Publications

Peer-reviewed Articles

Lab members underlined, *Undergraduate coauthors, **Graduate coauthors

28. Takagi, K, T Sakono and MK Takahashi. In press. Gastroesophageal intussusception and sectioned stomach in the Japanese Giant Salamander, Andrias japonicus. Herpetological Review. 

27. Waters, J*, J. Rounsabill*, A Winter*, L Trusal* and MK Takahashi. 2024. Effects of road salt, egg predation, and alterations to the egg-mass jelly layers on the embryos of Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum). Herpetological Journal 34: 127-137. 

26. Takahashi, MK and D Ruszula*. 2023. Egg predators improve the hatching success of salamander eggs. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10427. 

25. Ocampo, M*, C Chuirazzi*, and MK Takahashi. 2022. The effects of road salt (NaCl), predation, and competition on the growth and community interactions of spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) and wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus). Environmental Pollution. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120349

24. Parelman, ZE*, MK Takahashi, EL Hundermark**, and C Parenzan. 2021. An eDNA-based Assessment of the Impact of a 207,000-liter Gasoline Spill on Local Populations of Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis), an Imperiled Giant Salamander. Northeastern Naturalist 28: 484-496

23. Chuirazzi, C*, Ocampo, M* and MK Takahashi. 2021. Influence of prey diet quality on predator-induced traits in wood frog tadpoles (Lithobates sylvaticus). Amphibia-Reptilia 1(aop): 1-11.

22. Bjordahl, B*, S Okada and MK Takahashi. 2020. Assessment of small tributaries as possible habitats for larvae and juveniles of Japanese giant salamanders, Andrias japonicus, by coupling environmental DNA with traditional field surveys. Salamandra 56: 148-158

21. Hundermark, EL** and MK Takahashi. 2020. Improving the yield of environmental DNA from filtered aquatic samples. Conservation Genetics Resources 12: 49–51 

20. Moffat, CE, MK Takahashi, SL Pease*, JM Brown, SB Heard and WG Abrahamson. 2019. Are Eurosta solidaginis on Solidago rugosa a divergent host-associated race? Evolutional Ecology  33: 369-384  

19. Terry, J*, Y Taguchi, J Dixon*, K Kuwabara, and MK Takahashi. 2019. Preoviposition paternal investment by nest cleaning in a fully aquatic giant salamander. Journal of Zoology  307: 36-42

18. Takahashi, M.K., M.J. Meyer, C. McPhee*, J.R. Gaston, M.D. Venesky, and B.F. Case*. 2018. Seasonal and diel signature of eastern hellbender environmental DNA. Journal of Wildlife Management 82: 217-225

17. Takahashi, MK, S Okada and Y Fukuda. 2017. From embryos to larvae: seven-month-long paternal care by male Japanese giant salamander. Journal of Zoology 302: 24-31

16. Takahashi, MK and C. McPhee*. 2016. Facultative oviposition of eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) in response to water reduction of aquatic habitats. American Midland Naturalist 175:73-81  

15. Okada, S, Y Fukuda, and MK Takahashi. 2015. Parental care behaviors of Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus in natural populations. Journal of Ethology 33:1-7 (Editor's Choice 2015 Article) 

14. Sullivan, BK, J Wooten, TD Schwaner, KO Sullivan and MK Takahashi. 2015. Hybridization between toads along the Agua Fria river in Arizona: I. Evidence from morphology and mtDNA over thirty years. Journal of Herpetology 49: 150-156

13. Winters, HD*., KM Albertini*, LE Neely*, and MK Takahashi. 2014. Bd prevalence among zoo and pet store amphibian collections in the northeastern United States. Herpetological Review45: 242-244

12. Takahashi, MK, J Eastman, DA. Griffin, MJ Parris, J Baumsteiger, and A Storfer. 2014. A stable niche assumption-free test of ecological divergence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 76: 211-226

11. Wunder, JL*, NM Lampazzi*, KD Acre*, NJ Bent*, SA Canter*, AM Chapman*, MA Davies*, D Kashan*, JW Keiley*, RI MacIntyre*, TF Milton*, KL Weichler*, MJ Wilson**, and MK Takahashi. 2012. Promoting amphibian conservation through the college classroom: detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis among local amphibians. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 7: 462-469

10. Takahashi, MK, T Kubota, LK Horner*, NA Keller*, and WG Abrahamson. 2012. Intra- and inter-specific spatial interactions of a clonal and a non-clonal palmetto in a subtropical plant community. Ecosphere 3:68

9. Rhodes, BC**, CP Blair, MK Takahashi and WG Abrahamson. 2012. The role of olfactory cues in the sequential radiation of a gall-boring beetle. Ecological Entomology 37: 500-507

8. Takahashi, MK, LM Horner*, NA Keller*, and WG Abrahamson. 2011. Extensive clonal spread and extreme longevity of saw palmetto, a foundation clonal plant. Molecular Ecology 20: 3730-3742

7. Takahashi, MK, YY Takahashi, and MJ Parris. 2011. Rapid change in life-cycle polyphenism across a subspecies boundary of Eastern Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens. Journal of Herpetology 45: 379-384

6. Takahashi, MK, YY Takahashi, and MJ Parris. 2010. On the role of sexual selection in ecological divergence: a test of assortative mating in the eastern newt Notophthalmus viridescens. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101:884-897

5. Takahashi, MK, and TK Pauley. 2010. Resource allocation and life history traits of Plethodon cinereus at different elevations. American Midland Naturalist 163: 87-94

4. Takahashi, MK, and MJ Parris. 2009. When do the costs of spermatogenesis constrain sperm expenditure? Remarks on the pattern of spermatogenesis cycle. Ethology 115: 96-104

3. Takahashi, MK, and MJ Parris. 2008. Life cycle polyphenisms as a factor affecting ecological divergence of Notophthalmus viridescens. Oecologia 158:23-34

2. Takahashi, M. 2007. Oviposition site selection: pesticide avoidance by gray treefrogs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26:1476-1480

1. Tomaru, N, M Takahashi, Y Tsumura, M Takahashi and K Ohba. 1998. Intraspecific variation and phylogeographic patterns of Fagus crenata (Fagaceae) mitochondrial DNA. American Journal of Botany 85:629-636

Other Publications

Takahashi, M. March 2017. Do you know the hellbender? Save the remaining giant salamander populations. Linn Log (newsletter of the Merrill W. Linn Land & Waterways Conservancy), spring edition

Takahashi, M. March 2016. Japanese Perception of Nature and Conservation of Japanese Giant Salamanders. Bulletin of Hanzaki Research Institute of Japan, number 16: 6-10 (In Japanese)

Takahashi, M. 2016. Life history and conservation of declining giant salamander populations in the Susquehanna and in Japanese rivers. Bucknell River Reporter 3(3): 1-4

Takahashi, M. March 2014. Conservation Issues Surrounding Japanese Giant Salamanders. PARC (Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation) Newsletter,number 3: 14

Takahashi, M. April 2013. Promoting Amphibian Conservation through the College Classroom. FrogLog 21 (2), number 106: 31-33

Pauley, TK, M Takahashi, and MB Watson. 2003. Various Techniques for Mudpuppies and Waterdogs. Managers' Monitoring Manual. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Kisanuki, H, M Takahashi, and U Ide. 1999. Genetic structures of a selection-cut forest and a natural forest of Todo fir, Abies sachalinensis. Forest Breeding in Hokkaido 42(2):11-14. (in Japanese)