Outreach Activities
The lab also produces outreach publications to help educate the public on topics such as freshwater ecosystems, phenotypic plasticity, and disease ecology. For example, we have published extension products on amphibian pathogens targeting wildlife professionals in Indiana and researchers across the United States. The goal of these publications is to inform wildlife biologists of the natural history of pathogens and the threat they pose to amphibian populations. In collaboration with Dr. Rod Williams and Brian MacGowan at Purdue, we are working on larval and adult amphibian field guides. These guides are intended to help wildlife biologists in Indiana with the identification of native species and will be used in FNR courses taught by Drs. Hoverman and Williams. Click on the links below to view our outreach publications.
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Billet, L., JT Hoverman, R Koetz, RN Williams. 2020. The Nature of Teaching Unit 7: Ecotoxicology & Environmental Health. Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, West Lafayette, IN. FNR-595-W.
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Wuerthner, V and JT Hoverman. 2014. Salamanders in a world of pathogens. Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. Year of the Salamander June Newsletter.
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Hoverman, JT. October 2010. Predator-induced plasticity. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. (DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003305.pub2)
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Hoverman, JT. 2009. The bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila in amphibian populations. Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Disease, Pathogens and Parasites Task Team, Information Sheet #3. (http://www.separc.org/).
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Gray, MJ, DL Miller, and JT Hoverman. 2009. Ranaviruses of amphibians in the southeastern United States. Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Disease, Pathogens and Parasites Task Team, Information Sheet #1. (http://www.separc.org/).
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Gray, MJ and JT Hoverman. 2008. Ranavirus: An amphibian pathogen of global concern. Tennessee Herpetological Society Newsletter. Fall 2008, Volume 4.