PUBLICATIONS
Cook, D., L. Stemle*, D. Stokes, A. Messerman, J. Meisler, C. Searcy. 2023. Habitat value of constructed breeding pools for the endangered California tiger salamander. Journal of Wildlife Management, 87(3): e22370. PDF
Messerman, A., A. Clause, L. Gray, M. Krkošek, H. Rollins, P. Trenham, H.B. Shaffer, and C. Searcy. 2023. Applying stochastic and Bayesian integral projection modeling to amphibian population viability analysis. Ecological Applications, 33(2): e2783. PDF
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Stemle, L., A. Messerman, and H. Howell. 2023. Natural history note: Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum (Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander). Habitat Use. Herpetological Review, 54(4): 615.
Messerman, A., M. Turrell, and M. Leal. 2022. Divergent physiological acclimation responses to warming between two co-occurring salamander species and implications for terrestrial survival. Journal of Thermal Biology, 106: 103228. PDF
Messerman, A., and M. Leal. 2022. The contributions of individual traits to survival among terrestrial juvenile pond-breeding salamanders. Functional Ecology, 36(3): 516-525. PDF
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Messerman, A., A. Clause, S. Catania, H.B. Shaffer, C. Searcy. 2021. Coexistence within an endangered predator-prey community in California vernal pools. Freshwater Biology, 66(7): 1296-1310. PDF
Stokes, D., A. Messerman*, D. Cook, L. Stemle, J. Meisler, C. Searcy. 2021. Saving all the pieces: An inadequate conservation strategy for an endangered amphibian in an urbanizing area. Biological Conservation, 262: 109320. PDF
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Messerman, A., and M. Leal. 2020. Inter- and intraspecific variation in juvenile metabolism and water loss among five biphasic amphibian species. Oecologia, 194(3): 371-382. PDF
Messerman, A., R. Semlitsch, and M. Leal. 2020. Estimating survival for elusive juvenile pond-breeding salamanders. Journal of Wildlife Management, 84(3): 562-575. PDF
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Messerman, A. 2019. Tales of an ‘invisible’ life stage: survival and physiology among terrestrial juvenile ambystomatid salamanders. Doctoral Thesis, University of Missouri. Link
O’Donnell, K., A. Messerman, J. Barichivich, R. Semlitsch, T. Gorman, H. Mitchell, N. Allan, D. Fenolio A. Green, F. Johnson, A. Keever, M. Mandica, J. Martin, J. Mott, T. Peacock, J. Reinman, S. Romañach, G. Titus, C. McGowan, and S. Walls. 2017. Structured decision making as a tool for recovery planning of two Endangered salamanders. Journal of Nature Conservation, 37: 66-72. PDF
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Mohammed, M., A. Messerman, B. Mayhan, and K. Trauth. 2016. Theory and practice of the hydrodynamic redesign of artifcial hellbender habitat. Herpetological Review, 47(4): 586-591. PDF
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Messerman, A. 2014. The Use of Nest Boxes by the Hellbender Salamander in Western North Carolina. Master's Thesis, Duke University. PDF
Sears, K., A. Kerkhoff, A. Messerman, and H. Itagaki. 2012. Ontogenetic scaling of metabolism, growth, and assimilation: testing metabolic scaling theory with Manduca sexta larvae. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 85(2): 159-73. PDF
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*Corresponding author if not first author
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IN PREPARATION, SUBMITTED, IN REVIEW, AND IN REVISION
Anderson, T., J. Burkhart, K. Stemp, A. Messerman, D. Siegel, J. Davenport. In preparation. Variation in phenology across life stages and climate affect juvenile salamander demography.
Cooper, R., E. Toffelmier, A. Messerman, C. Searcy, G. Grether, H.B. Shaffer. In revision. Building genotype and ecophysiology into demographic simulations to guide invasive species management. Ecological Applications.
Messerman, A., and C. Searcy. In revision. Synchrony in adult breeding and metamorph productivity among biphasic amphibians. Ecological Applications.
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Stemle, L., A. Messerman, A. O’Brien, and C. Searcy. In review. Blazing a trail: analyzing imperiled salamander movement, emergence patterns, and habitat preferences in terrestrial uplands. Herpetologica.