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Bruce Waldman is affiliated with Oklahoma State University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, with a primary focus on Immunology and Microbiology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Within these areas, their work engages deeply with subfields such as Immunology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's contributions include studies on multiple key topics related to immunology, ecology, and animal biology. Their main topics of work cover T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Bruce Waldman has published research in various scholarly venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • Fungal Diversity
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Conservation Biology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Bruce Waldman demonstrate a wide range of ecological and evolutionary interests, including fungal taxonomy, amphibian disease ecology, and phylogenetics. Selected recent publications include:

  • Early-diverging fungal phyla: taxonomy, species concept, ecology, distribution, anthropogenic impact, and novel phylogenetic proposals, 2021, Fungal Diversity
  • Coevolution between MHC Class I and Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Novel chytrid pathogen variants and the global amphibian pet trade, 2022, Conservation Biology
  • Phylogenetic Systematics of the Water Toad (Bufo stejnegeri) Elucidates the Evolution of Semi-aquatic Toad Ecology and Pleistocene Glacial Refugia, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Structural implications of traditional agricultural landscapes on the functional diversity of birds near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Bruce Waldman's research, with frequent coauthors including Minjie Fu, Gemma Palomar, Katarzyna Dudek, Jan W. Arntzen, and Gentile Francesco Ficetola. These collaborations span multiple publications and contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of their research outputs.

Best Publications

  • Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines

    Simon J. O’Hanlon;Adrien Rieux;Rhys A. Farrer;Gonçalo M. Rosa;Gonçalo M. Rosa

  • Functional analyses of nanoparticle toxicity: A comparative study of the effects of TiO2 and Ag on tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum)

    Uhram Song;Heeju Jun;Bruce Waldman;Jinkyu Roh

  • The Ecology of Kin Recognition

    Bruce Waldman

  • Mechanisms of kin recognition

    Bruce Waldman

  • Problems of kin recognition.

    Bruce Waldman;Peter C. Frumhoff;Paul W. Sherman

  • Genetic evidence for a high diversity and wide distribution of endemic strains of the pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild Asian amphibians

    Arnaud Bataille;Jonathan J. Fong;Moonsuk Cha;Guinevere O. U. Wogan

  • Susceptibility of amphibians to chytridiomycosis is associated with MHC class II conformation

    Arnaud Bataille;Scott D. Cashins;Laura Grogan;Lee F. Skerratt

  • Toad tadpoles associate preferentially with siblings

    Bruce Waldman;Kraig Adler

  • Kin recognition in anuran amphibians

    Andrew R. Blaustein;Bruce Waldman

  • Sibling Recognition in Toad Tadpoles: The Role of Experience

    Bruce Waldman

  • Sibling association among schooling toad tadpoles: field evidence and implications

    Bruce Waldman

  • Embryonic Olfactory Learning in Frogs

    Peter G. Hepper;Bruce Waldman

  • Adaptive significance of communal oviposition in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica)

    Bruce Waldman

  • Quantitative and Developmental Analyses of the Alarm Reaction in the Zebra Danio, Brachydanio rerio

    Bruce Waldman

  • Olfactory basis of kin recognition in toad tadpoles

    Bruce Waldman

  • Microbiome Variation Across Amphibian Skin Regions: Implications for Chytridiomycosis Mitigation Efforts

    Arnaud Bataille;Larisa Lee-Cruz;Binu Mani Tripathi;Hyoki Kim

  • Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale

    Jordan G. Kueneman;Molly C. Bletz;Valerie J. McKenzie;C. Guilherme Becker

  • Kin recognition: Kin recognition in amphibians

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  • Chemical communication in an archaic anuran amphibian

    Bruce Waldman;Phillip J. Bishop

  • Kin recognition and sibling association among wood frog (Rana sylvatica) tadpoles

    Bruce Waldman

  • Evolution by Recombination and Transspecies Polymorphism in the MHC Class I Gene of Xenopus laevis

    David H. Bos;Bruce Waldman

  • Sex-chromosome homomorphy in Palearctic tree frogs results from both turnovers and X-Y recombination

    Christophe Dufresnes;Amaël Borzée;Agnès Horn;Matthias Stöck

  • Kin Recognition and Incest Avoidance in Toads

    Bruce Waldman;John E. Rice;Rodney L. Honeycutt

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee F. Skerratt
Lee F. Skerratt University of Melbourne
Lee Berger
Lee Berger University of Melbourne
Dirk S. Schmeller
Dirk S. Schmeller National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
Kelly R. Zamudio
Kelly R. Zamudio Cornell University
Timothy Y. James
Timothy Y. James University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David M. Aanensen
David M. Aanensen University of Oxford
Matthew C. Fisher
Matthew C. Fisher Imperial College London
An Martel
An Martel Ghent University
Benedikt R. Schmidt
Benedikt R. Schmidt University of Zurich
Frank Pasmans
Frank Pasmans Ghent University

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