Peer-reviewed Publications
25. Carneiro, C. Shields-Estrada, A., Boville, A. E., Xu, T., Arnott, R., Allen-Love, C., Puertas, M., Jacisin, J., Chapman Tripp, H., Basham, E., Zamudio*, K., and Belasen*, A. M. 2024. Toward a global science of conservation genomics: coldspots in genomic resources highlight a need for equitable collaborations and capacity building. Under Review. Preprint here
*joint senior authors
24. Arnott, R. L. W., Lopez, C. B., Rogers, M. N., Davis, D. R., Robinson, P. S., Kline, R. J., LaDuc, T. J., Zamudio, K., R., Belasen, A. M. 2024. Low historical prevalence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Black-
spotted Newts (Notophthalmus meridionalis) from Texas and Mexico.
23. Carvalho*, T., Belasen*, A. M., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. 2024. Coevolution of a generalist pathogen with many hosts: the case of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 78: 102435. Full text here
*authors contributed equally
22. Bletz, M., C., Gratwicke, B., Belasen, A. M., Catenazzi, A., Duffus, A. L. J., Lampo, M., Olson, D., Vasudevan, K. Chapter 6. 2024. Infectious Diseases. In: Amphibian Conservation Action Plan. Occasional Papers of the IUCN. Full text here
21. Belasen*, A. M., Peek*, R. A., Adams, A., Russell, I., De León, M., Adams, M., Bettaso, J., Breedveld, K., Catenazzi, A., Dillingham, C., Grear, D., Halstead, B., Johnson, P., Kleeman, P., Koo, M., Koppl, C., Lauder, J., Padgett-Flohr, G., Piovia-Scott, J., Pope, K., Vredenburg, V., Westphal, M., Wiseman, K., Kupferberg, S., 2024. Chytrid infections exhibit historical spread and contemporary seasonality in a declining stream-breeding frog. Royal Society Open Science, 11: 231270. Full text here
*authors contributed equally
Media coverage:
AmphibiaWeb
The Current at UC Santa Barbara
UT Austin College of Natural Sciences News
The Daily Texan
20. Grant, E. H. C., Amburgey, S. M., Gratwicke, Chaves, B. V. A. , Belasen, A. M., Bickford, D., Brühl, C. A., Calatayud, N. E., Nick Clemann, Clulow, S., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J., Jeff Dawson, J., De Angelis, D. A., Dodd, C. K. Jr, Evans, A., Ficetola, G. F., Falaschi, M., González-Mollinedo, S., Green, D. M., Gamlen-Greene, R., Griffiths, R. A., Halstead, B. J., Hassapakis, C., Heard, G., Karlsson, C., Kirschey, T., Klocke, B., Kosch, T. A., Novaes, S. K., Linhoff, L., Maerz, J. C., Mosher, B. A., O'Donnell, K., Ochoa-Ochoa, L. M., Olson, D. H., Ovaska, K., Roberts, J. D., Silla, A. J., Stark, T., Tarrant, J., Upton, R., Vörös, J., Muths, E. 2023. Priority research needs to inform amphibian conservation in the Anthropocene. Conservation Science and Practice, e12988. Full text here
19. Kent, B. A., Holman, C., Amoako, E., Antonietti, A., Azam, J. M., Ballhousen, H., Bediako, Y., Belasen, A. M., Carneiro, C. F. D., Chen, Y.-C., Compeer, E. B., Connor, C. A. C., Cruwell, S., Debat, H., Dorris, E., Ebrahimi, H., Erlich, J. C., Fernandez-Chiappe, F., Fishcer, F., Gazda, M. A., Glatz, T., Grabitz, P., Heise, V., Kent, D. G., Lo, H., McDowell, G., Mehta, D., Neuman, W.-J., Neves, K., Patterson, M., Penfold, N. C., Piper, S. K., Puebla, I., Quashie, P. K., Quezada, C. P., Riley, J. L., Rohmann, J. L., Saladi, S., Schwessinger, B., Siegerink, B., Stehlik, P., Tzilivaki, A., Umbers, K. D. L., Varma, A., Walavalkar, K., de Winde, C. M., Zaza, C., Weissgerber, T. 2022. Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice. PLoS Biology. Full text here
18. Belasen, A. M., Russell, I. D., Zamudio, K. R., Bletz, M. C. 2022. Endemic lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis are associated with reduced chytridiomycosis-induced mortality in amphibians: evidence from a meta-analysis of experimental infection studies. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Full text here
