David K. Skelly
Frank R. Oastler Professor of Ecology; Director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Publications (BETA)
This is a PARTIAL listing of recent publications, and it will continue to grow as we populate our publications database.
2019
- Journal Article
VanAcker, M. C., M. R. Lambert, O. J. Schmitz, and D. K. Skelly. “Suburbanization Increases Echinostome Infection in Green Frogs and Snails.” Ecohealth 16.2 (2019): 235-247. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-019-01427-1
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Lambert, M. R., T. Tran, A. Kilian, T. Ezaz, and D. K. Skelly. “Molecular evidence for sex reversal in wild populations of green frogs (Rana clamitans).” PeerJ 7 (2019): e6449. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6449
2018
- Book Chapter
Skelly, D. K. “From Silent Spring to The Frog of War: The forgotten role of natural history in conservation science.” Effective Conservation Science: Data Not Dogma. Ed. P. Kareiva, M. Marvier, and B. Silliman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 85-89. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198808978.003.0013
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Amburgey, S. M., D. A. W. Miller, E. H. C. Grant, T. A. G. Rittenhouse, M. F. Benard, J. L. Richardson, M. C. Urban, W. Hughson, A. B. Brand, C. J. Davis, C. R. Hardin, P. W. C. Paton, C. J. Raithel, R. A. Relyea, A. F. Scott, D. K. Skelly, D. E. Skidds, C. K. Smith, and E. E. Werner. “Range position and climate sensitivity: The structure of among-population demographic responses to climatic variation.” Global Change Biology 24.1 (2018): 439-454. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13817
- Journal Article
Lambert, M. R., M. S. Smylie, A. J. Roman, L. K. Freidenburg, and D. K. Skelly. “Sexual and somatic development of wood frog tadpoles along a thermal gradient.” Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 329.2 (2018): 72-79. DOI: 10.1002/jez.2172
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Holgerson, M. A., M. R. Lambert, L. K. Freidenburg, and D. K. Skelly. “Suburbinization alters small pond ecosystems: shifts in nitrogen and food web dynamics.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75.4 (2018): 641-652. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0526
2017
- Journal Article
Shepack, A., L. K. Freidenburg, and D. K. Skelly. “Species absence in developed landscapes: an experimental evaluation.” Landscape Ecology 32.3 (2017): 609-615. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-016-0464-9
- Journal Article
Rogalski, M. A., P. R. Leavitt, and D. K. Skelly. “Daphniid zooplankton assemblage shifts in response to eutrophication and metal contamination during the Anthropocene.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 284.1859 (2017): 20170865. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0865
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Urban, M. C., P. L. Zarnetske, and D. K. Skelly. “Searching for Biotic Multipliers of Climate Change.” Integrative and Comparative Biology 57.1 (2017): 134-147. DOI: 10.1093/icb/icx045
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Lambert, M. R., A. B. Stoler, M. S. Smylie, R. A. Relyea, and D. K. Skelly. “Interactive effects of road salt and leaf litter on wood frog sex ratios ad sexual size dimorphism.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74.2 (2017): 141-146. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0324
- Journal Article
Crump, P., K. Berven, T. E. Youker-Smith, D. Skelly, S. Thomas, and J. Houlahan. “Predicting Anuran Abundance Using an Automated Acoustics Approach.” Journal of Herpetology 51.4 (2017): 582-589. DOI: 10.1670/16-174
2016
- Journal Article
Lambert, M. R., D. K. Skelly, and T. Ezaz. “Sex-linked markers in the North American green frog (Rana clamitans) developed using DArTseq provide early insight into sex chromosome evolution.” BMC Genomics 17 (2016): 844. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3209-x
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Lambert, M. R., G. S. J. Giller, D. K. Skelly, and R. G. Bribiescas. “Septic systems, but not sanitary sewer lines, are associated with elevated estradiol in male frog metamorphs from suburban ponds.” General and Comparative Endocrinology 232 (2016): 109-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.01.009
