Publications
Wehrle, B.A., and D.P. German. 2023. Reptile digestive efficiency: Past, present, and future. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 277: 111369. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2023.111369
Lemieux-Labonté*, V., C. Vigliotti*, S. Dowd, Z. Tadić, B.A. Wehrle, P. Lopez, E. Bapteste, F.-J. Lapointe, D.P. German, and A. Herrel.2022. Proximate drivers of population level lizard gut microbial diversity: impacts of diet, insularity, and local environment. Microorganisms 10: 1550. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10081550 [PDF]
Frederick, A.R., A.M. Lee, B.A. Wehrle, C.C. Catabay, D.R. Rankins, K.D. Clements, and D.P. German. 2022. Abalone under moderate heat stress have elevate metabolic rates and changes to digestive enzyme activities. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 270: 111230. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111230
Wehrle, B.A, A. Herrel, B.-Q. Nguyen-Phuc, S. Maldonado, R.K. Dang, R. Agnihotri, Z. Tadić, A. Herrel, and D.P. German. 2020. Rapid dietary shift in Podarcis siculus led to localized changed in gut function. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1086/709848
Taverne, M., N. King-Gillies, M. Krajnović, D. Lisičić, Ó. Mira, D. Petricioli, I. Sabolić, A. Štambuk, Z. Tadić, C. Vigliotti, B. A. Wehrle, and A. Herrel. 2020. Proximate and ultimate drivers of variation in bite force in the insular lizards Podarcis melisellensis and Podarcis sicula. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 88-108. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa091
Taverne, M., A.-C. Fabre, N. King-Gillies, M. Krajnović, D. Lisičić, L. Martin, L. Michal, D. Petricioli, A. Štambuk, Z. Tadić, C. Vigliotti, B. A. Wehrle, and A. Herrel. 2019. Diet variability among insular populations of Podarcis lizards reveals diverse strategies to face resource-limited environments. Ecology and Evolution. 2019;00:1–13. https://doi. org/10.1002/ece3.5626
As member of the Earth Microbiome Project Consortium
Thompson, L.R, J.G. Sanders, D. McDonald, A. Amir, J. Ladau, K.J. Locey, R.J. Prill, A. Tripathi, S.M. Gibbons, G.Ackermann, J.A. Navas-Molina, S. Janssen, E. Kopylova, Y. Vázquez-Baeza, A. González, J.T. Morton, S. Mirarab, Z. Zech Xu, L. Jiang, M.F. Haroon, J. Kanbar, Q. Zhu, S.-J. Song, T. Kosciolek, N.A. Bokulich, J. Lefler, C.J. Brislawn, G. Humphrey, S.M. Owens, J. Hampton-Marcell, D. Berg-Lyons, V. McKenzie, N. Fierer, J.A. Fuhrman, A. Clauset, R.L. Stevens, A. Shade, K.S. Pollard, K.D. Goodwin, J.K. Jansson, J.A. Gilbert, R. Knight, and The Earth Microbiome Project Consortium. 2017. A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity. Nature 551: 457–463 doi:10.1038/nature24621
Wehrle, B. A., and J. A. Guzman. 2012. Iguana iguana (Green Iguana). Predation. Herpetological Review 43:134.
Lemieux-Labonté*, V., C. Vigliotti*, S. Dowd, Z. Tadić, B.A. Wehrle, P. Lopez, E. Bapteste, F.-J. Lapointe, D.P. German, and A. Herrel.2022. Proximate drivers of population level lizard gut microbial diversity: impacts of diet, insularity, and local environment. Microorganisms 10: 1550. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10081550 [PDF]
Frederick, A.R., A.M. Lee, B.A. Wehrle, C.C. Catabay, D.R. Rankins, K.D. Clements, and D.P. German. 2022. Abalone under moderate heat stress have elevate metabolic rates and changes to digestive enzyme activities. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 270: 111230. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111230
Wehrle, B.A, A. Herrel, B.-Q. Nguyen-Phuc, S. Maldonado, R.K. Dang, R. Agnihotri, Z. Tadić, A. Herrel, and D.P. German. 2020. Rapid dietary shift in Podarcis siculus led to localized changed in gut function. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1086/709848
Taverne, M., N. King-Gillies, M. Krajnović, D. Lisičić, Ó. Mira, D. Petricioli, I. Sabolić, A. Štambuk, Z. Tadić, C. Vigliotti, B. A. Wehrle, and A. Herrel. 2020. Proximate and ultimate drivers of variation in bite force in the insular lizards Podarcis melisellensis and Podarcis sicula. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 88-108. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa091
Taverne, M., A.-C. Fabre, N. King-Gillies, M. Krajnović, D. Lisičić, L. Martin, L. Michal, D. Petricioli, A. Štambuk, Z. Tadić, C. Vigliotti, B. A. Wehrle, and A. Herrel. 2019. Diet variability among insular populations of Podarcis lizards reveals diverse strategies to face resource-limited environments. Ecology and Evolution. 2019;00:1–13. https://doi. org/10.1002/ece3.5626
As member of the Earth Microbiome Project Consortium
Thompson, L.R, J.G. Sanders, D. McDonald, A. Amir, J. Ladau, K.J. Locey, R.J. Prill, A. Tripathi, S.M. Gibbons, G.Ackermann, J.A. Navas-Molina, S. Janssen, E. Kopylova, Y. Vázquez-Baeza, A. González, J.T. Morton, S. Mirarab, Z. Zech Xu, L. Jiang, M.F. Haroon, J. Kanbar, Q. Zhu, S.-J. Song, T. Kosciolek, N.A. Bokulich, J. Lefler, C.J. Brislawn, G. Humphrey, S.M. Owens, J. Hampton-Marcell, D. Berg-Lyons, V. McKenzie, N. Fierer, J.A. Fuhrman, A. Clauset, R.L. Stevens, A. Shade, K.S. Pollard, K.D. Goodwin, J.K. Jansson, J.A. Gilbert, R. Knight, and The Earth Microbiome Project Consortium. 2017. A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity. Nature 551: 457–463 doi:10.1038/nature24621
Wehrle, B. A., and J. A. Guzman. 2012. Iguana iguana (Green Iguana). Predation. Herpetological Review 43:134.
