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Theme Leader (Evolution & Molecular Ecology)
Curriculum Vitae:
- 2009-present: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology.
- 2005-2010: RCUK Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology.
- 2004-2005: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology.
- 2001-2004: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Zoologisches Institute and Zoologisches Museum, Universität Zürich.
- 1998-2001: PhD candidate, Zoologisches Institute, Universität Zürich.
- 1994-1998: MSc candidate, Department of Biology, University of Victoria.
- 1992-1994: BSc candidate, Department of Biology, University of Victoria.
Research Interests:
Broadly speaking, my research has always contrasted biological conflicts with compatibilities. My previous research interests include polyandrous mating systems, how they affect population genetic structure, and how demography affects mate choice. More recently I’ve mostly worked on host/parasite relationships; I am interested in determining how parasites are maintained and incur costs in hosts, and how this may affect host or parasite population dynamics and persistence. This, in turn, has led me back to sexual selection.
Much ado has been made about infectious disease as a conservation issue, notably in amphibian hosts. Some of the attention may be misplaced, but in some cases parasites pose grave and immediate threats to host populations and species. Conservation operates with limited resources - we aim to identify conditions where parasites are most likely to be conservation threats, and so advise on the optimal use of conservation resources. We use a suite of approaches, methods, systems and most importantly, collaborations to ascertain when conservation actions to mitigate the effects of amphibian parasites are warranted (and how to do so when warranted).
Amphibian chytridiomycosis research
Measuring the costs of parasitism using experiments
Host/parasite relationships are not straightforward: a variety of factors can affect infection dynamics, virulence and transmission probabilities. Infectious disease can also shape mating strategies and other behaviours of the hosts. This kind of complexity is difficult to unravel in the field, so I use experiments to examine under what conditions hosts are expected to suffer the most or the least from parasitism. I use different hosts and parasites to do this, and work with several collaborators:
Amphibian/Fungal system: Mat Fisher, Marcus Rowcliffe, Jon Bielby
Amphibian/Viral system: Amanda Duffus, Peter Pearman
Dung fly/Fungal system: Rob Knell, Vicky Pook.
Emergence of a global amphibian pathogen in Europe: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a chytridiomycete fungus causing declines of amphibian populations and species extinctions across the world. Although a recently emerged pathogen, it is arguably the most virulent wildlife disease known today. In response to the potential threat to European amphibians posed by the emergence of this infectious disease, we have formed a consortium of European researchers, funded by the EU’s BiodivERsA programme, NERC and various other organizations, to determine the range of this disease across Europe and explore what ecological, demographic and community factors influence prevalence and virulence (see R.A.C.E .). We are using field work, population genetics and experiments to determine how disease establishment and propagation may occur and what conditions lead to amphibian mortality. We’re also developing treatments and mitigation methodologies.
BiodivERsA team and collaborators:
David Aanensen, Jon Bielby, Jaime Bosch, Frances Clare, Andrew Cunningham, Rhys Farrer, Mat Fisher, Klaus Henle, Emilien Luquet, Claude Miaud (unfortunately a supporter of the French national rugby side), Peter Minting, Sandrine Plenet, Chris Powell, Dirk Schmeller, Benedikt Schmidt, Jennifer Sears, Ursina Tobler, Susan Walker and Zirichiltaggi, along with a host of other researchers, students and technicians.
Consequences of emerging viral disease for amphibian populations
We have several projects involved in understanding the impact of ranavirus on wild amphibians, first and foremost determining if the emergence of ranavirus is a serious conservation issue. In some circumstances amphibians and virus can enter into co-evolutionary dynamics, suggesting that ranavirus may not pose an extinction risk to a host. However, recent work by our team showed that amphibian populations may experience large and persistent population declines that presumably could increase the risk of population extirpation. Other findings were that selection on both host immunity and behaviour may be occurring in populations experiencing persistent disease. Thus disease emergence has the potential to modify host genetics in turn. This suggests that extinction due exclusively to ranavirus emergence in the U.K. may be unlikely, but overall ranavirus appears to contribute to population regulation, and, in some cases, strongly. However, ranavirus is a multihost parasite, so we also wonder if disease maintenance due to disease dynamics in the host exhibiting clinical signs of disease, or is maintenance due to host community disease dynamics?
Ranavirus team, past and present: Amber Teacher, Richard Nichols, Amanda Duffus, Stephen Price.
