Peer-reviewed articles

*denotes undergraduate students mentored by A. J. Nowakowski

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Cheng S, Costedoat, S, Sterling EJ, Chamberlain C, Jagadish A, Lichtenthal P, Nowakowski AJ, Taylor A, Tinsman J, Canty SWJ, Holland MB, Jones KW, Mills M, Morales-Hildago D,   Sprenkle-Hyppolite S, Wiggins M, Mascia MB, Muñoz Brenes Carlos (2022) What evidence exists on the links between natural climate solutions and climate change mitigation outcomes in subtropical and tropical terrestrial regions? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence 11:1-17.

 

Brown C, Nowakowski AJ, Keung NC, Lawler SP, Todd BD (2021) Untangling multi-scale habitat relationships of an endangered frog in streams to inform reintroduction programs. Ecosphere 12:e03799.

 

Arroyo‐Rodríguez V, Fahrig L, Watling JI, Nowakowski AJ, Tabarelli M, Tischendorf L, Melo FP, Santos BA, Benchimol M, Morante‐Filho JC, Slik JF (2021) Preserving 40% forest cover is a valuable and well‐supported conservation guideline: reply to Banks‐Leite et al. Ecology Letters 24:1114-1116.         

 

Murray A, Nowakowski AJ, Frishkoff LO (2021) Climate and land-use change severity alter trait-based responses to habitat conversion. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30:598:610.

Todd BD, Nowakowski AJ (2021) Ectothermy and macroecology of home range scaling in snakes. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30:262:267.

 

Arroyo‐Rodríguez V, Fahrig L, Tabarelli M, Watling JI, Tischendorf L, (20+authors), …Nowakowski AJ… (2020) Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation. Ecology Letters 23:1404-1420.

 

Nowakowski AJ, Peaden JM, Tuberville TD, Buhlman KA, Todd BD (2020) Thermal performance curves based on field movements reveal context-dependence of thermal traits in a desert ectotherm. Landscape Ecology 35:893-906.        

 

Garcia Neto PG*, Nowakowski AJ, Costa da Silva AF, Conde Oliveira OC, Meireles Guerra RN, de Andrade GV (2020) Leukocyte profiles of two neotropical anuran species affected by anthropogenic habitat alteration. Animal Conservation 23:524-532.

 

Rivera-Ordonez JM*, Nowakowski AJ, Manansala A*, Thompson ME, Todd BD (2019) Thermal niche variation among individuals of the poison frog, Oophaga pumilio, in forest and converted habitats. Biotropica 51:747–756.           

 

Agha M, Yanagitsuru YR, Fangue NA, Nowakowski AJ, Kojima L, Cech Jr. JJ, Riley MK, Freeman J, Cocherell DE, Todd BD (2019) Physiological consequences of rising water salinity for a declining freshwater turtle. Conservation Physiology 7: coz054.

 

Nowakowski AJ, Frishkoff LO, Thompson ME, Smith TM*, Todd BD (2018) Phylogenetic homogenization of amphibian assemblages in human-altered habitats across the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115:E3454-E3462.

 

Nowakowski AJ, Frishkoff LO, Agha M, Todd BD, Scheffers BR (2018) Changing thermal landscapes: merging climate science and landscape ecology through thermal biology. Current Landscape Ecology Reports 3:57-72. [invited review paper]

 

Nowakowski AJ, Watling JI, Thompson ME, Brusch GA, Catenazzi A, Whitfield SW, Kurz DJ, Suarez-Mayorga A, Aponte-Gutiérrez A, Donnelly MA, Todd BD (2018) Thermal biology mediates responses of amphibians and reptiles to habitat modification. Ecology Letters 21:345-355.

 

Agha M, Ennen JR, Bower D, Nowakowski AJ, Sweat SC, Todd BD (2018) Salinity tolerances and use of saline environments by freshwater turtles: implications of sea level rise. Biological Reviews 93:1634-1648.

 

Agha M, Ennen JR, Nowakowski AJ, Lovich JE, Sweat SC, Todd BD (2018) Macroecological patterns of sexual size dimorphism in turtles of the world. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 31: 336–345.

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Nowakowski AJ, Thompson M, Donnelly MA, Todd BD (2017) Amphibian sensitivity to habitat modification is associated with population trends and species traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26:700-712.

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Peaden JM, Nowakowski AJ, Tuberville TD, Buhlmann KA, Todd BD (2017) Effects of roads and barrier fencing on space use of a threatened tortoise. Biological Conservation. 214:13-22.

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Agha M, Price SJ, Nowakowski AJ, Augustine B, Todd BD (2017) Mass mortality of eastern box turtles associated with upper respiratory disease and atypical cold temperatures. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 124:91-100.

