Selected Peer-Reviewed ArticlesGoogle Scholar Profile
Rockweit, JT, JM Jenkins, JE Hines, JD Nichols, KM Dugger, AB Franklin, PC Carlson, WL Kendall, DB Lesmeister, C McCafferty, SH Ackers, LS Andrews, LL Bailey, J Burgher, KP Burnham, T Chestnut and others. 2023. Range‐wide sources of variation in reproductive rates of northern spotted owls. Ecological Applications, 33:p.e2726. Hinde, K, CEG Amorim, AF Brokaw, N Burt, MC Casillas, A Chen, T Chestnut and others. 2021. March Mammal Madness and the power of narrative in science outreach. Elife, 10, p.e65066. Franklin, AB, KM Dugger, DB Lesmeister, RJ Davis, JD Wiens, GC White, JD Nichols, JE Hines, CB Yackulic, CJ Schwarz, SH Ackers, LS Andrews, LL Bailey, R Bown, J Burgher, KP Burnham, PC Carlson, T Chestnut and others. 2021. Range-wide declines of northern spotted owl populations in the Pacific Northwest: A meta-analysis. Biological Conservation, 259:109168. Urbina, J, T Chestnut, JM Allen and T Levi. 2021. Pseudogymnoascus destructans growth in wood, soil and guano substrates. Scientific reports, 11(1), p.763. Urbina, J, T Chestnut, D Schwalm, J Allen and T Levi. 2020. Experimental evaluation of genomic DNA degradation rates for the pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) in bat guano. PeerJ, 8:p.e8141. Parsons, MA, JC Lewis, JN Pauli, T Chestnut, JI Ransom, DO Werntz and LR Prugh. 2020. Prey of reintroduced fishers and their habitat relationships in the Cascades Range, Washington. Forest Ecology and Management, 460:117888. Mangan, AO, T Chestnut, JC Vogeler, IK Breckheimer, WM King, KE Bagnall and KM Dugger. 2019. Barred Owls reduce occupancy and breeding propensity of Northern Spotted Owl in a Washington old-growth forest. Condor 121:p.duz031 Cádiz, A, ML Reytor, LM Díaz, T Chestnut, JA Burns and G Amato. 2019. The chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is widespread among Cuban amphibians. EcoHealth, 16:128-140. Parsons, MA, JC Lewis, B Gardner, T Chestnut, JI Ransom, DO Werntz and LR Prugh. 2019. Habitat selection and spatiotemporal interactions of a reintroduced mesocarnivore. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83:1172-1184. Thurman, LL, AK Barner, TS Garcia and T Chestnut. 2019. Testing the link between species interactions and species co‐occurrence in a trophic network. Ecography 42:1658-1670. Lewis, JC, PJ Happe, KJ Jenkins, DO Werntz, T Chestnut and JI Ransom. 2018. Reintroducing fishers (Pekania pennanti) to forest ecosystems in Washington State, USA. IUCN Global Reintroduction Perspectives, p. 198-203. Mosher, BA, KP Huyvaert, T Chestnut, JL Kerby, JD Madison, LL Bailey. 2017. Design- and model-based recommendations for detecting and quantifying an amphibian pathogen in environmental samples. Ecology and Evolution 7:10952-10962. Iwanowicz, DD, WB Schill, DH Olson, MJ Adams, C Densmore, RS Cornman, C Adams, C Figiel Jr., CW Anderson AR Blaustein, T Chestnut*. 2017. Potential concerns with analytical methods used for the detection of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans from archived DNA of amphibian swab samples, Oregon, USA. Herpetological Review 48: 352–355. *corresponding author Lewis, JC, T Chestnut, JI Ransom, and D Werntz. 2017. Cascades fisher reintroduction project: Progress report for December 2015 to March 2017. Natural Resource Report NPS/PWR/NRR—2017/1486. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. Battaglin, WA, KL Smalling, C Anderson, D Calhoun, T Chestnut, E Muths. 2016. Potential interactions among disease, pesticides, water quality and adjacent land cover in amphibian habitats in the United States. Science of the Total Environment 2016: 320-332. Olson, DH and T Chestnut. 2014. Trouble in the aquatic world: how wildlife professionals are battling amphibian declines. The Wildlife Professional. Winter:28-31. FrogLog 23:25-27. T Chestnut, CW Anderson, R Popa, M Voytek, DH Olson, J Kirshtein. 2014. Heterogeneous occupancy and density estimates of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in waters of North America. PLoS ONE 9 (9):e10679. Reshetnikov, AR, T Chestnut, JL Brunner, K Charles, EE Nebergall, DH Olson. 2014. Detection of the emerging amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Ranavirus in Russian amphibians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 110:235-240. Gervasi, SS, J Urbina, J Hua, T Chestnut, RA Relyea and AR Blaustein. 2013. Experimental evidence for American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) susceptibility to chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). EcoHealth 10:166-177. Chestnut, T, J Johnson and RS Wagner. 2008. Results of amphibian chytrid sampling in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. Herpetological Review 39:202‐204. Chestnut, T, EM Lund, J Johnson and RS Wagner. 2007. Detecting a deadly amphibian disease: Are park visitors inadvertent vectors? Northwestern Naturalist 88(2). Johnson J, T Chestnut and RS Wagner. 2007. Synergistic interactions among a herbicide and amphibian pathogens: a potential evolutionary arms race. Northwestern Naturalist 88(2). Chestnut, T and CM Crisafulli. 2006. Sexual selection and mating pattern variability in the western toad (Bufo boreas). Northwestern Naturalist 87(2). Chestnut, T and CM Crisafulli. 2005. Seizing the moment: Mate selection of western toads (Bufo boreas) in the southern Washington Cascades. Northwestern Naturalist 86(2). |
