJ, Kerby JL, Kielgast J, Kurabayashi A, Longo AV, Loudon A, Medina D, Nuñez JJ, Perl RGB, Pinto-Tomás A, Rabemananjara FCE, Rebollar EA, Rodríguez A, Rollins-Smith L, Stevenson R, Tebbe CC, Vargas Asensio G, Waldman B, Walke JB, Whitfield SM, Zamudio KR, Zúñiga Chaves I, Woodhams DC, Vences M (2019) Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3: 381–389.

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32. Ribeiro L, Carvalho T, Becker CG, Jenkinson TS, Leite DL, James TY, Greenspan SE, Toledo LF (2019) Bullfrog farms release virulent zoospores of the frog-killing fungus into the natural environment. Scientific Reports, 9: 13422. 

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31. Greenspan SE, Lambertini C, Carvalho T, James TY, Toledo LF, Haddad CFB, Becker CG (2018) Hybrids of amphibian chytrid show high virulence in native hosts. Scientific Reports, 8: 9600. 

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30. Becker CG, Longo AV, Haddad CFB, Zamudio KR (2017) Land cover and forest connectivity alter the interactions among host, pathogen, and skin microbiome. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London – B, 284: 20171861. 

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29. *Carvalho T, *Becker CG, *Toledo LF (2017) Historical amphibian declines and extinctions in Brazil linked to chytridiomycosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London – B, 284: 20162254. *authors contributed equally.  

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28. Mesquita AC, Lambertini C, Toledo LF, Lira M, Malagoli LR, Haddad CFB, Becker CG (2017) Low Resistance to chytidiomycosis in direct-developing amphibians. Scientific Reports; 7: 16605.

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27. Forti L, Becker CG, Tacioli L, Santos A, Oliveira I, Haddad CFB, Toledo LF (2017) Perspectives on invasive amphibians in Brazil. PLoS One, 12: e0184703.

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26. Becker CG, Greenspan SE, Tracy KE, Dash JA, Lambertini C, Jenkinson TS, Leite DS, Toledo LF, Longcore JE, James TY, Zamudio KR (2017) Variation in phenotype and virulence among enzootic and panzootic amphibian chytrid lineages. Fungal Ecology, 26: 45–50.

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25. Polato N, Gray MM, Gill BA, Anderson KL, Becker CG, Encalada AC, Funk WC, Zamudio KR (2017) Genetic diversity and gene flow decline with elevation in montane mayflies. Heredity, 119: 107–116.

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24. Lambertini C, Becker CG, Bardier C, Leite DS, Toledo LF (2017) Widespread infections of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in South American caecilians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 124: 109–116.

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23. Becker CG, Rodriguez D, Lambertini C, Toledo LF, Haddad CFB (2016) Historical dynamics of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Amazonia. Ecography, 39: 954–960.

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22. Bovo RP, Andrade DV, Toledo LF, Longo AV, Rodriguez D, Haddad CFB, Zamudio KR, Becker CG (2016) Responses of Brazilian amphibians to an enzootic infection of the frog-killing fungus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 17: 245–252. 

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21. Lambertini C, Becker CG, Jenkinson TS, Rodriguez D, Leite DS, James TY, Zamudio KR, Toledo LF (2016) Local phenotypic variation in amphibian-killing fungus predicts infection dynamics. Fungal Ecology, 20: 15–21.

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20. Becker CG, Rodriguez D, Longo AV, Toledo LF, Haddad CFB, Zamudio KR (2016) Deforestation, host community structure, and amphibian disease risk. Basic and Applied Ecology, 17: 72–80.  

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19. Savage AE, Becker CG, Zamudio KR (2015) Linking genetic and environmental factors in amphibian disease risk. Evolutionary Applications, 8: 560–572.

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18. Becker CG, Rodriguez D, Toledo LF, Longo AV, Lambertini C, Correa DT, Leite DS, Haddad CFB, Zamudio KR (2014) Partitioning the net effect of host diversity on an emerging amphibian pathogen. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London – B, 281: 20141796.

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17. Titus V, Bell RC, Becker CG, Zamudio KR (2014) Connectivity and gene flow among Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) populations in highly modified anthropogenic landscapes. Conservation Genetics, 15: 1447–1462.

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16. Lenker M, Savage AE, Becker CG, Rodriguez DR, Zamudio KR (2014) Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection dynamics vary seasonally in upstate New York. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 111: 51–60.

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15. Toledo LF, Becker CG, Haddad CFB, Zamudio KR (2014) Rarity in Amphibians: indicators of endangerment in a biodiversity hotspot. Biological Conservation, 179: 54–62.

