Jason Rohr

Was a Research Associate (Department of Entomology) at Penn State until July 2007

Email: jrohr@psu.edu

Research interests while in CIDD

How contaminants and changes in community composition affect disease dynamics, using a combination of laboratory, mesocosm, and pond surveys to assess the contributions of contaminants and community composition on the population dynamics of amphibians and their trematodes.

Study systems include

Trematodes (e.g. Ribeiroia ondatrae and Echinostoma trivolvis) in amphibians (e.g. salamanders and frogs)

Selected publications

Rohr JR & Crumrine P (2005). Effects of an herbicide and an insecticide on pond community structure and processes. Ecological Applications 15: 1135-1147

Rohr JR Elskus AA, Shepherd BS, Crowley PH, McCarthy TM, Niedzwiecki JH, Sager T, Sih A, & Palmer BD (2004). Multiple stressors and salamanders: Effects of an herbicide, food limitation, and hydroperiod. Ecological Applications 14: 1028-1040

Rohr JR, Madison DM & Sullivan AM (2003). On temporal variation and conflicting selection pressures: A test of theory using newts. Ecology 84: 1816-1826

Rohr JR & Madison DM (2003). Dryness increases predation risk in efts: Support for an amphibian decline hypothesis. Oecologia 135: 657-664

Media coverage includes

Salamanders Suffer Delayed Effects Of Common Herbicide

Faculty

Research Associates

Postdoctoral researchers

Graduate students

Ex-CIDD: now elsewhere

Jason Rohr

Research interests while in CIDD

Study systems include

Selected publications

Media coverage includes