17. Belasen, A. M., Amses, K., Clemons, R., Becker, C. G., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. 2022. Habitat fragmentation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is associated with erosion of frog immunogenetic diversity and increased fungal infections. Immunogenetics, In Press. Full text here
16. Belasen, A. T., Belasen, A. M., Belasen, Ab. R., and Belasen, Ar. R. 2021. A Win-Win for Healthcare: Promoting Co-leadership and Increasing Women’s Representation at the Top. Gender in Management: An International Journal. Full text here
15. Belasen, A. M., Riolo, M., Lyra, M., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. 2021. Geography, Host Genetics, and Microbial Networks Structure the Skin Microbiome of Fragmented Brazilian Atlantic Forest Frog Populations. Ecology and Evolution, 00: 1–15. Full text here
14. Ruthsatz, K., Lyra, M. L., Lambertini, C., Belasen, A. M., Jenkinson, T. S., da Silva Leite, D., Becker, C. G., Haddad, C. F. B., James, T. Y., Zamudio, K. R., Toledo, L. F., Vences, M. 2020. Skin microbiome correlates with bioclimate and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection intensity in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest treefrogs. Scientific Reports, 10: 22311. Full text here
13. Lambertini, C., Becker, C. G., Belasen, A. M., Valencia-Aguilar, A., de Almeida, C. H. L. N., Betancourt-Roman, C. M., Rodriguez, D., da Silva Leite, D., Oliveira, I. S., Gasparini, J. L. R., Ruggeri, J., Mott, T., Jenkinson, T. S., James, T. Y., Zamudio, K. R., and Toledo, L. F. 2020. Biotic and Abiotic Determinants of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infections in Amphibians of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Fungal Ecology, 49: 100995. Full text here
12. Zamudio, K. R., McDonald, C. A., Belasen, A. M. 2020. High variability in infection mechanisms and host responses: A review of functional genomic studies of amphibian chytridiomycosis. Herpetologica.
11. Zimkus, B. M., Balaz, V., Belasen, A. M., Bell, R. C., Channing, A., Doumbia, J., Gonwouo, L. N., Fokam, E. B., Zassi-Boulou, A.-G., Greenbaum, E., Gvozdik, V., James, T., Hirschfield, M., Jackson, K., Kusamba, C., Larson, J. G., Mavoungou, L.-B., Rodel, M.-O., Penner, J. 2020. Chytrid pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in African amphibians: a continental analysis of occurrences and modeling of its potential distribution. Herpetologica.
10. Belasen, A. M., Bletz, M.C., da Silva Leite, D., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. 2019. Long-term fragmentation is associated with reduced MHC IIB diversity and increased infections in amphibian hosts. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6, 1-12. Full text here
9. Arellano M.L., Velasco M.A., Martínez Aguirre T., Zarini O., Belasen A.M., James T.Y. & Kacoliris F.P. 2018. Management strategy to avoid chytrid fungus infection in egg clutches of the Valcheta frog Pleurodema somuncurense. Conservation Evidence, 15, 38-38.
8. Arellano M.L., Velasco M.A., Martínez Aguirre T., Zarini O., Belasen A.M., James T.Y. & Kacoliris F.P. 2018. Treatment of adult Valcheta frogs Pleurodema somuncurense for chytrid fungus. Conservation Evidence, 15, 37-37.
7. Belasen, A., Brock, K., Li, B., Pafilis, P., Valakos, E., Chremou, D., Li, B., Sinervo, B., and Foufopoulos, J. 2016. Fine with heat, problems with water: microclimate alters water loss in a thermally adapted insular lizard. Oikos 126, 447-457.