- Journal Article
Holgerson, M. A., D. M. Post, and D. K. Skelly. “Reconciling the role of terrestrial leaves in pond food webs: A whole-ecosystem experiment.” Ecology 97.7 (2016): 1771-1782. DOI: 10.1890/15-1848.1
- Journal Article
Lambert, M. R. and D. K. Skelly. “Diverse sources for endocrine disruption in the wild.” Endocrine Distruptors 4.1 (2016): e1148803. DOI: 10.1080/23273747.2016.1148803
2015
- Journal Article
Lambert, M. R., G. S. J. Giller, L. B. Barber, K. C. Fitzgerald, and D. K. Skelly. “Suburbanization, estrogen contamination, and sex ratio in wild amphibian populations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112.38 (2015): 11881-11886. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1501065112
2014
- Journal Article
Werner, E. E., C. J. Davis, D. K. Skelly, R. A. Relyea, M. F. Bernard, and S. J. McCauley. “Cross-Scale Interactions and the Distribution-Abundance Relationship.” PLoS ONE 9.5 (2014): e97387. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097387
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Skelly, D. K., S. R. Bolden, and L. K. Freidenburg. “Experimental canopy removal enhances diversity of vernal pond amphibians.” Ecological Applications 24.2 (2014): 340-345. DOI: 10.1890/13-1042.1
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Richardson, J. L., M. C. Urban, D. I. Bolnick, and D. K. Skelly. “Microgeographic adaptation and the spatial scale of evolution.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29.3 (2014): 165-176. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.01.002
- Journal Article
Smits, A. P., D. K. Skelly, and S. R. Bolden. “Amphibian intersex in suburban landscapes.” Ecosphere 5.1 (2014): 1-9. DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00353.1
2013
- Journal Article
Urban, M. C., P. L. Zarnetske, and D. K. Skelly. “Moving forward: Dispersal and species interactions determine biotic responses to climate change.” Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences 1297 (2013): 44-60. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12184
2012
- Journal Article
Zarnetske, P. L., D. K. Skelly, and M. C. Urban. “Biotic Multipliers of Climate Change.” Science 336.6088 (2012): 1516-1518. DOI: 10.1126/science.1222732
- Journal Article
Balmori, D. and D. K. Skelly. “Crossing to sustainability: a role for design (Images 350-352).” Ecological Restoration 30.4 (2012): 363-367. Link
- Journal Article
Rogalski, M. A., and D. K. Skelly. “Positive effects of nonnative invasive hragmites australis on Larval Bullfrogs.” PLoS ONE 7.8 (2012): e44420. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044420
2011
- Journal Article
Warren, R. J., D. K. Skelly, O. J. Schmitz, and M. A. Bradford. “Universal ecological patterns in college basketball communities.” PLoS ONE 6.3 (2011): e17342. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017342
- Edited Book
Skelly, D. K., D. M. Post, and M. D. Smith. The art of ecology: writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson. Ed. D. K. Skelly, D. M. Post, and M. D. Smith. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011. Link
- Journal Article
Hoverman, J. T., C. J. Davis, E. E. Werner, D. K. Skelly, R. A. Relyea, and K. L. Yurewicz. “Environmental gradients and the structure of freshwater snail communities.” Ecography 34.6 (2011): 1049-1056. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06856.x
2010
- Book Section
Skelly, D. K. and L. K. Freidenburg. “Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change.” Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2010. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0022545
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Skelly, D. K., S. R. Bolden, and K. B. Dion. “Intersex amphibians concentrated in suburban and urban landscapes.” EcoHealth 7.3 (2010): 374-379. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0348-4
- Journal Article
Skelly, D. “A climate for contemporary evolution.” BMC Biology. 8.136 (2010): 136-138. DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-136
- Journal Article
Skelly, D. K. and M. F. Benard. “Mystery unsolved: missing limbs in deformed amphibians.” Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 314B.3 (2010): 179-181. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21330
