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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Karen R. Lips is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and public health related to environmental and occupational health.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Amphibian and reptile biology
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Turtle biology and conservation
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • International science and diplomacy
  • Bat biology and ecology studies

Lips has a record of publications in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Science
  • Biological Invasions
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • EcoHealth
  • Molecular Ecology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Lips are:

  • "Tropical snake diversity collapses after widespread amphibian loss," published in 2020 in Science
  • "Synergistic China-US Ecological Research is Essential for Global Emerging Infectious Disease Preparedness," published in 2020 in EcoHealth
  • "Amphibian collapses increased malaria incidence in Central America," published in 2022 in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Incapacitating effects of fungal coinfection in a novel pathogen system," published in 2020 in Molecular Ecology
  • "Plethodontid salamanders show variable disease dynamics in response to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans chytridiomycosis," published in 2021 in Biological Invasions

Karen R. Lips collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Ana V. Longo
  • Graziella V. DiRenzo
  • Kelly R. Zamudio
  • Michael Springborn
  • Joakim Weill

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America.

    L Berger;R Speare;P Daszak;D E Green

  • Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community

    Karen R. Lips;Forrest Brem;Roberto Brenes;John D. Reeve

  • Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

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

  • Riding the Wave: Reconciling the Roles of Disease and Climate Change in Amphibian Declines

    Karen R. Lips;Jay E Diffendorfer;Joseph R Mendelson;Michael W Sears

  • Decline of a Tropical Montane Amphibian Fauna

    Karen R. Lips

  • Population Declines and Priorities for Amphibian Conservation in Latin America

    Bruce E. Young;Karen R. Lips;Jamie K. Reaser;Roberto Ibanez

  • Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

    A. Martel;M. Blooi;C. Adriaensen;P. Van Rooij

  • Catastrophic Population Declines and Extinctions in Neotropical Harlequin Frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus)1

    Enrique La Marca;Karen R. Lips;Stefan Lötters;Robert Puschendorf

  • Ecological traits predicting amphibian population declines in Central America

    Karen R. Lips;John D. Reeve;Lani R. Witters

  • Mass mortality and population declines of anurans at an upland site in western Panama.

    Karen R. Lips

  • The effects of amphibian population declines on the structure and function of Neotropical stream ecosystems

    Matt R. Whiles;Karen R. Lips;Cathy M. Pringle;Susan S. Kilham

  • Epidemic disease decimates amphibian abundance, species diversity, and evolutionary history in the highlands of central Panama

    Andrew J. Crawford;Karen R. Lips;Eldredge Bermingham

  • Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions

    Joseph R. Mendelson;Karen R. Lips;Ronald W. Gagliardo;George B. Rabb

  • Overview of chytrid emergence and impacts on amphibians.

    Karen R. Lips

  • Neotropical tadpoles influence stream benthos: evidence for the ecological consequences of decline in amphibian populations

    Anthony W. Ranvestel;Karen R. Lips;Catherine M. Pringle;Matt R. Whiles

  • Amphibian population declines in montane southern Mexico: resurveys of historical localities

    Karen R. Lips;Joseph R. Mendelson;Antonio Muñoz-Alonso;Luis Canseco-Márquez

  • Widespread rapid reductions in body size of adult salamanders in response to climate change.

    Nicholas M. Caruso;Nicholas M. Caruso;Michael W. Sears;Dean C. Adams;Karen R. Lips

  • Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis research

    Timothy Y. James;L. Felipe Toledo;Dennis Rödder;Domingos da Silva Leite

  • Disease-Driven Amphibian Declines Alter Ecosystem Processes in a Tropical Stream

    Matt R. Whiles;Robert O. Hall Jr.;Walter K. Dodds;Piet Verburg

  • Amphibian declines in Latin America : Widespread population declines, extinctions, and impacts

    Karen R. Lips;Patricia A. Burrowes;Joseph R. Mendelson;Gabriela Parra-Olea

  • Amphibian declines and environmental change: use of remote-sensing data to identify environmental correlates

    Cynthia Carey;W. Ronald Heyer;T. John Wilkinson;Ross A. Alford

Frequent Co-Authors

Matt R. Whiles
Matt R. Whiles University of Florida
Susan S. Kilham
Susan S. Kilham Drexel University
Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia
Kelly R. Zamudio
Kelly R. Zamudio Cornell University
Evan H. Campbell Grant
Evan H. Campbell Grant United States Geological Survey
Andrew J. Crawford
Andrew J. Crawford Universidad de Los Andes
Robert C. Fleischer
Robert C. Fleischer Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Ben C. Scheele
Ben C. Scheele Australian National University
Juan M. Guayasamin
Juan M. Guayasamin Universidad San Francisco de Quito

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