Shannon Buttimer
@shannonbuttimer.bsky.social
PhD in Ecology from Penn State 🐸🎃🧬🔬🦠
I hang out with pumpkin toadlets and study the effects of climate change on amphibian skin microbiomes and disease.
I hang out with pumpkin toadlets and study the effects of climate change on amphibian skin microbiomes and disease.
the first images that show up when you google specific frogs are just AI slop that looks nothing like them 😭
August 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
the first images that show up when you google specific frogs are just AI slop that looks nothing like them 😭
Reposted by Shannon Buttimer
Experimental Drought Suppresses Amphibian Pathogen Yet Intensifies Transmission and Disrupts Protective Skin Microbiome
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June 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Experimental Drought Suppresses Amphibian Pathogen Yet Intensifies Transmission and Disrupts Protective Skin Microbiome
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Reposted by Shannon Buttimer
Developed from the #WCH10 symposium, we provide a guide for researchers & managers on current advances for assessing the vulnerability of reptiles 🐍 & amphibians 🐸 to water stress | doi.org/10.1093/conp... | Published in @conphysjournal.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Developed from the #WCH10 symposium, we provide a guide for researchers & managers on current advances for assessing the vulnerability of reptiles 🐍 & amphibians 🐸 to water stress | doi.org/10.1093/conp... | Published in @conphysjournal.bsky.social
Reposted by Shannon Buttimer
Climate change meets microbiome ecology!
🌎🐸 New study from the Becker Lab shows drought alters amphibian behavior & disrupts protective skin microbiomes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest — reshaping disease dynamics with fungal pathogen Bd.
Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🌎🐸 New study from the Becker Lab shows drought alters amphibian behavior & disrupts protective skin microbiomes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest — reshaping disease dynamics with fungal pathogen Bd.
Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Experimental Drought Suppresses Amphibian Pathogen Yet Intensifies Transmission and Disrupts Protective Skin Microbiome
This study used ecologically realistic enclosures with pumpkin toadlets to simulate short-term drought conditions in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Drought reduced the overall levels of a harmful amphibia...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Climate change meets microbiome ecology!
🌎🐸 New study from the Becker Lab shows drought alters amphibian behavior & disrupts protective skin microbiomes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest — reshaping disease dynamics with fungal pathogen Bd.
Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🌎🐸 New study from the Becker Lab shows drought alters amphibian behavior & disrupts protective skin microbiomes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest — reshaping disease dynamics with fungal pathogen Bd.
Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I got to teach kids about pumpkin toadlets today!!! I think they liked the jumping videos 😂
February 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I got to teach kids about pumpkin toadlets today!!! I think they liked the jumping videos 😂
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