*indicates Allegheny student co-author
[In Review]
Sauer, E.L., M.D. Venesky, T.A. McMahon, J.M. Cohen, S. Bessler, L.A. Brannelly, F. Brem, A.Q. Byrne, N. Halstead, O. Hyman, P.T. J. Johnson, C.L. Richards-Zawacki, S.L. Rumschlag, B. Sears, and J.R. Rohr (in revisions) Are novel or locally adapted pathogens more devastating and why?: Resolving opposing hypotheses. Ecology Letters
L.A. Brannelly, M.E.B. Ohmer, L. Zimmerman, T.M. Wantman, P.L. Reuben, J. Zegar, S.S. Fontaine, M.C. Bletz, B.C. LaBumbard, M.D. Venesky, R. Cramp, D.C. Woodhams, C.L. Richards-Zawacki (in review) Post metamorphic growth partially compensates for the effects of climate-driven stressors on amphibian physiology. Ecosphere
[Manuscripts Accepted, In Press, or In Print]
43) Venesky, M.D., J. DeMarchi, C. Hickerson, and C.D. Anthony (2022) Does the thermal mismatch hypothesis predict disease outcomes in different morphs of a terrestrial salamander? Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2581
42) Venesky, M.D. and C.A. Laskey* (2021) Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis reduces salamander capacity to mount a cell-mediated immune response. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A. http://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2497
41) Venesky, M.D., J. DeMarchi, R. Marbach*, K. Pariyar*, C.A.M. Hickerson, and C.D. Anthony. (2020) Female salamanders experience higher parasitism compared to males: a cost of female reproduction? Journal of Herpetology 54:293-298. https://doi.org/10.1670/19-072
40) Sauer, E.L., J.M. Cohen, M.J. Lajeunesse, T.A. McMahon, D.J. Civitello, S.A. Knutie, K. Nguyen, E.A. Roznik, B.F. Sears, S. Bessler, B.K. Delius, N. Halstead, N. Ortega, M.D. Venesky, S. Young, and J.R. Rohr (2020) A meta-analysis reveals temperature, dose, life stage, and taxonomy influence host susceptibility to a fungal parasite. Ecology 101(4):e02979 [Cover Image] https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2979
39) Annibale. F.S., V.T.T. de Sousa, C.E. de Sousa, M.D. Venesky, D. de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres, R.J. Wassersug, and F. Nomura (2019) Smooth, striated, or rough: how substrate textures affect the feeding performance of tadpoles with different oral morphologies. Zoomorphology 139:97-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-019-00469-x
38) Cohen, J., T. McMahon, C. Ramsay, E. Roznik, E. Sauer, S. Bessler, D. Civitello, B. Delius, N. Halstead, S. Knutie, K. Nguyen, N. Ortega, B. Sears, M.D. Venesky, S. Young, and J.R. Rohr (2019) Impacts of thermal mismatches on disease prevalence are moderated by life stage, body size, elevation and latitude. Ecology Letters 22:817-825. [Cover Image] https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13239
37) Annibale, F.S., V.T.T. de Sousa, C.E. de Sousa, M.D. Venesky, D. de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres, F. Nomura, and R.J. Wassersug (2019) Influence of substrate orientation on tadpoles feeding efficiency and growth. Biology Open 8:bio037598. http://doi.org/10.1242/bio.037598
36) Cohen, J.D., D.J. Civitello, M.D. Venesky, T. McMahon, and J.R. Rohr. (2019) An interaction between climate change and infectious disease drove widespread amphibian declines. Global Change Biology 25:927-937. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14489
35) 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 and Wildlife Monographs 82:217-225. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21349
34) Fonner, C.W., S.A. Patel, S.M. Boord, M.D. Venesky, and S.K. Woodley (2017) Effects of the stress hormone, corticosterone, on infection and disease in salamanders exposed to the amphibian fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 123:159-171. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03089
33) Cohen, J.M., M.D. Venesky, E.L. Saur, D.J. Civitello, T.A. McMahon, E.A. Roznik, and J.R. Rohr. (2017) The thermal mismatch hypothesis explains host susceptibility to an emerging infectious disease. Ecology Letters 20:184-193. [Cover Image] https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12720
32) Murone*, J., J.A. DeMarchi*, and M.D. Venesky (2016) Exposure to corticosterone affects toad resistance, but not tolerance, to an emerging fungal pathogen. PLoS One 11(9): e0163736. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163736
31) Venesky, M.D. (2016) Reviewed work: Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada by Ronald Altig and Roy W. McDiarmid. The Quarterly Review of Biology [invited review]
30) Karavlan*, S.C. and M.D. Venesky (2016) Thermoregulatory behavior of Bufo americanus in response to infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Copeia 104:746-751. https://doi.org/10.1643/CH-15-299
29) Rossa-Feres, D.C. M.D. Venesky, F. Nomura, P.C. Eterovick, M.F. Vera Candioti, M. Menin, F.A. Juncá, L.C. Schiesari, C.F.B. Haddad, M.V. Garey, L.A. dos Anjos, and R.J. Wassersug (2015) Taking tadpole biology into the 21st century: a consensus paper from the first tadpoles international workshop. [Invited submission] Herpetologia Brasileira 4:48-59.
