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Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Molly Bletz studies disease ecology, microbial ecology, amphibians, wildlife disease, and decision science.
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Reframing wildlife disease management problems with decision analysis
McEachran, M. C., Harvey, J. A., Mummah, R. O., Bletz, M. C., Teitelbaum, C. S., Rosenblatt, E., Rudolph, F. J., Arce, F., Yin, S., Prosser, D. J., Mosher, B. A., Mullinax, J. M., DiRenzo, G. V., Couret, J., Runge, M. C., Grant, E. H. C. & Cook, J. D., Aug 2024, In: Conservation Biology. 38, 4, e14284.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Draft genome sequences of 21 Pedobacter strains isolated from amphibian specimens
Zumkeller, C. M., Bletz, M. C., Rakotoarison, A., Sabino-Pinto, J., Reiter, S., Spohn, M., Schwengers, O., Goesmann, A., Vences, M., Mihajlovic, S. & Schäberle, T. F., Apr 2024, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 13, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Broad host susceptibility of North American amphibian species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans suggests high invasion potential and biodiversity risk
Gray, M. J., Carter, E. D., Piovia-Scott, J., Cusaac, J. P. W., Peterson, A. C., Whetstone, R. D., Hertz, A., Muniz-Torres, A. Y., Bletz, M. C., Woodhams, D. C., Romansic, J. M., Sutton, W. B., Sheley, W., Pessier, A., McCusker, C. D., Wilber, M. Q. & Miller, D. L., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 3270.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
One Health Approach to Globalizing, Accelerating, and Focusing Amphibian and Reptile Disease Research—Reflections and Opinions from the First Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference
Gray, M. J., Ossiboff, R. J., Berger, L., Bletz, M. C., Carter, E. D., DeMarchi, J. A., Grayfer, L., Lesbarrères, D., Malagon, D. A., Martel, A., Miller, D. L., Pasmans, F., Skerratt, L. F., Towe, A. E. & Wilber, M. Q., Oct 2023, In: Emerging infectious diseases. 29, 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Parental care contributes to vertical transmission of microbes in a skin-feeding and direct-developing caecilian
Kouete, M. T., Bletz, M. C., LaBumbard, B. C., Woodhams, D. C. & Blackburn, D. C., Dec 2023, In: Animal Microbiome. 5, 1, 28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of exogenous elevation of corticosterone on immunity and the skin microbiome of eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Pereira, K. E., Bletz, M. C., McCartney, J. A., Woodhams, D. C. & Woodley, S. K., Jul 31 2023, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 378, 1882, 20220120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Endemic Lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Are Associated With Reduced Chytridiomycosis-Induced Mortality in Amphibians: Evidence From a Meta-Analysis of Experimental Infection Studies
Belasen, A. M., Russell, I. D., Zamudio, K. R. & Bletz, M. C., Mar 4 2022, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 9, 756686.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Low microbiome diversity in threatened amphibians from two biodiversity hotspots
Greenspan, S. E., Peloso, P., Fuentes-González, J. A., Bletz, M., Lyra, M. L., Machado, I. F., Martins, R. A., Medina, D., Moura-Campos, D., Neely, W. J., Preuss, J., Sturaro, M. J., Vaz, R. I., Navas, C. A., Toledo, L. F., Tozetti, A. M., Vences, M., Woodhams, D. C., Haddad, C. F. B. & Pienaar, J. & 1 others, , Dec 2022, In: Animal Microbiome. 4, 1, 69.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
An experimental test of disease resistance function in the skin-associated bacterial communities of three tropical amphibian species
Hughey, M. C., Rebollar, E. A., Harris, R. N., Ibáñez, R., Loftus, S. C., House, L. L., Minbiole, K. P. C., Bletz, M. C., Medina, D., Shoemaker, W. R., Swartwout, M. C. & Belden, L. K., Mar 1 2022, In: FEMS microbiology ecology. 98, 3, fiac023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Inhibitory Bacterial Diversity and Mucosome Function Differentiate Susceptibility of Appalachian Salamanders to Chytrid Fungal Infection
Jiménez, R. R., Carfagno, A., Linhoff, L., Gratwicke, B., Woodhams, D. C., Chafran, L. S., Bletz, M. C., Bishop, B. & Muletz-Wolz, C. R., Apr 2022, In: Applied and environmental microbiology. 88, 8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of captivity and rewilding on amphibian skin microbiomes
Kueneman, J., Bletz, M., Becker, M., Gratwicke, B., Garcés, O. A., Hertz, A., Holden, W. M., Ibáñez, R., Loudon, A., McKenzie, V., Parfrey, L., Sheafor, B., Rollins-Smith, L. A., Richards-Zawacki, C., Voyles, J. & Woodhams, D. C., Jul 2022, In: Biological Conservation. 271, 109576.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Localized carry-over effects of pond drying on survival, growth, and pathogen defenses in amphibians
Le Sage, E. H., Ohmer, M. E. B., LaBumbard, B. C., Altman, K. A., Reinert, L. K., Bednark, J. G., Bletz, M. C., Inman, B., Lindauer, A., McDonnell, N. B., Parker, S. K., Skerlec, S. M., Wantman, T., Rollins-Smith, L. A., Woodhams, D. C., Voyles, J. & Richards-Zawacki, C. L., Sep 2022, In: Ecosphere. 13, 9, e4224.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Field body temperatures in Malagasy rainforest frogs
Ruthsatz, K., Rakotoarison, A., Razafimampiandra, J. C., Randriamahefa, V. S., Rabemananjara, F. C. E., Rakotondraparany, F., Bletz, M. C. & Vences, M., Jan 14 2022, In: Herpetology Notes. 15, p. 565-578 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Trends in ecology and conservation over eight decades
Anderson, S. C., Elsen, P. R., Hughes, B. B., Tonietto, R. K., Bletz, M. C., Gill, D. A., Holgerson, M. A., Kuebbing, S. E., McDonough MacKenzie, C., Meek, M. H. & Veríssimo, D., Jun 2021, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 19, 5, p. 274-282 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Geography, Host Genetics, and Cross-Domain Microbial Networks Structure the Skin Microbiota of Fragmented Brazilian Atlantic Forest Frog Populations
Belasen, A. M., Riolo, M. A., Bletz, M. C., Lyra, M. L., Toledo, L. F. & James, T. Y., Jul 2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 14, p. 9293-9307 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review