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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2024
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Meredith C. Swartwout

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Researcher

Also affiliated: University of Toronto (2024); Virginia Tech (2015–2017)

Faculty Researcher

5 h-index 10 pubs 144 cited

  • Animals
  • Bacteria
  • Skin
  • Chytridiomycota
  • Microbiota
  • Anura
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Biodiversity
  • Antibiosis
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Amphibians
  • Disease Resistance

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Meredith C. Swartwout's research investigates the ecology and health of animal populations, with a particular focus on amphibians and reptiles. Swartwout's work has examined the role of skin-associated bacterial communities in disease resistance in tropical amphibians and has explored factors influencing tropical lizard reproduction. Additionally, Swartwout has studied snake vulnerability to egg predation by invasive species and the ecology of snake assemblages in coastal Maine. This research contributes to understanding biodiversity, species interactions, and the impact of environmental factors on animal health and reproduction.

Swartwout has authored 10 publications, with an h-index of 5 and 139 total citations. Key collaborators include Ethan J. Royal from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Swartwout's recent publications include work on disease resistance in amphibian skin microbiota, snake predation vulnerability, insular snake assemblage ecology, and factors influencing lizard reproduction.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 10
  • Citations: 144

Selected Publications

  • Ecology of an Insular Snake Assemblage in Coastal Maine (2024)
    Northeastern Naturalist DOI OpenAlex
  • Factors influencing tropical lizard reproduction vary by microhabitat but not forest type (2023)
    Journal of Tropical Ecology DOI OpenAlex
  • Southeastern US Snake Species are Vulnerable to Egg Predation by Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) (2022)
    Herpetologica 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • An experimental test of disease resistance function in the skin-associated bacterial communities of three tropical amphibian species (2022)
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Prey Size and Feeding Rate Do Not Influence Trophic Morphology of Juvenile Water Snakes (Nerodia sipedon) (2020)
    Herpetologica 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Distribution and Abundance of Introduced Seal Salamanders (<i>Desmognathus monticola</i>) in Northwest Arkansas, USA (2017)
    Copeia 4 citations DOI OpenAlex

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