Christina Romagosa

Christina Romagosa | Post-Docs | Graduate Students | Other Lab Members | Undergrads

Christina Romagosa Associate Professor

Education

PhD Auburn University

MS University of Florida

BS University of Florida

Publications (+ FIEL postdoc author * FIEL graduate student co-author, ** undergraduate student co-author)

Claunch, N. M.*, C. Goodman*, R. N. Reed, R. Guralnick, C. M. Romagosa, and E. N. Taylor. 2021. Invaders from islands: thermal matching, potential or flexibility? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 134: 587-603.

Sinclair, J.S., O. Stringham, B.J. Udell*, N. Mandrak, B. Leung, C. M. Romagosa, and J. Lockwood. 2021. The international vertebrate pet trade network and insights from US imports of exotic pets. BioScience 71: 977-990.

Claunch, N.*, Moore, I.T., Waye, H., Schoenle, L., Oakey, S., Reed, R.N., and C.M. Romagosa. 2021. Understanding metrics of stress in the context of invasion history: the case of the brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis). Conservation Physiology 9: coab008. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab008

Goodman, C. M.*, G. F.M. Jongsma, J. E. Hill, E. L. Stanley, Q.M. Tuckett, D. C. Blackburn, and C. M. Romagosa. 2021. A case of mistaken identity: genetic and anatomical evidence reveals the cryptic invasion of Xenopus tropicalis in central Florida. Journal of Herpetology 55:62-69.

Miller, M. A.*, J. M. Kinsella, R.W. Snow, B. G. Falk, R. N. Reed, S. M. Goetz*, F. J. Mazzotti, C. Guyer, and C. M. Romagosa. 2020. Highly competent native snake hosts extend the range of an introduced parasite beyond its invasive Burmese python host. Ecosphere 11 (6): 03153. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3153

Hengstebeck, K.*, and C. M. Romagosa. 2020. A trap for capturing large burrow-dwelling snakes. Herpetological Review 51:468-471.

Sandfoss, M., N. M. Claunch*, N. Stacy, C. M. Romagosa, and H. Lillywhite, 2020. A tale of two islands: evidence for impaired stress response and altered immune functions in an insular pit viper following ecological disturbance. Conservation Physiology 8: coaa031. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa031.

Lockwood, J.L., D. Welbourne+, C. M. Romagosa, P. Cassey, N. Mandrak, A. Strecker, B. Leung, O. Stringham, B. Udell*, D. Episcopio-Sturgeon, M. Tlusty, J. Sinclair, M. Springborn, E. Pienaar, A. Rhyne, and R. Keller. 2019. When pets become pests: the role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive vertebrate animals. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2059

Orzechowski, S. C. M., C. M. Romagosa and P. C. Frederick. 2019. Invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are novel nest predators in wading bird colonies of the Florida Everglades. Biological Invasions: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01979-x.

Westfall, A.K.**, M. A. Miller*, C. M. Murray, B. G. Falk, C. Guyer, and C. M. Romagosa. 2019. Host-specific phenotypic variation of a parasite co-introduced with invasive Burmese pythons. PloS One14: p.e0209252.

Bonneau, M.+, J. Martin, N. Peyrard, L. Rodgers, C. M. Romagosa, and F. A. Johnson. 2019. Optimal spatial allocation of control effort to manage invasives in the face of imperfect detection and misclassification. Ecological Modelling, 392:108-116.

Epstein, J. M., W. E. Pine III, C. M. Romagosa, M. C. Scott, C. T. Phillips, C. A. Marion, and B. Baiser. 2018. State‐and regional‐scale patterns and drivers of freshwater fish functional diversity in the southeastern USA. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 147: 1179-1198.

Smith, B. J.*, K. M. Hart, F. J. Mazzotti, M. Basille and C. M. Romagosa. 2018. Evaluating GPS biologging technology for studying spatial ecology of large constricting snakes. Animal Biotelemetry 6: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-018-0145-3.

Goetz, S.*, C. Guyer, S. M. Boback, and C. M. Romagosa. 2018. Toxic, invasive treefrog creates evolutionary trap for native gartersnakes. Biological Invasions 20:519-531.

Goetz, S.M.*, C. M. Romagosa, A. G. Appel, C. Guyer, and M. T. Mendonca. 2017. Reduced innate immunity of Cuban treefrogs at leading edge of range expansion. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 327:592-599.