28) Hess*, A., C. McAllister*, J. DeMarchi*, M. Zidek*, J. Murone*, and M.D. Venesky (2015) Salamanders increase their feeding activity when infected with the pathogenic chytrid fungus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms: 116: 205-212. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02915
27) de Sousa, V.T.T., F. Nomura, D.C. Rossa-Feres, T.L. Pezzuti, G.V. Andrade, R.J. Wassersug, and M.D. Venesky (2015) Differential effects of temperature on the feeding kinematics of the tadpoles for two sympatric anuran species. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 323: 456-465. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1941
26) Venesky, M.D., A. Hess*, J.A. DeMarchi*, A. Weil*, J. Murone*, C.A.M. Hickerson, and C.D. Anthony (2015) Morph specific differences in disease prevalence and pathogen-induced mortality in a terrestrial polymorphic salamander. Journal of Zoology 295: 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12208
25) DeMarchi*, J.A., J.R. Gaston*, A.N. Spadaro*, C.A. Porterfield*, and M.D. Venesky (2015) Tadpole food consumption decreases with increasing Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection intensity. Journal of Herpetology 49(3):395-398. https://doi.org/10.1670/14-095
24) McMahon, T.A., B.F. Sears, M.D. Venesky, S.M. Bessler, J.M. Brown, K. Deutsch, N.T. Halstead., G. Lentz, N. Tenouir, S. Young, D. Civitello, N. Ortega, J.S. Fites, L.K. Reinert, L.A. Rollins-Smith, T.R. Raffel, and J.R. Rohr (2014) Amphibians acquire resistance to live and dead fungus overcoming fungal immunosupression. Nature 511: 224-227. [Cover Image; Selected Press Coverage: The New York Times, The Guardian, NBC News, Smithsonian, and Science Daily] https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13491
23) de Sousa, V.T.T., F. Nomura, M.D. Venesky, D.C. Rossa-Feres, T.L. Pezzuit, G.V. Andrade, and R.J. Wassersug (2014) Plasticity in feeding behavior of a tropical carnivorous tadpole (Leptodactylus labyrinthicus). Journal of Zoology 293: 204-210. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12135
22) Venesky, M.D., L. Xuan, E.L. Sauer, and J.R. Rohr (2014) Linking manipulative experiments to field data to test the dilution effect. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 557-565. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12159
21) Venesky, M.D., T.R. Raffel, T.A. McMahon, and J.R. Rohr (2013) Confronting inconsistencies in the amphibian-chytridiomycosis system: implications for disease management. Biological Reviews https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12064
20) Venesky, M.D., S. Hanlon, K. Lynch, M.J. Parris, and J.R. Rohr (2013) Optimal digestion theory does not predict the effects of pathogens on intestinal plasticity. Biology Letters 9: 20130038. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0038
19) Venesky, M.D., D. Rossa-Feres, F. Nomura, T. Pezzuti, G. Vasconcellos de Andradae, V.T. Tsutae de Sousa, C.V. Anderson, and R.J. Wassersug (2013) Comparative feeding kinematics of tropical hylid tadpoles. Journal of Experimental Biology 216:1928-1937. Press Coverage: Diario Da Regiao. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.082040
18) McMahon, T.A., L.A. Brannelly, M.W.H. Chatfield, P.T.J. Johnson, M.B. Joseph, V.J. McKenzie, C.L. Richards-Zawacki, M.D. Venesky, and J.R. Rohr (2013) The chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, has nonamphibian hosts and releases chemicals that cause pathology in the absence of infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110:210-215. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1200592110