Published Abstracts
Wehrle, B.A., E.E. Bryant, and K.M. Connor. 2022. The effects of diet, heat, and tide on the behaviors of digestive and molecular physiology of California Mussels. SICB+, watch talk
Wehrle, B.A., A.X. Gonzalez, J. Stone, D. Rankins, E. Vuu, A. Herrel, Z. Tadić, and D.P. German. 2020. Do digestive enzyme activities explain increased plant digestibility in a newly omnivorous lizard? Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX [oral]
Frederick, A.R, C. Catabay, B.A. Wehrle, K.D. Clements, and D.P German. 2019. Will abalone survive climate change? Comparative digestive physiology and the effect of temperature stress on abalone across the Pacific Ocean. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL [oral]
Wehrle, B.A., D.P. German, A. Herrel, and Z. Tadic. 2018. Quickly Becoming an Omnivorous Lizard: interactions of diet, physiology, and ecology lead to dynamic changes in a rapidly evolving system. American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting Comparative Physiology: Complexity and Integration, New Orleans, LA [oral]
Wehrle, B.A., M. Tavern, M. Krajnović, Z. Tadić, A. Herrel, and D.P. German. 2018. Interplay of gut length, diet, and ecology in lacertid lizards. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA [oral]
Wehrle, B.A., A.X. Gonzalez, J. Stone, D. Rankins, E. Vuu, A. Herrel, Z. Tadić, and D.P. German. 2020. Do digestive enzyme activities explain increased plant digestibility in a newly omnivorous lizard? Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX [oral]
Frederick, A.R, C. Catabay, B.A. Wehrle, K.D. Clements, and D.P German. 2019. Will abalone survive climate change? Comparative digestive physiology and the effect of temperature stress on abalone across the Pacific Ocean. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL [oral]
Wehrle, B.A., D.P. German, A. Herrel, and Z. Tadic. 2018. Quickly Becoming an Omnivorous Lizard: interactions of diet, physiology, and ecology lead to dynamic changes in a rapidly evolving system. American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting Comparative Physiology: Complexity and Integration, New Orleans, LA [oral]
Wehrle, B.A., M. Tavern, M. Krajnović, Z. Tadić, A. Herrel, and D.P. German. 2018. Interplay of gut length, diet, and ecology in lacertid lizards. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA [oral]
Wehrle, B.A., Z. Tadić, M. Krajnović, K. Chernoff, A. Herrel, and D.P. German. 2017. Comparative nutrient digestibility between insectivorous and rapid-evolving herbivorous Italian Wall Lizards. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA [oral]
Wehrle, B.A.; B.Q. Nguyen-Phuc, R.K. Dang, M. Krajnović, Z. Tadić, A. Herrel, and D.P. German. 2016. Seasonal and sex effects on the digestive physiology of a newly herbivorous lizard. Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, University of Southern California [poster]
Wehrle, B.A., Z. Tadić, M. Krajnović, K. Chernoff, A. Herrel, and D.P. German. 2017. Comparative nutrient digestibility between insectivorous and rapid-evolving herbivorous Italian Wall Lizards. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA [oral]
Wehrle, B.A.; B.Q. Nguyen-Phuc, R.K. Dang, M. Krajnović, Z. Tadić, A. Herrel, and D.P. German. 2016. Seasonal and sex effects on the digestive physiology of a newly herbivorous lizard. Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, University of Southern California [poster]
Wehrle, B.A., M. Krajnović, Z. Tadić, A. Herrel, and D.P. German. 2015. Changes in digestive performance and gut structure and function in a newly herbivorous lizard. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL. [oral] Wehrle, B.A., A. Herrel, Z. Tadic, and D.P. German. 2014. Testing the Adaptive Modulation Hypothesis: Physiological changes in a newly herbivorous lizard. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, Austin, TX. [poster] |
Wehrle, B.A. and R.E. Espinoza. 2013. Lounging lizards and gut bugs: Testing the role of the social aggregations for transferring digestive microbes. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, San Francisco, CA. [poster] Wehrle, B.A. and R.E. Espinoza. 2012. Why do lizards lounge? The role of sociality in exchanging microbial communities among hatchling Iguana iguana. World Congress of Herpetology 7, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. [oral] Wehrle, B.A. and R.E. Espinoza. 2012. Why do lizards lounge? The role of sociality in exchanging microbial communities among hatchling Green Iguanas. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, Charleston, SC. [oral] Wehrle, B.A. 2011. Eat poop and thrive: testing the role of the lizard lounge for transferring digestive microbes. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Minneapolis, MN. [poster] |
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