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Overview

Janalee P. Caldwell is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. The subfields of their work include Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of Caldwell's research focus on Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Genetic diversity and population structure, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies. This body of work reflects an interdisciplinary approach to understanding amphibian species and their evolutionary genetics.

Caldwell has contributed to several scholarly publications, with recent papers including:

  • Phylogenomics, introgression, and demographic history of South American true toads (Rhinella), 2021, published in Molecular Ecology
  • Testing assertions of widespread introgressive hybridization in a clade of neotropical toads with low mate selectivity (Rhinella granulosa species group), 2022, published in Heredity
  • Book review: Frogs of the United States and Canada, 2023, published in Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology

Frequent publication venues for Caldwell include Molecular Ecology, Heredity, and the Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology, each having featured their research work.

Collaborative research is evident in Caldwell's work, with frequent co-authors including Danielle Rivera, Ivan Prates, Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues, Matthew K. Fujita, and Thomas J. Firneno. These collaborations suggest involvement in projects related to amphibian phylogenetics and genetic studies.

Best Publications

  • Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles

    Laurie J. Vitt;Janalee P. Caldwell

  • Declining Amphibian Populations: The Problem of Separating Human Impacts from Natural Fluctuations

    Joseph H. K. Pechmann;David E. Scott;Raymond D. Semlitsch;Janalee P. Caldwell

  • PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS OF DART-POISON FROGS AND THEIR RELATIVES (AMPHIBIA: ATHESPHATANURA: DENDROBATIDAE)

    Taran Grant;Taran Grant;Darrel R. Frost;Janalee P. Caldwell;Ron Gagliardo

  • Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean Lineages

    Juan C Santos;Luis A Coloma;Kyle Summers;Janalee P Caldwell

  • Amphibians as harbingers of decay

    Laurie J. Vitt;Janalee P. Caldwell;Henry M. Wilbur;David C. Smith

  • Predator-prey relationships among larval dragonflies, salamanders, and frogs

    J. P. Caldwell;J. H. Thorp;T. O. Jervey

  • The evolution of myrmecophagy and its correlates in poison frogs (Family Dendrobatidae)

    Janalee P. Caldwell

  • Effects of Density of Growth, Metamorphosis, and Survivorship in Tadpoles of Scaphiopus Holbrooki

    Raymond D. Semlitsch;Janalee P. Caldwell

  • The role of habitat shift in the evolution of lizard morphology: evidence from tropical Tropidurus.

    Laurie J. Vitt;Janalee P. Caldwell;Peter A. Zani;Tom A. Titus

  • The Impact of Individual Tree Harvesting on Thermal Environments of Lizards in Amazonian Rain Forest

    Laurie J. Vitt;Teresa C. S. Avila-Pires;Janalee P. Caldwell;Veronica R. L. Oliveira

  • A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae)

    Jason L. Brown;Evan Twomey;Adolfo Amézquita;Moisés Barbosa De Souza

  • Effects of risk, cost, and their interaction on optimal escape by nonrefuging Bonaire whiptail lizards, Cnemidophorus murinus

    William E. Cooper;Valentín Pérez-Mellado;Teresa Baird;Troy A. Baird

  • Chapter 2 – Anatomy of Amphibians and Reptiles

    Laurie J. Vitt;Janalee P. Caldwell

  • Behavioural ecology of Tropidurus hispidus on isolated rock outcrops in Amazonia

    Laurie J. Vitt;Peter A. Zani;Janalee P. Caldwell

  • Disruptive selection: a tail color polymorphism in Acris tadpoles in response to differential predation

    Janalee P. Caldwell

  • Detecting the influence of climatic variables on species distributions: a test using GIS niche‐based models along a steep longitudinal environmental gradient

    Gabriel C. Costa;Christina Wolfe;Donald B. Shepard;Janalee P. Caldwell

  • Tests of biogeographic hypotheses for diversification in the Amazonian forest frog, Physalaemus petersi.

    W. Chris Funk;Janalee P. Caldwell;Colin E. Peden;José M. Padial

  • Ecology of the whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus deppii on a tropical beach

    Laurie J. Vitt;Peter A. Zani;Janalee P. Caldwell;Richard D. Durtsche

  • Cannibalistic Interactions Resulting from Indiscriminate Predatory Behavior in Tadpoles of Poison Frogs (Anura: Dendrobatidae)1

    Janalee P. Caldwell;Maria Carmozina de Araújo

  • Dietary Asymmetry in Leaf Litter Frogs and Lizards in a Transitional Northern Amazonian Rain Forest

    Janalee P. Caldwell;Laurie J. Vitt

  • DETERMINANTS OF BIPARENTAL CARE IN THE SPOTTED POISON FROG, DENDROBATES VANZOLINII (ANURA : DENDROBATIDAE)

    Janalee P. Caldwell;Verônica R. L. de Oliveira

  • The role of habitat shift in the evolution of lizard morphology: evidence from tropical Tropidurus (Amazonyecomorphologyymicroevolution)

    Laurie J. Vitt;Janalee P. Caldwell;Peter A. Zani;Andtom A. Titus

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurie J. Vitt
Laurie J. Vitt University of Oklahoma
William E. Cooper
William E. Cooper Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Guarino R. Colli
Guarino R. Colli University of Brasília
Albertina P. Lima
Albertina P. Lima National Institute of Amazonian Research
Valentín Pérez-Mellado
Valentín Pérez-Mellado University of Salamanca
David C. Cannatella
David C. Cannatella The University of Texas at Austin
Ward C. Wheeler
Ward C. Wheeler American Museum of Natural History
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Gabriel C. Costa
Gabriel C. Costa Auburn University at Montgomery
W. Chris Funk
W. Chris Funk Colorado State University

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