Invasive species as vectors of emerging parasites and the impact of amphibian trade
Species introductions are a common occurrence, and these introductions often also inadvertently introduce novel parasites, potentially resulting in conservation issues. Although it is likely many factors have led to the worldwide spread of the parasites of amphibians, it appears that the global trade in amphibians contributes greatly to the past and ongoing global spread of amphibian infectious disease. Every year, thousands of tons of amphibians are traded around the globe as food, pets, for captive breeding programs, zoo displays, fishing bait, decorations for garden ponds and research and many of these shipments carry infected animals. My colleagues and I are currently determining how introductions are associated with the emergence of amphibian parasites, the likelihood of establishment after translocated native and introduced non-native amphibian species invade and what the consequences are for the native amphibians.
Introductions collaborators and students: Francesco Ficetola, Mat Fisher, Purnima Govindarajulu, Richard Griffiths, Claude Miaud, Jennifer Sears, Emma Wombwell
Habitat alteration amphibian decline and amphibian parasites
Human-induced habitat alteration is expected to alter amphibian behaviour and populationdynamics, and lead to species declines, especially in those amphibian species that are more specialized in their life and natural histories. Habitat alteration may also destabilize existing host/parasite dynamics or facilitate the introduction of new parasites often through associated non-native host invasions, as well as directly affect amphibian populations and behaviour. My colleagues and I are examining the pattern of amphibian community structure in altered versus more natural habitats, as well as relating amphibian parasite communities to patterns of habitat alteration.
Students and collaborators: Aisyah Faruk, Rob Knell, and David Lesbarrères .
Publications:
In press
Ball S, Bovero S, Sotgiu G, Tessa G, Angelini C, Bielby J, Durrant C, Favelli M, Gazzaniga E, Garner TWJ (in press) Islands within islands: population genetic structure of the endemic Sardinian newt, Euproctus platycephalus. Ecology and Evolution
Fiegna C, Clarke CL, Shaw DJ, Baily JL, Garner TWJ, Clare FC, Gray A, Meredith AL (in press) Pathological and phylogenetic characterization of Amphibiothecum sp. Infection in an isolated amphibian (Lissotriton helveticus) population on the island of Rum (Scotland). Parasitology
Rosa GM, Sabino-Pinto J, Laurentino TG, Martel A, Pasmans F, Rebelo R, Griffiths RA, Stöhr AC, Marschang RE, Price SJ, Garner TWJ, Bosch J (in press) Impact of asynchronous emergence of two lethal pathogens on amphibian assemblages. Sci. Reports
2016
Clare FC, Garner TWJ, Fisher MC, Daniel O (2016) Assessing the reliability of PCR-based diagnostics from epidermal swabs to determine a lethal threshold of infection for amphibian chytridiomycosis. Ecohealth, 13, 360-367
Clare FC, Halder JB, Daniel O, Bielby J, Semenov MA, Jombart T, Loyau A, Schmeller DS, Cunningham AA, Rowcliffe JM, Garner TWJ, Bosch J, Fisher MC (2016) Climate forcing of an emerging pathogenic fungus across a montane multihost community. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Garner TWJ, Schmidt BR, Martel A, Pasmans F, Muths E, Cunningham AA, Fisher MC, Bosch J (2016) Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis in nature. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Miaud C, Dejean T, Savard K, Millery A, Valentini A, Garner TWJ (2016) Invasive North American bullfrogs transmit lethal fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections to native amphibian host species. Biological Invasions, 18, 2299-2308
Price SJ, Garner TWJ, Cunningham AA, Langton TES, Nichols RA (2016) Reconstructing the emergence of an infectious disease of wildlife supports a key role for spread through translocations by humans. Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 283, 20160952
Wombwell E, Garner TWJ, Cunningham AA, Quest R, Pritchard S, Rowcliffe JM, Griffiths RA (2016) Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians imported into the UK for the pet trade. Ecohealth, 13, 456-466
2015
Angelini C, Sotgiu G, Tessa G, Bielby J, Doglio S, Favelli M, Garner TWJ, Gazzaniga E, Giacoma C, Repetto R, Bovero S (2015) Environmentally determined juvenile growth rates dictate the degree of sexual size dimorphism in Euproctus platycephalus. Evolutionary Ecology, 29, 169-184
Antwis RE, Preziosi RF, Harrison XA, Garner TWJ (2015) Amphibian symbiotic bacteria do not show a universal ability to inhibit growth of the global panzootic lineage of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, 3706-3711
Bielby J, Fisher MC, Clare FC, Rosa GM, Garner TWJ (2015) Host species vary in infection probability, sub-lethal effects, and cost of immune response when exposed to an amphibian parasite. Scientific Reports, 5, 10828