Miller, M. A.*, J. M. Kinsella, R. W. Snow, M. M. Hayes, B. G. Falk, R. N. Reed, F. J. Mazzotti, C. Guyer, and C. M. Romagosa. 2018. Parasite spillover: indirect effects of invasive Burmese pythons. Ecology and Evolution 8:830-840.

Bonneau, M.+, F. A. Johnson, B. J. Smith*, C. M Romagosa, J. Martin and F. J. Mazzotti. 2017. Optimal control of an invasive species using a reaction diffusion model and linear programming. Ecosphere 8: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1979.

Johnson, F. A., B. J. Smith*, M. Bonneau+, J. Martin, C. M. Romagosa, F. J. Mazzotti, H. Waddle, R. N. Reed, J. K. Eckles, and L. J. Vitt. 2017. Expert elicitation, uncertainty, and the value of information in controlling invasive species. Ecological Economics 137: 83-90.

Bonneau, M.+, F. A. Johnson, and C. M. Romagosa. 2016. Spatially explicit control of invasive species using a reaction-diffusion model. Ecological Modelling 337:15-24.

Howeth, J. G., C.A. Gantz, P. L. Angermeier, E. A. Frimpong, M. Hoff^A, R. P. Keller, N. E. Mandrak, M. P. Marchetti, J. D. Olden, C. M. Romagosa, and D. M. Lodge. 2016. Predicting invasiveness of species in trade: climate match, trophic guild and fecundity influence establishment and impact of non‐native freshwater fishes. Diversity and Distributions 22: 148-160.

Romagosa, C. M. 2015. Live animal trade as a vector for invasions. Pages 116-134 in João Canning-Clode, editor. Biological invasions in changing ecosystems: Vectors, ecological Impacts, management and predictions. De Gruyter Press, Berlin.

Springborn, M., R. P. Keller, S. Elwood, C. M. Romagosa, C. Zambrana-Torrelio, and P. Daszak. 2015. Integrating invasion and disease in the risk assessment of live bird trade. Diversity and Distributions 21:101-110.

Romagosa, C. M. 2014. Global trade in live vertebrates and the contribution to biological invasions. Pages 115-146 in R.P. Keller, M. Cadotte and G. Sandiford, editors. Invasive species in a globalized world. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Romagosa, C. M., W. C. Morse, and B. G. Lockaby. 2013. Emerging issues along urban-rural interfaces: an introduction to the special issue. Urban Ecosystems 16: 1-2.

Dorcas, M. E., J. D. Willson, R. N. Reed^A, R. W. Snow^A, M. R. Rochford, M. A. Miller^G, W. E. Meshaka, Jr., P. T. Andreadis, F. J. Mazzotti, C. M. Romagosa, K. M. Hart. 2012. Severe mammal declines coincide with proliferation of invasive Burmese pythons in everglades national park. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109: 2418-2422.

Springborn, M., C. M. Romagosa, and R. P. Keller. 2011. The value of non-indigenous species risk assessment in international trade. Ecological Economics 70: 2145-2153.

Powell, R., R. W. Henderson, M. C. Farmer, M. Breuil, A. C. Echternacht, G. van Buurt, C. M. Romagosa, and G. Perry. 2011. Introduced amphibians and reptiles in the Greater Caribbean: patterns and conservation implications. Pages 63-143 in A. Hailey, B. S. Wilson, and J. A. Horrocks, editors. Conservation of Caribbean island herpetofaunas. Volume 1: Conservation biology and the wider Caribbean. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands.

Tingley, R., C. M. Romagosa, F. Kraus, D. Bickford, B. L. Phillips, and R. Shine. 2010. The frog filter: amphibian introduction bias driven by taxonomy, body size, and biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19: 496-503.

Romagosa, C. M., C. Guyer, and M. C. Wooten. 2009. Contribution of the live vertebrate trade toward taxonomic homogenization. Conservation Biology 23: 1001-1007.

Barrett, K., C. M. Romagosa, and M. I. Williams. 2008. Long-term bird assemblage trends in areas of high and low human population density. Research Letters in Ecology: doi:10.1155/2008/202606.

Romagosa, C. M. 2002. Eurasian Collared-Dove, (Streptopelia decaocto). Number 630 in A. Poole, editor. Birds of North America. Birds of North America, Inc., PA.

Romagosa, C. M. and R. F. Labisky. 2000. Establishment and dispersal of the Eurasian Collared-Dove in Florida. Journal of Field Ornithology 71: 159-166.

Romagosa, C. M., and T. McEneaney. 2000. Eurasian Collared-Dove in North America and the Caribbean. North American Birds 53: 348-353.