Guilherme Becker

Associate Professor of Biology

Guilherme Becker

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Host-microbial interactions, landscape genetics and the ecology of global change stressors. Building models and conducting field and laboratory experiments to understand the biotic and abiotic mechanisms driving wildlife disease dynamics in both tropical and temperate systems.

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Amphibians Amphibian Brazil Chytridiomycota Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis Infection Infections Ecosystem Frog Virulence Pathogen Fungi Frogs Forests Immune System Skin Climate Biodiversity Extinction Microbiome Pathogens Anura Mycoses Phenotype Ecology

Most Recent Publications

Anthropogenic habitat modification linked to deformities in Cururu Toads from Fernando de Noronha

R. Reboucas, C. Guilherme Becker, J. Bacon, L. Toledo, Salamandra: German Journal of Herpetology

Haddadus binotatus (leaf litter frog)

R. Martins, I. Scheeffer, C. Guilherme Becker, HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW

A retrospective overview of amphibian declines in Brazil's Atlantic Forest

Luís Felipe Toledo, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, Ana Maria Paulino Telles de Carvalho-e-Silva, João Luiz Gasparini, Délio Baêta, Raoni Rebouças, Célio F.B. Haddad, C. Guilherme Becker, Tamilie Carvalho, 2023, Biological Conservation

Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians

C. Guilherme Becker, Sasha Greenspan, Renato Martins, Mariana Lyra, Paula Prist, Jean Metzger, S\~ao Pedro, Vinicius, Haddad, C\'elio FB, Emily Le Sage, Douglas Woodhams, others, 2023, Biological Reviews

Signatures of functional bacteriome structure in a tropical direct-developing amphibian species

Renato Martins, Sasha Greenspan, Daniel Medina, Shannon Buttimer, Vanessa Marshall, Wesley Neely, Samantha Siomko, Mariana Lyra, Celio Haddad, Vinicius Sao Pedro, C. Becker, 2022, Animal Microbiome on p. 1-14

Comparative host–pathogen associations of Snake Fungal Disease in sympatric species of water snakes (Nerodia)

Stephen F. Harding, C. Guilherme Becker, Jessica R. Yates, Paul Crump, Michael R.J. Forstner, Stephen J. Mullin, David Rodriguez, 2022, Scientific Reports

Habitat fragmentation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is associated with erosion of frog immunogenetic diversity and increased fungal infections

Anat M. Belasen, Kevin R. Amses, Rebecca A. Clemons, C. Guilherme Becker, L. Felipe Toledo, Timothy Y. James, 2022, Immunogenetics on p. 431-441

Ecology drives patterns of spectral transmission in the ocular lenses of frogs and salamanders

Kate N. Thomas, David J. Gower, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Rayna C. Bell, Matthew K. Fujita, Ryan K. Schott, H. Christoph Liedtke, Célio F.B. Haddad, C. Guilherme Becker, Christian L. Cox, Renato A. Martins, Ron H. Douglas, 2022, Functional Ecology on p. 850-864

Presence of invasive American bullfrogs may reduce infectious disease in a native frog species

Psiquê Laís Moreno-De-Lima, Carolina Lambertini, C. Guilherme Becker, Raoni Rebouças, Luís Felipe Toledo, 2022, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms on p. 53-58

De genes a ecossistemas: uma síntese da pesquisa em biodiversidade de anfíbios no Brasil

Célio F.B. Haddad, Carla M. Lopes, C. Guilherme Becker, Fernando R. da Silva, Mariana L. Lyra, 2022, Biota Neotropica

Most-Cited Papers

Long-term endemism of two highly divergent lineages of the amphibian-killing fungus in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

D. Rodriguez, C. G. Becker, N. C. Pupin, C. F.B. Haddad, K. R. Zamudio, 2014, Molecular Ecology on p. 774-787

Historical amphibian declines and extinctions in Brazil linked to chytridiomycosis

Tamilie Carvalho, C. Guilherme Becker, Luís Felipe Toledo, 2017, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Partitioning the net effect of host diversity on an emerging amphibian pathogen

C. Guilherme Becker, David Rodriguez, L. Felipe Toledo, Ana V. Longo, Carolina Lambertini, Décio T. Corrêa, Domingos S. Leite, Célio F.B. Haddad, Kelly R. Zamudio, 2014, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Linking genetic and environmental factors in amphibian disease risk

Anna E. Savage, Carlos G. Becker, Kelly R. Zamudio, 2015, Evolutionary Applications on p. 560-572

Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale

Jordan G. Kueneman, Molly C. Bletz, Valerie J. McKenzie, C. Guilherme Becker, Maxwell B. Joseph, Juan G. Abarca, Holly Archer, Ana Lisette Arellano, Arnaud Bataille, Matthew Becker, Lisa K. Belden, Angelica Crottini, Robert Geffers, Célio F.B. Haddad, Reid N. Harris, Whitney M. Holden, Myra Hughey, Michael Jarek, Patrick J. Kearns, Jacob L. Kerby, Jos Kielgast, Atsushi Kurabayashi, Ana V. Longo, Andrew Loudon, Daniel Medina, José J. Nuñez, R. G.Bina Perl, Adrián Pinto-Tomás, Falitiana C.E. Rabemananjara, Eria A. Rebollar, Ariel Rodríguez, Louise Rollins-Smith, Robert Stevenson, Christoph C. Tebbe, Gabriel Vargas Asensio, Bruce Waldman, Jenifer B. Walke, Steven M. Whitfield, Kelly R. Zamudio, Ibrahim Zúñiga Chaves, Douglas C. Woodhams, Miguel Vences, 2019, Nature Ecology and Evolution on p. 381-389

Hybrids of amphibian chytrid show high virulence in native hosts

S. E. Greenspan, C. Lambertini, T. Carvalho, T. Y. James, L. F. Toledo, C. F.B. Haddad, C. G. Becker, 2018, Scientific Reports

Land cover and forest connectivity alter the interactions among host, pathogen and skin microbiome

C. G. Becker, A. V. Longo, C. F.B. Haddad, K. R. Zamudio, 2017, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Rarity as an indicator of endangerment in neotropical frogs

Luís Felipe Toledo, C. Guilherme Becker, Célio F.B. Haddad, Kelly R. Zamudio, 2014, Biological Conservation on p. 54-62

Variation in phenotype and virulence among enzootic and panzootic amphibian chytrid lineages

C. G. Becker, S. E. Greenspan, K. E. Tracy, J. A. Dash, C. Lambertini, T. S. Jenkinson, D. S. Leite, L. F. Toledo, J. E. Longcore, T. Y. James, K. R. Zamudio, 2017, Fungal Ecology on p. 45-50

Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate

Douglas C. Woodhams, Molly C. Bletz, C. Guilherme Becker, Hayden A. Bender, Daniel Buitrago-Rosas, Hannah Diebboll, Roger Huynh, Patrick J. Kearns, Jordan Kueneman, Emmi Kurosawa, Brandon C. Labumbard, Casandra Lyons, Kerry McNally, Klaus Schliep, Nachiket Shankar, Amanda G. Tokash-Peters, Miguel Vences, Ross Whetstone, 2020, Genome Biology