Selected Workshops & Invited LecturesMount Rainier National Park: An Icon on the horizon. Field trip highlighting current research and opportunities. Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR
Is the sky falling or is there an elephant in the room? Perspectives on how fungal diseases influence communities and population dynamics. University of Washington , SEFS Wildlife Seminar. Sampling for Species Using Environmental DNA (eDNA): Applications, Methods, and Analysis. One-day professional workshop, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD; Co-taught with Dr. Stephen Spear, Orianne Society; Dr. Anna McKee, USGS and Todd Pierson, University of Tennessee. Storify The ecology of the pathogenic amphibian chytrid fungus in wetlands: teasing out the role of water quality and limnology on its detection outside of hosts. USGS Water Quality Seminar Series WebEx, Reston, VA Assessing the Probability of Species Occurrence using Occupancy Modeling One-day professional workshop, Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Portland, OR; Co-taught with Dr. Mike Adams, USGS Occupancy Modeling: Applications in conservation biology. Invited lecture and lab, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA Panic, Pandemics and Poisons: Ubiquitous Wildlife Diseases & Toxics. Coordinated one-day professional workshop, Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Victoria, BC. Amphibian Disease Diagnostics Coordinated one‐day professional workshop with interactive lab component, Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Olympia, WA. Selected PresentationsCultivating inclusive conservation practices: reintroducing fishers to their historical range in Washington State. Invited seminar speaker, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science.
Bat Week Special: Bats and white-nose surveillance in North Coast and Cascades Network parks. Virtual Field Trip for Washington’s National Park Fund members. Monitoring rare carnivores at Mount Rainier and the South Cascades Ecosystem. Virtual Field Trip for Washington’s National Park Fund members. Cultural competence in conservation biology: a case study by the Washington Cascades Fisher Restoration Team. Contributed talk, The Wildlife Society/Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Portland, OR Implementation of bat monitoring and white-nose syndrome surveillance in the North Coast Cascades Network in response to disease detection in western Washington. The Wildlife Society/Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Portland, OR Status and trends of Cascade Red Fox in Mount Rainier National Park. Washington Chapter The Wildlife Society, Yakima, WA Restoring a Species Lost: an update on the Washington Cascade Fisher Project. Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology & North Coast Chapter The Wildlife Society, Arcata, CA Patterns and processes related to amphibian chytrid fungi detection in lentic systems. Society for Freshwater Science, Sacramento, CA Reintroducing fisher to Cascadia: An endangered species success story. Mount St Helens Institute, Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA Spatial and temporal patterns in occupancy and density of the pathogenic amphibian fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in waters of North America. Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA The Red Queen in the Arctic Arms Race: Resilience of cold tolerant amphibians to a pathogen and response to climate change. USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK The ecology of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibian habitats outside of hosts. The Wildlife Society, Gleneden Beach, OR Chytrid fungus and current-use pesticides in water and sediment in amphibian habitat in North America. American Water Resources Association, Albuquerque, NM Detecting a deadly amphibian disease: Are park visitors inadvertent vectors? Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology/NW Scientific Association, Victoria, BC Sexual selection and mating pattern variability in the western toad (Bufo boreas). Society for NW Vertebrate Biology/ The Wildlife Society, Olympia, WA. |