Benard, M.F., Burke, D.J., Carrino-Kyker, S.R., K. Krynak, and R.A. Relyea. 2024. Effects of amphibian genetic diversity on ecological communities. Oecologia 205, 655–667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-024-05599-8
Neptune, T.C. and M.F. Benard. 2024. Longer days, larger grays: carryover effects of photoperiod and temperature in gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor Proc. R. Soc. B.29120241336. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1336
Benard, M.F. and K.R. Greenwald. 2023. Environmental Drivers of Amphibian Breeding Phenology across Multiple Sites. Diversity (15) 253. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020253
Dimitrie, D.A. and M.F. Benard. 2023. Female treefrog preference for breeding sites matches offspring performance in the presence of two anuran competitors. Ecology. e4164. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4164
Neptune, T.C. and M.F. Benard. 2023. Photoperiod effects in a freshwater community: Amphibian larvae develop faster and zooplankton abundance increases under an early‐season photoperiod. Ecology and Evolution. 13(8)e10400.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10400
Dimitrie, D.A, D.J. Burke and M.F. Benard. 2023. Response of American toads and forest floor invertebrates to experimentally elevated soil pH. Ichthyology and Herpetology. 111(1): 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1643/h2020057
McKnight, D.T, K. Ard, R.J. Auguste, G. Barhadiya, M.F. Benard, P. Boban, M. Dillon, C.T. Downs, B.A. DeGregorio, B.M. Glorioso, R.M. Goodman, C. Hird, E. Hollender, M. Kennedy, R. Kidman, A. Massey, P. McGovern, M. Mühlenhauptj, K. Ostovar, D. Podgorski, C. Price, B.A. Reinke, L. Streeting. J.C. Venezia*, J. Young, and E.J. Nordberg. 2023. Nocturnal basking in freshwater turtles: a global assessment. Global Ecology and Conservation. 43: e02444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02444
Rowland, F., Schyling, E., Freidenburg, L., Urban, M., Richardson, J. Arietta, A. Z. A. Rodrigues, S; Rubinstein, A. Benard, M.F. Skelly, D.K. 2022. Asynchrony, density dependence, and persistence in an amphibian. Ecology. 103(7): e3696. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3696
Rollins, H.B. ‡ and M.F. Benard. 2020. Challenges in predicting the outcome of competition based on climate change-induced phenological and body size shifts. Oecologia. 193: 749-759. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04705-w
Cope, K.L. ‡, M. Shook, and M.F. Benard. 2020. Exposure to artificial light at night during the larval stage has delayed effects on juvenile corticosterone concentration in American toads, Anaxyrus americanus. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 295: 113508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113508
Dananay, K.L‡ and M. F. Benard. 2018. Artificial light at night decreases metamorphic duration and juvenile growth in a widespread amphibian. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285: 20180367. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0367
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. 2018. Range position and climate sensitivity: The structure of among-population demographic responses to climatic variation Global Change Biology. 24:439-454. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13817
Krynak‡, K.L., D.J. Burke, and M.F. Benard. 2017. RodeoTM Herbicide Negatively Affects Blanchard's Cricket Frogs (Acris blanchardi) Survival and Alters the Skin-Associated Bacterial Community. Journal of Herpetology. 51(3):402-410. https://doi.org/10.1670/16-092
Krynak, K.L.‡, D.J. Burke, and M. F. Benard. 2016. Landscape and water characteristics correlate with immune defense traits across Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris blanchardi) populations. Biological Conservation. 193:153–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.11.019
Dananay‡, K.L., K.L. Krynak‡, T.J. Krynak, and M.F. Benard. 2015. Legacy of road salt: apparent positive larval effects counteracted by negative post-metamorphic effects in wood frogs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 34: 2417–2424. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3082
Krynak‡, K.L., D.J. Burke, and M.F. Benard. 2015. Larval environment alters amphibian immune defenses differentially across life stages and populations. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130383. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130383
Benard, M.F. 2015. Warmer winter temperature both reduces frog fecundity, and acts through changing phenology to alter development and timing of metamorphosis. Global Change Biology. 21:1058-1065. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12720
Werner, E.E., C.J. Davis, D.K. Skelly, R.A. Relyea, M.F. Benard, S.J. McCauley. 2014. Cross-scale interactions and the distribution-abundance relationship. PLOS ONE. 9(5): e97387. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097387
Wright, M., D. Haft, D. Harkins, F. Perez, K. Hujer, S. Bajaksouzian, M.F. Benard, M. Jacobs, R. Bonomo, and M. Adams. 2014. New insights into dissemination and variation of the health care-associated pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii from genomic analysis. mBio. 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00963-13
Boes*, M.W. and M.F. Benard. 2013. Carry-Over Effects in Nature: Effects of Canopy Cover and Individual Pond on Size, Shape and Locomotor Performance of metamorphosing Wood Frogs. Copeia 2013(4): 717-722. https://doi.org/10.1643/CE-12-091
Kluber, M. R., and M.F. Benard., 2012. Ambystoma texanum (Small-mouthed Salamander): Movement. Herpetological Review. 43(4): 628.
