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Vance T. Vredenburg

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
12152
World Ranking
4149
National Ranking
1446

Vance T. Vredenburg publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 116 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Vance T. Vredenburg D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Overview

Vance T. Vredenburg is affiliated with San Francisco State University in the United States, contributing primarily to the field of Environmental Science. Their research involves several specialized subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, and Genetics.

The primary topics of Vredenburg's work focus on Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities.

They have co-authored with several frequent collaborators, including Michelle S. Koo, Andrew G. Zink, Allison Q. Byrne, David C. Blackburn, and Erica Bree Rosenblum.

Vredenburg's research has been published extensively in notable venues such as Microbial Ecology, PeerJ, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Their recent papers include:

  • Environmental Factors and Host Microbiomes Shape Host-Pathogen Dynamics (2020), published in Trends in Parasitology
  • Comment on "Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity" (2020), published in Science
  • State of the Amphibia 2020: A Review of Five Years of Amphibian Research and Existing Resources (2022), published in Ichthyology & Herpetology
  • Effectiveness of antifungal treatments during chytridiomycosis epizootics in populations of an endangered frog (2022), published in PeerJ
  • Parental Care Alters the Egg Microbiome of Maritime Earwigs (2020), published in Microbial Ecology

Best Publications

  • Are we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? A view from the world of amphibians

    David B. Wake;Vance T. Vredenburg;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Dynamics of an emerging disease drive large-scale amphibian population extinctions

    Vance T. Vredenburg;Roland A. Knapp;Tate S. Tunstall;Cheryl J. Briggs

  • Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus

    Reid N Harris;Robert M Brucker;Jenifer B Walke;Matthew H Becker

  • Enzootic and epizootic dynamics of the chytrid fungal pathogen of amphibians

    Cheryl J. Briggs;Roland A. Knapp;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Coincident mass extirpation of neotropical amphibians with the emergence of the infectious fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

    Tina L. Cheng;Sean M. Rovito;David B. Wake;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Emerging infectious disease as a proximate cause of amphibian mass mortality.

    Lara J. Rachowicz;Roland A. Knapp;Jess A. T. Morgan;Mary J. Stice

  • The Novel and Endemic Pathogen Hypotheses: Competing Explanations for the Origin of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife

    Lara J. Rachowicz;Jean-Marc Hero;Jean-Marc Hero;Ross A. Alford;John W. Taylor

  • Reversing introduced species effects: Experimental removal of introduced fish leads to rapid recovery of a declining frog.

    Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Symbiotic bacteria contribute to innate immune defenses of the threatened mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa

    Douglas C. Woodhams;Vance T. Vredenburg;Mary Alice Simon;Dean Billheimer

  • Transmission of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis within and between amphibian life stages.

    Lara J. Rachowicz;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • INVESTIGATING THE POPULATION‐LEVEL EFFECTS OF CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS: AN EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE OF AMPHIBIANS

    Cheryl J. Briggs;Vance T. Vredenburg;Roland A. Knapp;Lara J. Rachowicz

  • Population genetics of the frog-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

    Jess A. T. Morgan;Vance T. Vredenburg;Lara J. Rachowicz;Roland A. Knapp

  • Removal of nonnative fish results in population expansion of a declining amphibian (mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa).

    Roland A. Knapp;Daniel M. Boiano;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Proportion of individuals with anti-Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis skin bacteria is associated with population persistence in the frog Rana muscosa

    Brianna A. Lam;Jenifer B. Walke;Vance T. Vredenburg;Reid N. Harris

  • A reservoir species for the emerging Amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis thrives in a landscape decimated by disease.

    Natalie M. M. Reeder;Allan P. Pessier;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Averting a North American biodiversity crisis

    Tiffany A. Yap;Tiffany A. Yap;Tiffany A. Yap;Michelle S. Koo;Richard F. Ambrose;David B. Wake

  • Molecular phylogenetics of western North American frogs of the Rana boylii species group.

    J.Robert Macey;Jared L Strasburg;Jennifer A Brisson;Vance T Vredenburg

  • People, pollution and pathogens – Global change impacts in mountain freshwater ecosystems

    Dirk S Schmeller;Adeline Loyau;Kunshan Bao;Werner Brack

  • Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and the Collapse of Anuran Species Richness and Abundance in the Upper Manu National Park, Southeastern Peru

    Alessandro Catenazzi;Edgar Lehr;Lily O. Rodriguez;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Large-scale recovery of an endangered amphibian despite ongoing exposure to multiple stressors

    Roland A. Knapp;Gary M. Fellers;Patrick M. Kleeman;David A. W. Miller

  • Concordant molecular and phenotypic data delineate new taxonomy and conservation priorities for the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog

    V. T. Vredenburg;R. Bingham;R. Knapp;J. A. T. Morgan

  • Introduced trout sever trophic connections in watersheds: consequences for a declining amphibian.

    Jacques C. Finlay;Vance T. Vredenburg

Frequent Co-Authors

Cheryl J. Briggs
Cheryl J. Briggs University of California, Santa Barbara
Roland A. Knapp
Roland A. Knapp University of California, Berkeley
Alessandro Catenazzi
Alessandro Catenazzi Florida International University
David B. Wake
David B. Wake University of California, Berkeley
Douglas C. Woodhams
Douglas C. Woodhams University of Massachusetts Boston
Louise A. Rollins-Smith
Louise A. Rollins-Smith Vanderbilt University
Reid N. Harris
Reid N. Harris James Madison University
Erica Bree Rosenblum
Erica Bree Rosenblum University of California, Berkeley
David C. Blackburn
David C. Blackburn Florida Museum of Natural History
Jean-Marc Hero
Jean-Marc Hero University of the Sunshine Coast

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