Representative Publications


BEHAVIOR & CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

 


Belden, L.K., E.L. Wildy, A.C. Hatch and A.R. Blaustein. 2000. Juvenile western toads, Bufo boreas, avoid chemical cues of snakes fed juvenile, but not larval, conspecifics. Animal Behaviour 59, 871–875. PDF

Belden, L.K., I.T. Moore, J.C. Wingfield, and A.R. Blaustein. 2005. Corticosterone and growth in Pacific Treefrog (Hyla regilla) tadpoles. Copeia 2005:424–430. PDF

Blaustein, A.R., T. Yoshikawa, K. Asoh and S.C. Walls. 1993. Ontogenetic shifts in tadpole kin recognition: loss of signal and perception. Animal Behaviour 46:525-538. PDF  

Chivers, D.P., J.M. Kiesecker, A. Marco, J. DeVito, M.T. Anderson and A.R. Blaustein. 2001. Predator-induced life history changes in amphibians: egg predation induces hatching. Oikos 92: 135–142. PDF

Han, B.A., L.B. Kats, R.C. Pommerening, R.P. Ferrer, M. Murry-Ewers, and A.R. Blaustein. 2007. Behavioral Avoidance of Ultraviolet-B Radiation by Two Species of Neotropical Poison-Dart Frogs. Biotropica 39: 433-435. PDF

Hokit, D.G., S.C. Walls and A.R. Blaustein. 1996. Context-dependent kin discrimination in larvae of the marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum. Animal Behaviour 52:17-31. PDF

Hokit, D.G. and A.R. Blaustein. 1994. The effects of kinship on growth and development in tadpoles of Rana cascadae. Evolution 48:1383-1388. PDF

Hokit, D.G. and A.R. Blaustein. 1997. The effects of kinship on interactions between tadpoles of Rana cascadae. Ecology 78:1722-1735. PDF

Kiesecker, J.M., D.P. Chivers and A.R. Blaustein. 1996. The use of chemical cues in predator recognition by western toad tadpoles. Animal Behaviour 52:1237-1245. PDF

Kiesecker, J.M., D.P. Chivers, A. Marco, C. Quilchanos, M.T. Anderson and A.R. Blaustein. 1999. Identification of a disturbance signal in larval red-legged frogs, Rana aurora. Animal Behaviour 57:1295-1300. PDF

Marco, A., J.M. Kiesecker, D.P. Chivers and A.R. Blaustein. 1998. Sex recognition and mate choice by male western toads, Bufo boreas. Animal Behaviour 55:1631-1635. PDF

Marco, A., M. Lizana, A. Alvarez and A.R. Blaustein. 2001. Egg-wrapping behaviour protects newt embryos from UV radiation. Animal Behaviour 61:1-6. PDF

Walls, S.C. and A.R. Blaustein. 1995. Larval marbled salamanders, Ambystoma opacum, eat their kin. Animal Behaviour 50:537-545. PDF

Wildy, E., D.P. Chivers, J.M. Kiesecker, and A.R. Blaustein. 2001. The effects of food level and conspecific density on biting and cannibalism in larval long-toed salamanders, Ambystoma macrodactylum. Oecologia 128:202–209. PDF

Wildy, E. L., D.P. Chivers, and A.R.Blaustein, 1999. Shifts in life-history traits as a response to cannibalism in larval long-toed salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum). Journal of Chemical Ecology 25: 2337-2346. PDF