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Nowakowski AJ, Watling JI, Whitfield SM, Todd BD, Kurz DJ*, Donnelly MA (2017) Tropical amphibians in shifting thermal landscapes under land use and climate change. Conservation Biology 31:96-105.

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Todd BD, Nowakowski AJ, Rose JP, Price SJ (2017) Species traits explaining snake sensitivity to habitat loss estimated from citizen science data. Biological Conservation 206:31-36.

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Hudson LN, Newbold T, …Nowakowski AJ [among >100 authors], …Purvis A (2017) The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution 7:145–188.       

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Nowakowski AJ, Whitfield SM, Eskew EA, Thompson ME, Rose JP, Caraballo BL, Kerby JL, Donnelly MA, Todd BD (2016) Infection risk decreases with increasing mismatch in host and pathogen environmental tolerances. Ecology Letters 19:1051-1061.

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​Thompson ME, Nowakowski AJ, Donnelly MA (2016) The importance of defining focal assemblages when evaluating amphibian and reptile responses to land use. Conservation Biology 30:249-258.

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Nowakowski AJ, Veiman-Echeverría M, Kurz DJ*, Donnelly MA (2015) Evaluating connectivity for tropical amphibians using empirically derived resistance surfaces. Ecological Applications 25:928-942.

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Nowakowski AJ, DeWoody JA, Fagan M, Willoughby JR, Donnelly MA (2015) Mechanistic insights into landscape genetic structure of two tropical amphibians using field-derived resistance surfaces. Molecular Ecology 24:580-595.

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Farabaugh F*, Nowakowski AJ (2014) Behavioral responses of the poison frog Oophaga pumilio to herbicide olfactory cues: possible implications for habitat selection and movement in altered landscapes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92:979-984.

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Nowakowski AJ, Willoughby JR, DeWoody JA, Donnelly MA (2014) Polymorphic microsatellite loci for a Neotropical leaf-litter frog (Craugastor bransfordii) characterized through Illumina sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 6:697-698.

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Kurz DJ*, Nowakowski AJ, Tingley M, Donnelly MA, Wilcove D (2014) Forest-land use complementarity modifies community structure of a tropical herpetofauna. Biological Conservation 170:246-255.

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Robinson D*, Warmsley A*, Nowakowski AJ, Reider KE, Donnelly MA (2013) The value of remnant trees in pastures for a Neotropical poison frog. Journal of Tropical Ecology 29: 345-352.

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Kurz DJ*, McGinty NA, Stankavich SA, Nowakowski AJ, Smith GA (2013) Wetland restoration projects can promote mammalian assemblages comparable to those in natural wetlands. American Midland Naturalist 170: 260-273.

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Nowakowski AJ, Hyslop NH, Watling JI, Donnelly MA (2013) Matrix type alters structure of aquatic vertebrate assemblages in cypress domes. Biodiversity and Conservation 22:497-511.

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Nowakowski AJ, Otero B*, Allen M*, Diez-Escobar M*, Donnelly MA (2013) Landscape resistance to movement of the poison frog, Oophaga pumilio, in the lowlands of northeastern Costa Rica. Animal Conservation 16:188-197.

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Watling JI, Nowakowski AJ, Donnelly MA, Orrock JL (2011) Meta-analysis reveals the importance of matrix composition for animals in fragmented habitat. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20:209-217.

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Nowakowski AJ, Maerz JC (2009) Estimation of larval stream salamander densities in three proximate streams in the Georgia Piedmont.  Journal of Herpetology 43:503-509. [undergraduate senior thesis]

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Additional publications and reports

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Veiman-Echeverria M, Nowakowski AJ, Rojas Carballo F (2018) Buscando pertenecer: estudiantes latinos de primera y segunda generación en la Universidad de Purdue, Indiana. Perspectivas Rurales 16:11-21.

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Nowakowski AJ, Veiman-Echeverria M (2016) Identificando oportunidades para la conservación de la biodiversidad en paisajes agrícolas en Costa Rica. Ambientico 257:26-34.

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Nowakowski AJ, Todd BT (2016) Habitat selection and head-starting of desert tortoises in Mojave National Preserve. Mojave National Preserve Science Newsletter. April 2016:8-10.

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Nowakowski AJ, Angulo A (2015) Targeted habitat protection and its effects on the extinction risk of threatened amphibians. FrogLog 116:8-10.

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Wimberly M, Bettinger P, Merry K, Toriani E, Nowakowski AJ, Hubbard B (2005) Visualizing Future Landscapes under Alternative Land-Use Scenarios: Linking Geospatial Technologies with Community-Based Forestry.  Athens, GA: University of Georgia. 1-49 p.  Submitted to USDA.