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Craig Guyer is a researcher affiliated with Auburn University in the United States, with primary expertise in Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Parasitology.

Their research focuses notably on topics related to Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Turtle Biology and Conservation, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, and Bird Parasitology and Diseases.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Highly competent native snake hosts extend the range of an introduced parasite beyond its invasive Burmese python host," 2020, Ecosphere
  • "Argentine Black and White Tegu (Salvator merianae) can survive the winter under semi-natural conditions well beyond their current invasive range," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Contrasting Patterns of Demography and Population Viability Among Gopher Tortoise Populations in Alabama," 2021, Journal of Wildlife Management
  • "Habitat-dependent effects of predatory spiders on prey frogs in a Neotropical wet forest," 2021, Journal of Tropical Ecology
  • "Colour and size reveal hidden diversity of Necturus (Caudata: Proteidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States," 2020, Journal of Natural History

In addition to journal articles, Guyer has contributed to book literature, including the publication of Frogs and Toads of Alabama (2023) with the University of Alabama Press eBooks.

Craig Guyer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Melissa A. Miller, Robert N. Reed, Scott M. Goetz, Brian Folt, and John Kinsella.

Their publications have appeared across multiple venues such as Ecosphere, PLoS ONE, Journal of Wildlife Management, Journal of Tropical Ecology, and Journal of Natural History.

Best Publications

  • Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation

    Craig Guyer;John G. Robinson;Kent H. Redford

  • Testing whether certain traits have caused amplified diversification: an improved method based on a model of random speciation and extinction.

    Joseph B. Slowinski;Craig Guyer

  • Techniques for Marking Amphibians

    Maureen A. Donnelly;Craig Guyer;Eric J. Juterbock;Ross A. Alford

  • Testing the Stochasticity of Patterns of Organismal Diversity: An Improved Null Model

    Joseph B. Slowinski;Craig Guyer

  • Patterns of reproduction and habitat use in an assemblage of Neotropical hylid frogs.

    Maureen A. Donnelly;Craig Guyer

  • It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

    Kirsten E. Nicholson;Brian I. Crother;Craig Guyer;Jay M. Savage

  • Cladistic Relationships among Anoles (Sauria: Iguanidae)

    Craig Guyer;Jay M. Savage

  • ADAPTIVE RADIATION AND THE TOPOLOGY OF LARGE PHYLOGENIES.

    Craig Guyer;Joseph B. Slowinski

  • IDENTIFICATION OF REPTILIAN AND AMPHIBIAN BLOOD MEALS FROM MOSQUITOES IN AN EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS FOCUS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

    Eddie W. Cupp;Dunhua Zhang;Xin Yue;Mary S. Cupp

  • Empirical evidence for an optimal body size in snakes.

    Scott M. Boback;Craig Guyer

  • PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT AND BURROW USE IN A POPULATION OF GOPHER TORTOISES (GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS)

    Jeannine Ott Eubanks;William K. Michener;Craig Guyer

  • COMPARISONS OF OBSERVED PHYLOGENETIC TOPOLOGIES WITH NULL EXPECTATIONS AMONG THREE MONOPHYLETIC LINEAGES.

    Craig Guyer;Joseph B. Slowinski

  • Differential responses of amphibians and reptiles in riparian and stream habitats to land use disturbances in western Georgia, USA

    Kyle Barrett;Craig Guyer

  • Blood feeding patterns of potential arbovirus vectors of the genus culex targeting ectothermic hosts.

    Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena;Sean P. Graham;Hassan K. Hassan;Craig Guyer

  • FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION IN A TROPICAL MAINLAND ANOLE, NOROPS HUMILIS: DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS'

    Craig Guyer

  • FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION IN A TROPICAL MAINLAND ANOLE, NOROPS HUMILIS: EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUALS'

    Craig Guyer

  • Burrow Abandonment by Gopher Tortoises in Slash Pine Plantations of the Conecuh National Forest

    Matthew J. Aresco;Craig Guyer

  • Sampling on private property to evaluate population status and effects of land use practices on the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus

    Sharon M Hermann;Craig Guyer;J Hardin Waddle;M Greg Nelms

  • Nestedness of Ectoparasite-Vertebrate Host Networks

    Sean P. Graham;Hassan K. Hassan;Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena;Craig Guyer

  • Oadistic relationships among anoles (Sauria: Iguanidae)

    Craig Guyer;Jay M. Savage

Frequent Co-Authors

F. Stephen Dobson
F. Stephen Dobson Auburn University
Thomas R. Unnasch
Thomas R. Unnasch University of South Florida
Maureen A. Donnelly
Maureen A. Donnelly Florida International University
Geoffrey E. Hill
Geoffrey E. Hill Auburn University
Frank J. Mazzotti
Frank J. Mazzotti University of Florida
Micky D. Eubanks
Micky D. Eubanks Texas A&M University
Michael J. Yabsley
Michael J. Yabsley University of Georgia
J. Kevin Hiers
J. Kevin Hiers Texas A&M University
John G. Robinson
John G. Robinson Wildlife Conservation Society
Kent H. Redford
Kent H. Redford University of New England

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