Selected Publications:

Griggs, J.L. and L.K. Belden . 2008. Effects of atrazine and metolachlor on the survivorship and infectivity of Echinostoma trivolvis trematode cercariae. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 54: 195-202.

Belden, L.K. and R.N. Harris. 2007. Infectious diseases in wildlife: the community ecology context. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10(5): 533-539.

Belden, L.K. , M.J. Rubbo, J.C. Wingfield and J.M. Kiesecker. 2007. Searching for the physiological mechanism of density-dependence: does corticosterone regulate tadpole responses to density? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80(4): 444-451

Culp, C.E., J.O. Falkinham III and L.K. Belden. 2007. Identification of the natural bacterial microflora on the skin of Eastern newts, bullfrog tadpoles and Redback salamanders. Herpetologica 63: 66-71.

Belden, L.K. 2006. Impact of eutrophication on wood frog, Rana sylvatica, tadpoles infected with Echinostoma trivolvis cercariae. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(9): 1315-1321.

Rubbo, M.J., R.S. Mirza, L.K. Belden, J.J. Falkenbach V, S. I. Storrs and J.M. Kiesecker. 2006. Evaluating a predator-prey interaction in the field: the interaction between beetle larvae (predator) and tadpoles (prey). Journal of Zoology 269: 1-5.

Belden, L.K. and J.M. Kiesecker. 2005. Glucocorticosteroid treatment of larval treefrogs (Hyla versicolor) increases infection by Alaria sp. trematode cercariae. Journal of Parasitology 91(3): 686-688.

Belden, L.K. , I.T. Moore, J.C. Wingfield and A.R. Blaustein. 2005. Corticosterone and growth in Pacific treefrog (Hyla regilla) tadpoles. Copeia 2005(2): 324-330.

Kiesecker, J.M., L.K. Belden, K. Shea and M. J. Rubbo. 2004. Amphibian decline and emerging disease. American Scientist 92: 138-147.

Blaustein, A.R., A.C. Hatch, L.K. Belden and J.M. Kiesecker. 2004. Multiple causes for declining amphibian populations. Pages 35-65, In Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology. M.S. Gordon and S.M. Bartol, eds. University of California Press.

Belden, L.K., I.T. Moore, R.T. Mason, J.C. Wingfield and A.R. Blaustein. 2003. Survival, the hormonal stress response, and UV-B avoidance in Cascades frog tadpoles (Rana cascadae) exposed to UV-B radiation. Functional Ecology 17: 409-416.

Blaustein, A.R. and L.K. Belden . 2003. Amphibian defenses against UV-B radiation. Evolution and Development 5: 89-97.

Belden, L.K. and A.R. Blaustein. 2002. Population differences in sensitivity to UV-B radiation for larval long-toed salamanders. Ecology 83: 1586-1590.

Belden, L.K. and A.R. Blaustein. 2002. Exposure of red-legged frog embryos to ambient UV-B radiation in the field negatively affects larval growth and development. Oecologia 130: 551-554.

Belden, L.K. and A.R. Blaustein. 2002. UV-B induced skin darkening in larval salamanders does not prevent sublethal effects of exposure on growth. Copeia 2002: 748-754.

Kiesecker, J.M., A.R. Blaustein, and L.K. Belden. 2001. Complex causes of amphibian population declines. Nature 410: 681-684.

Blaustein, A.R., L.K. Belden, D.H. Olson, D.M. Green, T.L. Root and J.M. Kiesecker. 2001. Amphibian breeding and climate change. Conservation Biology 15: 1804-1809.

Marco, A., D. Cash, L.K. Belden, and A.R. Blaustein. 2001. Sensitivity to urea fertilization in three amphibian species. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 40:406-409.

Hatch A.C., L.K. Belden, E.A. Scheessele and A.R. Blaustein. 2001. Juvenile amphibians do not avoid potentially lethal levels of urea on soil substrate. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20: 2328-2335.

Belden, L.K., E.L. Wildy, A.C. Hatch, and A.R. Blaustein. 2000. Juvenile western toads, Bufo boreas , avoid chemical cues of snakes fed juvenile, but not larval, conspecifics. Animal Behaviour 59: 871-875.

Belden, L.K., E.L. Wildy, and A.R. Blaustein. 2000. Growth, Survival and Behaviour of Larval Long-toed Salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum) exposed to Ambient Levels of UV-B radiation. Journal of Zoology 251: 473-479.

Chivers, D.P., J.M. Kiesecker, E.L. Wildy, L.K. Belden, L.B. Kats, and A.R. Blaustein. 1999. Avoidance response of post-metamorphic anurans to cues of injured conspecifics and predators. Journal of Herpetology 33: 472-476.

Blaustein, A.R., J.M. Kiesecker, D.P. Chivers, D. G. Hokit, A. Marco, L.K. Belden and A. Hatch. 1998. Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Amphibians: Field Experiments. American Zoologist 38: 799-812.