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Overview

James W. Petranka is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Asheville in the United States.

There are no recent papers available for James W. Petranka, nor is there data on frequent co-authors or frequent publication venues. Additionally, information on book publications, main fields of study, subfields, or specific research topics is not provided.

There is no record of awards won by James W. Petranka, and they are currently living.

Best Publications

  • Predation, Competition, and Prey Communities: A Review of Field Experiments

    Andrew Sih;Philip Crowley;Mark McPeek;James Petranka

  • Salamanders of the United States and Canada

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  • Antipredator defenses and the persistence of amphibian larvae with fishes

    Lee B. Kats;James W. Petranka;Andrew Sih

  • Predator-prey interactions among fish and larval amphibians: use of chemical cues to detect predatory fish

    James W. Petranka;Lee B. Kats;Andrew Sih

  • Effects of Timber Harvesting on Southern Appalachian Salamanders

    James W. Petranka;Matthew E. Eldridge;Katherine E. Haley

  • Effects of timber harvesting on low elevation populations of southern Appalachian salamanders

    James W. Petranka;M.Patrick Brannon;Mark E. Hopey;Charles K. Smith

  • Effectiveness of Removal Sampling for Determining Salamander Density and Biomass: A Case Study in an Appalachian Streamside Community

    James W. Petranka;Susan S. Murray

  • The Dynamics of Prey Refuge Use: A Model and Tests with Sunfish and Salamander Larvae

    Andrew Sih;James W. Petranka;Lee B. Kats

  • Restriction of Wood Frogs to Fish-Free Habitats: How Important Is Adult Choice?

    Mark E. Hopey;James W. Petranka

  • Chemicals of predatory mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) influence selection of oviposition site by Culex mosquitoes.

    Kim A Angelon;James W Petranka

  • IDENTIFYING THE MINIMAL DEMOGRAPHIC UNIT FOR MONITORING POND-BREEDING AMPHIBIANS

    James W. Petranka;Charles K. Smith;A. Floyd Scott

  • Long-term persistence of amphibian populations in a restored wetland complex

    James W. Petranka;Elizabeth M. Harp;Elizabeth M. Harp;C. Tate Holbrook;C. Tate Holbrook;Jennifer A. Hamel;Jennifer A. Hamel

  • Density-Dependent Growth and Survival of Larval Ambystoma: Evidence from Whole-Pond Manipulations

    James W. Petranka;James W. Petranka

  • ENVIRONMENTAL INSTABILITY, COMPETITION, AND DENSITY-DEPENDENT GROWTH AND SURVIVORSHIP OF A STREAM-DWELLING SALAMANDER'

    James W. Petranka;Andrew Sih

  • Breeding Habitat Segregation of Wood Frogs and American Toads: The Role of Interspecific Tadpole Predation and Adult Choice

    James W. Petranka;Mark E. Hopey;Barton T. Jennings;Shannon D. Baird

  • Pond tadpoles with generalized morphology: is it time to reconsider their functional roles in aquatic communities?

    James W. Petranka;Caroline A. Kennedy

  • Ranavirus in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica): potential sources of transmission within and between ponds.

    Elizabeth M. Harp;Elizabeth M. Harp;James W. Petranka

  • Chemically mediated avoidance of a predatory odonate (Anaxjunius) by American toad (Bufoamericanus) and wood frog (Ranasylvatica) tadpoles

    James Petranka;Laura Hayes

  • A Correction Factor Table for Missing Point-Center Quarter Data

    William Warde;James W. Petranka

  • Fish Predation: A Factor Affecting the Spatial Distribution of a Stream-breeding Salamander

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  • Wetland restoration for amphibians: should local sites be designed to support metapopulations or patchy populations?

    James W. Petranka;Carter T. Holbrook

  • Explosive breeding reduces egg and tadpole cannibalism in the wood frog, Rana sylvatica.

    James W. Petranka;Daphne A.G. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Sih
Andrew Sih University of California, Davis
Lee B. Kats
Lee B. Kats Pepperdine University
Philip H. Crowley
Philip H. Crowley University of Kentucky

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