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2741

Overview

Alessandro Catenazzi is affiliated with Florida International University in the United States and focuses primarily on Environmental Science. Their research encompasses a wide range of subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, and Paleontology. The scientist's work concentrates strongly on themes related to amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution and climate change, animal and plant science education, bat biology and ecology studies, plant and animal studies, evolution and paleontology studies, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Alessandro Catenazzi has contributed to multiple recent publications, highlighting ongoing concerns in the field of amphibian conservation and broader ecological issues. Key papers include:

  • Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats, 2023, Nature
  • State of the Amphibia 2020: A Review of Five Years of Amphibian Research and Existing Resources, 2022, Ichthyology & Herpetology
  • Ongoing harlequin toad declines suggest the amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment
  • A phylogeny-informed characterisation of global tetrapod traits addresses data gaps and biases, 2024, PLoS Biology
  • Response to Comment on "Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity", 2020, Science

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several researchers in their field, with notable co-authors including Luis A. García-Ayachi, Germán Chávez, Pablo J. Venegas, Rudolf von May, and Valia Herrera-Alva. This network reflects ongoing partnerships in ecological and biodiversity research.

Alessandro Catenazzi's work has appeared in a variety of scientific publication venues, showing a diverse range of dissemination channels. Among the frequent venues are Evolutionary Systematics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Diversity, and Taxonomy.

Best Publications

  • Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

    Ben C. Scheele;Ben C. Scheele;Frank Pasmans;Lee F. Skerratt;Lee Berger

  • The conservation status of the world's reptiles

    Monika Böhm;Ben Collen;Jonathan E.M. Baillie;Philip Bowles

  • Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats

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  • Recent shifts in the occurrence, cause, and magnitude of animal mass mortality events.

    Samuel B. Fey;Samuel B. Fey;Adam M. Siepielski;Sébastien Nusslé;Kristina Cervantes-Yoshida

  • State of the World's Amphibians

    Alessandro Catenazzi

  • Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and the Collapse of Anuran Species Richness and Abundance in the Upper Manu National Park, Southeastern Peru

    Alessandro Catenazzi;Edgar Lehr;Lily O. Rodriguez;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Thermal biology mediates responses of amphibians and reptiles to habitat modification.

    A. Justin Nowakowski;James I. Watling;Michelle E. Thompson;George A. Brusch

  • Cryptic diversity of a widespread global pathogen reveals expanded threats to amphibian conservation.

    Allison Q. Byrne;Vance T. Vredenburg;An Martel;Frank Pasmans

  • Effects of flow regimes altered by dams on survival, population declines, and range-wide losses of California river-breeding frogs.

    Sarah J. Kupferberg;Wendy J. Palen;Amy J. Lind;Steve Bobzien

  • The amphibians and reptiles of Manu National Park and its buffer zone, Amazon basin and eastern slopes of the Andes, Peru

    Alessandro Catenazzi;Edgar Lehr;Rudolf von May

  • Co-Infection by Chytrid Fungus and Ranaviruses in Wild and Harvested Frogs in the Tropical Andes

    Robin W. Warne;Brandon LaBumbard;Seth LaGrange;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Thermal Physiology, Disease, and Amphibian Declines on the Eastern Slopes of the Andes

    Alessandro Catenazzi;Edgar Lehr;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • DOES TIME SINCE FIRE EXPLAIN PLANT BIOMASS ALLOCATION IN THE FLORIDA, USA, SCRUB ECOSYSTEM?

    Sonali Saha;Alessandro Catenazzi;Eric S. Menges

  • Peptides for Skin Protection and Healing in Amphibians.

    Ilaria Demori;Zeinab El Rashed;Viola Corradino;Annamaria Catalano

  • Parasitic Copepod (Lernaea cyprinacea) Outbreaks in Foothill Yellow-legged Frogs (Rana boylii) Linked to Unusually Warm Summers and Amphibian Malformations in Northern California

    Sarah J. Kupferberg;Alessandro Catenazzi;Kevin Lunde;Amy J. Lind

  • The Ulva connection: marine algae subsidize terrestrial predators in coastal Peru

    Alessandro Catenazzi;Maureen A. Donnelly

  • Divergence of thermal physiological traits in terrestrial breeding frogs along a tropical elevational gradient.

    Rudolf von May;Rudolf von May;Alessandro Catenazzi;Ammon Corl;Roy Santa-Cruz

  • Conservation Status of Amphibians in Peru1

    Alessandro Catenazzi;Rudolf von May

  • Thermal physiological traits in tropical lowland amphibians: Vulnerability to climate warming and cooling.

    Rudolf von May;Rudolf von May;Alessandro Catenazzi;Roy Santa-Cruz;Andrea S. Gutierrez

  • Current State of Conservation Knowledge on Threatened Amphibian Species in Peru

    Rudolf von May;Alessandro Catenazzi;Ariadne Angulo;Jason L. Brown

  • Four new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs of the genus Phrynopus (Anura: Terrarana: Craugastoridae) from Río Abiseo National Park, Peru.

    Lily O. Rodriguez;Alessandro Catenazzi

  • Integrative taxonomy reveals first country record of Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii Señaris and Ayarzagüena 2001, and distribution range extensions for Cochranella nola Harvey 1996, and Rulyrana spiculata Duellman 1976 (Anura: Centrolenidae) in Peru.

    Germán Chávez;Renzo Pradel;Alessandro Catenazzi

  • Pristimantis antisuyu sp. n. and Pristimantis erythroinguinis sp. n., two new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the eastern slopes of the Andes in Manu National Park, Peru.

    Alessandro Catenazzi;Edgar Lehr

Frequent Co-Authors

Vance T. Vredenburg
Vance T. Vredenburg San Francisco State University
Juan M. Guayasamin
Juan M. Guayasamin Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Maureen A. Donnelly
Maureen A. Donnelly Florida International University
Ben C. Scheele
Ben C. Scheele Australian National University
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Mark-Oliver Rödel
Mark-Oliver Rödel Museum für Naturkunde
Earl D. McCoy
Earl D. McCoy University of South Florida
Henry R. Mushinsky
Henry R. Mushinsky University of South Florida
An Martel
An Martel Ghent University
Frank Pasmans
Frank Pasmans Ghent University

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