
Advisor: Karen Lips, Ph.D.
Program: Ph.D
Specialty: Herpetology (Larvae)

My doctorate research
emphasizes in the ecological role of amphibian larvae in Neotropical
mid elevation stream ecosystems and the post-extinction effects in trophic food webs and energy flow. My research it’s
been conducted in two sites located in central

Lips, K. R.; F. Brem; R., Brenes; J. D., Reeve; R. A., Alford; J., Voyles; C., Carey; L., Livo; A. P., Pessier; J. P., Collins. 2006. Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.103 (9):3165-3170.
Whiles, M.; K. R., Lips ; C., Pringle; S. S., Kilham; R. J. Bixby; R., Brenes; S., Connelly; J. C., Colon Gaud; M., Hunte-Brown; A. D., Huryn; C., Montgomery; S., Peterson. 2006. The consequences of amphibian population declines to the structure and function of Neotropical stream ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology. 4(1): 27-34.
Brenes, R. and Neil B. Ford. 2006. Seasonality and movements of the Gulf Coast Waterdog (Necturus beyeri) in
Gray, M. J., L. M. Smith, and R. Brenes. 2004. Effects of
agricultural cultivation on demographics of southern high
plains amphibians. Conservation Biology 18:1386-1377.
Gray, M. J., L. M. Smith, and R.
Brenes. 1999. Spatial and temporal dynamics of amphibians
using playa wetlands on the southern high plains of Texas.

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