6. Jenkinson, T.S., Betancourt-Román, C., Lambertini, C., Valencia‐Aguilar, A., Rodriguez, D., Nunes‐de‐Almeida, C.H.L., Ruggeri, J., Belasen, A.M., da Silva Leite, D., Zamudio, K.R. and Longcore, J.E., 2016. Amphibian‐killing chytrid in Brazil comprises both locally endemic and globally expanding populations. Molecular Ecology 25, 2978-2996.
5. James, T. Y. Toledo, L. F, Rödder, D., da Silva Leite, D., Belasen, A. M., Betancourt-Román, C. M., Jenkinson, T. S., Lambertini, C., Longo, A. V., Ruggeri, J., Collins, J. P., Burrowes, P. A., Lips, K. R., Zamudio, K. R., & Longcore, J. E. 2015. Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis research. Ecology and Evolution 5, 4079-4097.
4. Li, B., Belasen, A., Pafilis, P., Bednekoff, P., and Foufopoulos, J. 2014. Effects of feral cats on the evolution of antipredator behaviors in island reptiles: insights from an ancient introduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 2014281 20140339.
3. Brock, K., Belasen, A., and Foufopoulos, J. 2014. Voluntary autotomy in Podarcis erhardii. Herpetological Review 45, 2, 332.
2. Belasen, A., Burkett, E., Injaian, A., Li, K., Allen, D., and Perfecto, I. 2013. Habitat selection in Blue-spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma laterale-jeffersonianum complex). Copeia 2013, 2, 254-261.
1. Belasen, A., Li, B., and Foufopoulos, J. 2012. Geographic distribution: Chalcides ocellatus. Herpetological Review 43, 102.
*joint senior authors
24. Arnott, R. L. W., Lopez, C. B., Rogers, M. N., Davis, D. R., Robinson, P. S., Kline, R. J., LaDuc, T. J., Zamudio, K., R., Belasen, A. M. 2024. Low historical prevalence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Black-
spotted Newts (Notophthalmus meridionalis) from Texas and Mexico.
23. Carvalho*, T., Belasen*, A. M., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. 2024. Coevolution of a generalist pathogen with many hosts: the case of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 78: 102435. Full text here
*authors contributed equally
22. Bletz, M., C., Gratwicke, B., Belasen, A. M., Catenazzi, A., Duffus, A. L. J., Lampo, M., Olson, D., Vasudevan, K. Chapter 6. 2024. Infectious Diseases. In: Amphibian Conservation Action Plan. Occasional Papers of the IUCN. Full text here
21. Belasen*, A. M., Peek*, R. A., Adams, A., Russell, I., De León, M., Adams, M., Bettaso, J., Breedveld, K., Catenazzi, A., Dillingham, C., Grear, D., Halstead, B., Johnson, P., Kleeman, P., Koo, M., Koppl, C., Lauder, J., Padgett-Flohr, G., Piovia-Scott, J., Pope, K., Vredenburg, V., Westphal, M., Wiseman, K., Kupferberg, S., 2024. Chytrid infections exhibit historical spread and contemporary seasonality in a declining stream-breeding frog. Royal Society Open Science, 11: 231270. Full text here
*authors contributed equally
Media coverage:
AmphibiaWeb
The Current at UC Santa Barbara
UT Austin College of Natural Sciences News
The Daily Texan
20. Grant, E. H. C., Amburgey, S. M., Gratwicke, Chaves, B. V. A. , Belasen, A. M., Bickford, D., Brühl, C. A., Calatayud, N. E., Nick Clemann, Clulow, S., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J., Jeff Dawson, J., De Angelis, D. A., Dodd, C. K. Jr, Evans, A., Ficetola, G. F., Falaschi, M., González-Mollinedo, S., Green, D. M., Gamlen-Greene, R., Griffiths, R. A., Halstead, B. J., Hassapakis, C., Heard, G., Karlsson, C., Kirschey, T., Klocke, B., Kosch, T. A., Novaes, S. K., Linhoff, L., Maerz, J. C., Mosher, B. A., O'Donnell, K., Ochoa-Ochoa, L. M., Olson, D. H., Ovaska, K., Roberts, J. D., Silla, A. J., Stark, T., Tarrant, J., Upton, R., Vörös, J., Muths, E. 2023. Priority research needs to inform amphibian conservation in the Anthropocene. Conservation Science and Practice, e12988. Full text here