17) Raffel, T.R., J.M. Romansic, N.T. Halstead, T.A. McMahon, M.D. Venesky, and J.R. Rohr (2013) Disease and thermal acclimation in a more variable and unpredictable climate. Nature Climate Change 3:146-151. Press Coverage: BBC News, Fox News. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1659
16) Venesky, M.D., J.R. Mendelson III, B.F. Sears, P. Stiling, and J.R. Rohr (2012) Selecting for tolerance against pathogens and herbivores to enhance the success of reintroduction and translocation programs. Conservation Biology 26:586-592. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01854.x
15) Venesky, M.D., T.E. Wilcoxen, M.A. Rensel, L. Rollins-Smith, J.L. Kerby, and M.J. Parris (2012) Dietary protein restriction impairs growth, immunity, and disease resistance in Southern leopard frog tadpoles. Oecologia 169:23–31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-2171-1
14) Venesky, M.D., J. Kerby, A. Storfer, and M.J Parris (2011) Can differences in host behavior drive patterns of disease prevalence in amphibian communities? PLoS One 6(9):e24991. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024991. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024991
13) Venesky, M.D., R.J. Wassersug, M.J. Jorgensen, M. Riddle, and M.J. Parris (2011) Comparative feeding kinematics of temperate pond-dwelling tadpoles (Anura, Amphibia). Zoomorphology 130:31–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-011-0119-y
12) Venesky, M.D., R.J. Wassersug, and M.J. Parris (2010) How does a change in labial tooth row number affect feeding kinematics and foraging performance of a ranid tadpole (Lithobates sphenocephala)? Biological Bulletin 218:160–168.
11) Venesky, M.D., R.J. Wassersug, and M.J. Parris (2010) Fungal pathogen alters the feeding kinematics of larval anurans. Journal of Parasitology 96:552–557.
10) Venesky, M.D., R.J. Wassersug, and M.J. Parris (2010) The impact of variation in labial teeth on the feeding kinematics of Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephala) tadpoles. Copeia 2010:481–486.
9) Venesky, M.D., M.J. Parris, and R. Altig (2010) Pathogenicity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in larval ambystomatid salamanders. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5:174-182.
8) Venesky, M.D., M.J. Parris, and A. Storfer (2009) Impacts of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections on tadpole foraging performance. EcoHealth 6:565-575.
7) Venesky, M.D. and M.J. Parris (2009) Intraspecific variation in life history traits among two forms of Ambystoma barbouri larvae. American Midland Naturalist 162:202-206.
6) Venesky, M.D. and F.M. Brem (2008) Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Southwestern Tennessee, USA. Herpetological Review 39:319–320.
5) Anthony, C.D., M.D. Venesky, and C.M. Hickerson (2008) Ecological separation in a polymorphic terrestrial salamander. Journal of Animal Ecology 77:646-653.
4) Venesky, M.D. and C.D. Anthony (2007) Antipredator adaptations and predator avoidance for two color morphs of the Eastern Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus. Herpetologica 63:450-459.
3) Anthony, C.D., M.D. Venesky, and J.C. Spetz (2007) Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander) Predation. Herpetological Review 38(2): 175-176.
2) Anthony, C.D., C.M. Hickerson, and M.D. Venesky (2007) Responses of juvenile terrestrial salamanders to introduced (Lithobius forficatus) and native centipedes (Scolopocryptops sexspinosus). Journal of Zoology 271:54-62.
1) Venesky, M.D., G.M. Andraso, and S.J. Ropski (2005) Behavior of the male Kenyi Cichlid, Pseudotropheus lombardoi, in response to visual and olfactory stimulation by females. BIOS 76(2): 77-83.