Benard, M.F. and J. Middlemis Maher‡. 2011. Consequences of intraspecific niche variation: phenotypic similarity increases competition among recently metamorphosed frogs. Oecologia. 166:585-592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1896-6
Barbasch*, T. and M.F. Benard. 2011. Past and present risk: Exposure to predator chemical cues before and after metamorphosis influences juvenile wood frog behavior. Ethology. 117:367-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01885.x
Skelly, D. K. and M. F. Benard. 2010. Mystery unsolved: missing limbs in deformed amphibians. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 314B:179-181. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21330
Benard, M.F. and McCauley, S.J. 2008. Integrating across life-history stages: consequences of natal habitat effects on dispersal. The American Naturalist. 171:553-567. DOI: 10.1086/587072
Walther*, A.C., M.F.Benard, L.P. Boris*, N. Enstice*, A. Lindauer-Thompson*, and J. Wan*. 2008. Attachment of the freshwater limpet Laevapex fuscus to the hemelytra of the water bug Belostoma flumineum. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 23:337-339. DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2008.9664207
Benard, M.F. 2007. Predators and mates: conflicting selection on the size of male Pacific Tree Frogs (Pseudacris regilla). Journal of Herpetology. 41:317-320. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[317:PAMCSO]2.0.CO;2
Davidson, C., M.F. Benard, H.B.Shaffer, J. Parker, C. O’Leary, J.M. Conlon, and L. A. Rollins-Smith. 2007. Effects of chytrid and carbaryl exposure on survival, growth and skin peptide defenses in foothill yellow-legged frogs. Environmental Science and Technology. 41:1771-1776. DOI: 10.1021/es0611947
Benard, M. F. 2006. Survival trade-offs between two predator-induced phenotypes in pacific treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla). Ecology 87: 340-346. DOI: 10.1890/05-0381
Preisser, E. L., D. I. Bolnick, and M. F. Benard. 2005. Scared to death? The effects of intimidation and consumption in predator-prey interactions. Ecology. 86:501–509. DOI: 10.1890/04-0719
Near, T. J. and M. F. Benard. 2004. Rapid allopatric speciation in logperch darters (Percidae: Percina). Evolution. 58 (12):2798–2808.
Benard, M. F. 2004. Predator-induced phenotypic plasticity in organisms with complex life histories. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 35:651-73. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.35.021004.112426
Benard, M. F. and Fordyce, J. A. 2003. Are induced defenses costly? Consequences of predator-induced defenses in western toads (Bufo boreas). Ecology. 84(1): 68-78. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0068:AIDCCO]2.0.CO;2
Fitzpatrick, B., M. F. Benard, and J. A. Fordyce. 2003. Morphology and escape performance of tiger salamander larvae(Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium). Journal of Experimental Zoology. 197A:147-159. DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10254
Pauly, G. B. and M. F. Benard 2002 Crotalus viridis oreganus (Northern Pacific Rattlesnake). Costs of feeding. Herpetological Review. 33 (1): 56-57
Hews, D. K. and M. F. Benard. 2001. Negative association between visual display and chemosensory behaviors in two phrynosomatid lizards. Ethology. 107(9): 839-850. DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2001.00712.x
Glor, R.E., A.S. Flecker, M.F. Benard, and A.G. Power. 2001. Lizard diversity and Agricultural disturbance in a Caribbean forest landscape. Biodiversity and Conservation. 10 (5): 711-723. DOI: 10.1023/A:1016665011087
Glor, R. E.; T. M. Townsend; M. F. Benard; A. S. Flecker 2000. Sampling reptile diversity in the West Indies with mouse glue-traps. Herpetological Review 31 (2): 88-90.