Bosch J, Sanchez-Tomé E, Fernández-Lora A, Oliver JA, Fisher MC, Garner TWJ (2015) Successful elimination of a lethal wildlife infectious disease in nature. Biology Letters, 11, 20150874
Evans DM, Altwegg R, Garner TWJ, Gompper ME, Gordon IJ, Johnson JA, Pettorelli N (2015) Editorial: Biodiversity offsetting: what are the challenges, opportunities and research priorities for animal conservation? Animal Conservation, 18, 1-3
Medina D, Garner TWJ, Carrascal LM, Bosch J (2015) Delayed metamorphosis of amphibian larvae facilitates Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis transmission and persistence. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 117, 85-92
Price SJ, Garner TWJ, Balloux F, Ruis C, Paskiewicz KH, Moore K, Griffiths AGF (2015) A de novo assembly of the common frog (Rana temporaria) transcriptome following exposure to Ranavirus and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. PLoS ONE, 10, e0130500
2014
Baláž V, Vörös J, Civiš P, Voja J, Hettyey A, Sós E, Dankovics R, Jehle R, Christiansen DG, Clare F, Fisher MC, Garner TWJ, Bielby J (2014) Assessing risk and guidance on monitoring of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Europe through identification of taxonomic selectivity of infection. Conservation Biology, 28, 213-223
Duffus ALJ, Nichols RA, Garner TWJ (2014) Experimental evidence in support of single host maintenance of a multihost pathogen. Ecosphere, 5, 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00074.1
Duffus ALJ, Nichols RA, Garner TWJ (2014) Detection of a frog virus-3 ranavirus in native and introduced amphibians in the United Kingdom in 2007 and 2008. Herpetological Review, 45, 608-610
Gordon IJ, Evans DM, Garner TWJ, Katzner T, Gompper ME, Altwegg R, Branch TA, Johnson JA, Pettorelli N (2014) Editorial: Enhancing communication between conservation biologists and conservation practitioners: Letter from the Conservation Front Line. Animal Conservation, 17, 1-2
Orton F, Baynes A, Clare F, Duffus ALJ, Larroze S, Scholze M, Garner TWJ (2014) Body size, nuptial pad size and hormone levels: potential non-destructive biomarkers of reproductive health in wild toads (Bufo bufo). Ecotoxicology, 23, 1359-1365
Martel A, Blooi M, Adriaensen C, Van Rooij P, Beukema W, Fisher MC, Farrer RA, Schmidt BR, Tobler U, Goka K, Lips KR, Muletz C, Zamudio K, Bosch J, Lötters S, Wombwell E, Garner TWJ, Spitzen-van der Sluijs A, Salvidio S, Ducatelle R, Nishikawa K, Nguyen TT, Van Bocxlaer I, Bossuyt F, Pasmans F (2014) Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders. Science, 346, 630-631
Price SJ, Garner TWJ, Nichols RA, Balloux F, Ayres C, Mora-Cabello de Alba A, Bosch J (2014) Collapse of amphibian communities due to an introduced Ranavirus. Current Biology, 24, 2586-2591
Schmeller DS, Blooi M, Martel A, Garner TWJ, Fisher MC, Azemar F, Clare FC, Leclerc C, Jäger L, Guevara-Nieto M, Loyau A, Pasmans F (2014) Microscopic aquatic predators strongly affect infection dynamics of a globally emerged pathogen. Current Biology, 24, 176-180
Spitzen - van der Sluijs A, Martel A, Hallmann CA, Bosman W, Garner TWJ, van Rooij P, Jooris R, Haesebrouck F, Pasmans F (2014) Environmental determinants promote recent endemism of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections in amphibian assemblages in Northwestern Europe in the absence of disease outbreak. Conservation Biology, 28, 1302-1311
2013
Bielby J, Bovero S, Sotgiu G, Tessa G, Favelli M, Angelini C, Perkins M, Garner TWJ (2013) Geographic, taxonomic and ecological variation in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection within a highly endemic amphibian community. Diversity & Distribution, 19, 1153-1163
Bosch J, Garcia D, Fernandez-Beaskoetxea S, Fisher MC, Garner TWJ (2013) Evidence for the introduction of lethal chytridiomycosis affecting wild Betic midwife toads (Alytes dickhilleni). Ecohealth, 10, 82-89
Doddington BJ, Bosch J, Oliver JA, Grassly NC, Garcia G, Garner TWJ, Fisher MC (2013) Context- dependent amphibian host population response to an invading pathogen. Ecology, 94, 1795-1804
Duffus ALJ, Nichols RA, Garner TWJ (2013) Investigations into the life history stages of the common frog (Rana temporaria) affected by an amphibian ranavirus in the United Kingdom. Herpetological Review, 44, 260-263
Farrer RA, Henk DA, Garner TWJ, Balloux F, Woodhams DC, Fisher MC (2013) Chromosomal copy number variation, selection and uneven rates of recombination reveal cryptic genome diversity linked to pathogenicity. PLoS Genetics, 9, e1003703
Faruk A, Belabut D, Ahmad N, Knell R, Garner TWJ (2013) Evaluating the impact of oil palm plantation on tropical amphibian species diversity. Conservation Biology, 27, 615-624
Garner TWJ, Martel A, Bielby J, Bosch J, Anderson L, Meredith A, Cunningham AA, Fisher MC, Henk DA, Pasmans F (2013) Infectious diseases that may threaten Europe’s amphibians. Pp. 1-41 In: Amphibian Biology, Volume 11, Issue 3: Diseases, Declines and Conservation of Amphibians in Seven Western European Countries. Pelagic Publishing Ltd.