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Kerby, J. L., K. L. Richards-Hrdlicka, A. Storfer, and D. K. Skelly. “An examination of amphibian sensitivity to environmental contaminants: Are amphibians poor canaries?.” Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010): 60-67. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01399.x
2009
- Book Chapter
Skelly, D. K. and J. L. Richardson. “Larval Sampling.” Amphibian Ecology and Conservation. Ed. C. K. Dodd, Jr. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 55-68. Link
- Journal Article
Werner, E. E., R. A. Relyea, K. L. Yurewicz, D. K. Skelly, and C. J. Davis. “Comparative landscape dynamics of two anuran species: climate driven interaction of local and regional processes.” Ecological Monographs 73.3 (2009): 509-521. DOI: 10.1890/08-1047.1
- Journal Article
Ligon, N. F., and D. K. Skelly. “Cryptic divergence: countergradient variation in the wood frog.” Evolutionary Ecology Research 11 (2009): 1099-1109. Link
2008
- Journal Article
McCauley, S. J., C. J. Davis, R. A. Relyea, K. L. Yurewicz, D. K. Skelly, and E. E. Werner. “Metacommunity patterns in larval odonates.” Oecologia 158.2 (2008): 329-342. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1141-8
- Journal Article
Urban, M. C., B. L. Phillips, D. K. Skelly and R. Shine. “A toad more traveled: the heterogeneous invasion dynamics of cane toads in Australia.” American Naturalist 171.3 (2008): E134-E138. DOI: 10.1086/527494
2007
- Journal Article
Werner, E. E., D. K. Skelly, R. A. Relyea and K. L.Yurewicz. “Amphibian species richness across environmental gradients.” Oikos 116.10 (2007): 1697-1712. DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15935.x
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Skelly, D. K., L. N. Joseph, H. P. Possingham, L. K. Freidenburg, T. J. Farrugia, M. T. Kinnison, and A. P. Hendry. “Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change.” Conservation Biology 21.5 (2007): 1353 - 1355. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00764.x
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Werner, E. E., K. L. Yurewicz, D. K. Skelly, and R. A. Relyea. “Turnover in an amphibian metacommunity: the role of local and regional factors.” Oikos 116.10 (2007): 1713-1725. DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.16039.x
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Skelly, D. K. “The Ailing Invader.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104.45 (2007): 17561-17562. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708869104
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Skelly, D. K., S. R. Bolden, L. K. Freidenburg, N. A. Freidenfelds, and R. Levey. “Ribeiroia Infection Is Not Responsible for Vermont Amphibian Deformities.” EcoHealth 4.2 (2007): 156-163. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0103-7
- Journal Article
Urban, M. C., B. L. Philips, D. K. Skelly, and R. Shine. “The cane toad’s (Chaunus [Bufo] marinus) increasing ability to invade Australia is revealed by a dynamically updated range model.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 274.1616 (2007): 1413-1419. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0114
- Book Chapter
Semlitsch, D. R. and D. K. Skelly. “Ecology and Conservation of Pool-Breeding Amphibians.” Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern North America: Ecology and Conservation of Seasonal Wetlands in Northeastern North America. Ed. A. J. K. Calhoun and P. G. DeMaynadier Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2007. 127-148. Link
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Holland, M. P., D. K. Skelly, M. Kashgarian, S. R. Bolden, L. M. Harrison, and M. Cappello. “Echinostome infection in green frogs (Rana clamitans) is stage and age dependent.” Journal of Zoology 271.4 (2007): 455-462. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00229.x
2006
- Book Chapter
Skelly, D. K., S. R. Bolden, M. P. Holland, L. K. Freidenburg, N. A. Freidenfelds, and T. R. Malcolm. “Urbanization and disease in amphibians.” Disease Ecology: community structure and pathogen dynamics. Ed. S. K. Collinge and C. Ray. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 153-167. Link