19. Kent, B. A., Holman, C., Amoako, E., Antonietti, A., Azam, J. M., Ballhousen, H., Bediako, Y., Belasen, A. M., Carneiro, C. F. D., Chen, Y.-C., Compeer, E. B., Connor, C. A. C., Cruwell, S., Debat, H., Dorris, E., Ebrahimi, H., Erlich, J. C., Fernandez-Chiappe, F., Fishcer, F., Gazda, M. A., Glatz, T., Grabitz, P., Heise, V., Kent, D. G., Lo, H., McDowell, G., Mehta, D., Neuman, W.-J., Neves, K., Patterson, M., Penfold, N. C., Piper, S. K., Puebla, I., Quashie, P. K., Quezada, C. P., Riley, J. L., Rohmann, J. L., Saladi, S., Schwessinger, B., Siegerink, B., Stehlik, P., Tzilivaki, A., Umbers, K. D. L., Varma, A., Walavalkar, K., de Winde, C. M., Zaza, C., Weissgerber, T. 2022. Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice. PLoS Biology. Full text here
18. Belasen, A. M., Russell, I. D., Zamudio, K. R., Bletz, M. C. 2022. Endemic lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis are associated with reduced chytridiomycosis-induced mortality in amphibians: evidence from a meta-analysis of experimental infection studies. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Full text here
17. Belasen, A. M., Amses, K., Clemons, R., Becker, C. G., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. 2022. Habitat fragmentation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is associated with erosion of frog immunogenetic diversity and increased fungal infections. Immunogenetics, In Press. Full text here
16. Belasen, A. T., Belasen, A. M., Belasen, Ab. R., and Belasen, Ar. R. 2021. A Win-Win for Healthcare: Promoting Co-leadership and Increasing Women’s Representation at the Top. Gender in Management: An International Journal. Full text here
15. Belasen, A. M., Riolo, M., Lyra, M., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. 2021. Geography, Host Genetics, and Microbial Networks Structure the Skin Microbiome of Fragmented Brazilian Atlantic Forest Frog Populations. Ecology and Evolution, 00: 1–15. Full text here
14. Ruthsatz, K., Lyra, M. L., Lambertini, C., Belasen, A. M., Jenkinson, T. S., da Silva Leite, D., Becker, C. G., Haddad, C. F. B., James, T. Y., Zamudio, K. R., Toledo, L. F., Vences, M. 2020. Skin microbiome correlates with bioclimate and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection intensity in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest treefrogs. Scientific Reports, 10: 22311. Full text here
13. Lambertini, C., Becker, C. G., Belasen, A. M., Valencia-Aguilar, A., de Almeida, C. H. L. N., Betancourt-Roman, C. M., Rodriguez, D., da Silva Leite, D., Oliveira, I. S., Gasparini, J. L. R., Ruggeri, J., Mott, T., Jenkinson, T. S., James, T. Y., Zamudio, K. R., and Toledo, L. F. 2020. Biotic and Abiotic Determinants of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infections in Amphibians of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Fungal Ecology, 49: 100995. Full text here
12. Zamudio, K. R., McDonald, C. A., Belasen, A. M. 2020. High variability in infection mechanisms and host responses: A review of functional genomic studies of amphibian chytridiomycosis. Herpetologica.
11. Zimkus, B. M., Balaz, V., Belasen, A. M., Bell, R. C., Channing, A., Doumbia, J., Gonwouo, L. N., Fokam, E. B., Zassi-Boulou, A.-G., Greenbaum, E., Gvozdik, V., James, T., Hirschfield, M., Jackson, K., Kusamba, C., Larson, J. G., Mavoungou, L.-B., Rodel, M.-O., Penner, J. 2020. Chytrid pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in African amphibians: a continental analysis of occurrences and modeling of its potential distribution. Herpetologica.