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14. Rodriguez D, Becker CG, Pupin N, Haddad CFB, Zamudio KR (2014) Long-term endemism of two highly divergent lineages of the amphibian-killing fungus in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Molecular Ecology, 23: 774–787.

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13. Becker CG, Dalziel BD, Becker MFK, Park MG, Mouchka M (2013) Indirect effects of human development along the coast on coral health. Biotropica, 45: 401– 407. 

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12. Larson EL, Becker CG, Bondra ER, Harrison RG (2013) Structure of a mosaic hybrid zone between the field crickets G. firmus and G. pennsylvanicus. Ecology & Evolution, 3: 985–1002.

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11. Becker CG, Rodriguez D, Longo AV, Talaba A, Zamudio KR (2012) Disease risk in temperate amphibian populations is higher at closed-canopy sites. PLoS One, 7: e48205.

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10. Becker CG, Zamudio KR (2011) Tropical amphibian populations experience higher disease risk in natural habitats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118: 9893–9898.

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9. Velo-Anton G, Becker CG, Rivera AC (2011) Turtle carapace anomalies: the roles of genetic diversity and environment. PLoS One, 6:e18714.

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8. Becker CG, Fonseca CR, Haddad CFB, Prado PI (2010) Habitat split as a cause of local population declines of amphibians with aquatic larvae. Conservation Biology, 24: 287–294.

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7. Becker CG, Loyola RD, Haddad CFB, Zamudio KR (2010) Integrating species life-history traits and patterns of deforestation in amphibian conservation planning. Diversity and Distributions, 16: 10–19.

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6. Fonseca CR, Ganade G, Baldissera R, Becker CG, Boelter C, et al. (2009) Towards an ecologically sustainable forestry in the Atlantic Forest. Biological Conservation, 142: 1209– 1219.

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5. Becker CG, Loyola RD (2008) Extinction risk assessments at the population and species level: implications for amphibian conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17: 2239–2304.

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4. Fonseca CR, Becker CG, Haddad CFB, Prado PI (2008) Response to comment on: habitat split and the global decline of amphibians. Science, 320: 874.

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3. Loyola RD, Becker CG, Kubota U, Fonseca CR, Haddad CFB, Lewinsohn TM (2008) Hung Out to dry: choice of priority ecoregions for conserving threatened Neotropical anurans depends on life-history traits. PLoS One, 3(6): e2120.

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2. Becker CG, Fonseca CR, Haddad CFB, Batista RF, Prado PI (2007) Habitat split and the global decline of amphibians. Science, 318: 1775–1777.

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1. Becker CG, Joner F, Fonseca CR (2007) Ecologically-sustainable tree monocultures contribute to the conservation of an Araucaria Forest endemic frog. Journal of Natural History, 41: 1739– 1752.

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Policy and Opinion Articles

4. Ferrante L, Becker CG (2024) Brazil must reverse gear on Amazon road development. Nature, 626: 33.

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3. Becker CG, Rodriguez D, Zamudio KR (2013) The Brazilian Adirondacks? Science, 340: 428.

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2. Fonseca CR, Becker CG, Haddad CFB, Prado PI (2008) Metamorfose. Scientific American (in Portuguese), 3: 88–93.

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1. Prado PI, Monteiro A, Dutra B, Becker CG, Marinelli C, Ribeiro D, Paise G, Aguirre G, Anjos L, Oliveira M, Torres P, Castro P, Silveira P, Batista RF (2007) Paisagens entre natureza e cultura: Um estudo interdisciplinar no Vale do Paraíba paulista convida a desfazer os limites entre natureza e sociedade e propõe a construção de modelos híbridos de análise. Página 22, 8: 60–63.

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Book Chapters

3. Fonseca CR, Ganade G, Baldissera R, Becker CG, Boelter C, et al. (2010) Plantações florestais ecologicamente sustentáveis na Mata Atlântica. In: Barlow J, Peres C (Eds.). Conservação da biodiversidade em paisagens florestais antropizadas. Parana, Boticário, p. 131–142.

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2. Fonseca CR, Ganade G, Baldissera R, Becker CG, Brescovit AD, et al. (2009) Princípios modernos de manejo florestal e a conservação da biodiversidade associada à floresta de araucária. In: Fonseca, et al. (Eds.). Floresta com Araucária: conservação, manejo e desenvolvimento sustentável. Ribeirão Preto, Holos, p. 287–295.

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1. Fonseca CR, Ganade G, Baldissera R, Becker CG, Brescovit AD, et al. (2006) Araucaria forest indicators: contrasting indicator value distributions across nine taxonomic groups. In: Lafortezza, R.; Sanesi, G. (Eds.). Patterns and processes in forest landscapes. Firenze, Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali, p. 125–130.