10. Belasen, A. M., Bletz, M.C., da Silva Leite, D., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. 2019. Long-term fragmentation is associated with reduced MHC IIB diversity and increased infections in amphibian hosts. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6, 1-12. Full text here
9. Arellano M.L., Velasco M.A., Martínez Aguirre T., Zarini O., Belasen A.M., James T.Y. & Kacoliris F.P. 2018. Management strategy to avoid chytrid fungus infection in egg clutches of the Valcheta frog Pleurodema somuncurense. Conservation Evidence, 15, 38-38.
8. Arellano M.L., Velasco M.A., Martínez Aguirre T., Zarini O., Belasen A.M., James T.Y. & Kacoliris F.P. 2018. Treatment of adult Valcheta frogs Pleurodema somuncurense for chytrid fungus. Conservation Evidence, 15, 37-37.
7. Belasen, A., Brock, K., Li, B., Pafilis, P., Valakos, E., Chremou, D., Li, B., Sinervo, B., and Foufopoulos, J. 2016. Fine with heat, problems with water: microclimate alters water loss in a thermally adapted insular lizard. Oikos 126, 447-457.
6. Jenkinson, T.S., Betancourt-Román, C., Lambertini, C., Valencia‐Aguilar, A., Rodriguez, D., Nunes‐de‐Almeida, C.H.L., Ruggeri, J., Belasen, A.M., da Silva Leite, D., Zamudio, K.R. and Longcore, J.E., 2016. Amphibian‐killing chytrid in Brazil comprises both locally endemic and globally expanding populations. Molecular Ecology 25, 2978-2996.
5. James, T. Y. Toledo, L. F, Rödder, D., da Silva Leite, D., Belasen, A. M., Betancourt-Román, C. M., Jenkinson, T. S., Lambertini, C., Longo, A. V., Ruggeri, J., Collins, J. P., Burrowes, P. A., Lips, K. R., Zamudio, K. R., & Longcore, J. E. 2015. Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis research. Ecology and Evolution 5, 4079-4097.
4. Li, B., Belasen, A., Pafilis, P., Bednekoff, P., and Foufopoulos, J. 2014. Effects of feral cats on the evolution of antipredator behaviors in island reptiles: insights from an ancient introduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 2014281 20140339.
3. Brock, K., Belasen, A., and Foufopoulos, J. 2014. Voluntary autotomy in Podarcis erhardii. Herpetological Review 45, 2, 332.
2. Belasen, A., Burkett, E., Injaian, A., Li, K., Allen, D., and Perfecto, I. 2013. Habitat selection in Blue-spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma laterale-jeffersonianum complex). Copeia 2013, 2, 254-261.
1. Belasen, A., Li, B., and Foufopoulos, J. 2012. Geographic distribution: Chalcides ocellatus. Herpetological Review 43, 102.
Edited Collections
1. Liboiron, M., and Belasen, A. M. 2020. "Exchanging." In Transmissions, edited by Kat Jungnickel, 102. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Policy Statements
1. SCB Opposes Construction of Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea (Mauna a Wākea), Hawai'i. Subnmitted by David H. Smith Fellows: Dr. Stephanie B. Borrelle - Aotearoa New Zealand, Dr. Jonathan B. Koch - Mākaha and Hilo, Hawai‘i, Dr. Bonnie M. McGill - Iowa City, Iowa, Dr. Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie - Orono, Maine, Dr. Grace C. Wu - Santa Barbara, California, Dr. Max R. Lambert - Berkeley, California, Dr. Joan Dudney - Davis, California, Dr. Anat M. Belasen - Ithaca, New York, Dr. Kurt Ingeman - Corvallis, Oregon, Dr. Michael Bogan - Tucson, Arizona, Dr. Amy Teffer - Easthampton, Massachusetts, Dr. Molly Bletz, Dr. Charlotte Chang, Dr. Talia Young. link