Gower DJ, Doherty-Bone T, Loader SP, Wilkinson M, Kouete MT, Tapley B, Orton F, Daniel OZ, Wynne F, Flach E, Müller H, Menegon M, Stephen I, Browne RK, Fisher MC, Cunningham AA, Garner TWJ (2013) Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection and lethal chytridiomycosis in caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona). Ecohealth, 10, 173-183
Katzner T, Johnson JA, Evans DM, Garner TWJ, Gompper ME, Altwegg R, Branch TA, Gordon IJ, Pettorelli N (2013) Editorial: Challenges and opportunities for animal conservation from renewable energy development. Animal Conservation, 16, 367-369
Olson DH, Aanensen DM, Ronnenberg KL, Powell CI, Walker SF, Bielby J, Garner TWJ, Weaver G, the Bd Mapping Group, Fisher MC (2013) Mapping the global emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the amphibian chytrid fungus. PloS ONE, 8, e56802
Pasmans F, Van Rooij P, Blooi M, Tessa G, Bogaerts S, Sotgiu G, Garner TWJ, Fisher MC, Woeltjes T, Beukema W, Bovero S, Adriaensen C, Oneto F, Ottonello D, Martel A, Salvidio S (2013) Fungicidal skin secretions mediate resistance to chytridiomycosis in the European plethodontid genus Speleomantes. PloS ONE, 8, e63639
Pettorelli N, Evans DM, Garner TWJ, Katzner T, Gompper ME, Altwegg R, Branch TA, Johnson JA, Acevedo-Whitehouse K, DaVolls L, Rantanen E, Gordon IJ (2013) Editorial: Addressing gender imbalances in Animal Conservation. Animal Conservation, 16, 131-133
Tessa G, Angelini C, Bielby J, Bovero S, Giacoma C, Sotgiu G, Garner TWJ (2013) The pandemic pathogen of amphibians, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in Italy. Italian Journal of Zoology, 80, 1-11
Tobler U, Garner TWJ, Schmidt BR (2013) Genetic attributes of midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) populations do not correlate with degree of species decline. Ecology and Evolution, 3, 2806-2819
2012
Bai C, Xuan L, Fisher MC, Garner TWJ, Yiming L (2012) Global and endemic South East Asian lineages of the emerging pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis widely infect amphibians in China. Diversity & Distributions, 18, 307-318
Evans DM, Barnard P, Koh LP, Chapman CA, Altwegg R, Garner TWJ, Gompper ME, Gordon IJ, Katzner TE, Pettorelli N (2012) Editorial: Funding nature conservation: who pays? Animal Conservation, 15, 215-216
Garner TWJ, Briggs CJ, Bielby J, Fisher MC (2012) Determining when parasites of amphibians are conservation threats to their hosts: methods and perspectives. Pp. 521-538 In: New Directions in Conservation Medicine: Applied Cases of Ecological Health. A Aguirre, R Ostfeld, P Daszak, eds. Oxford University Press
Gordon IJ, Acevedo-Whitehouse K, Altwegg R, Garner TWJ, Gompper ME, Katzner TE, Pettorelli N, Redpath S (2012) Editorial: What the ‘food security’ agenda means for animal conservation in terrestrial ecosystems. Animal Conservation, 15, 115-116
Luquet E, Garner TWJ, Léna J-P, Bruel C, Joly P, Lengagne T, Grolet O, Plénet S (2012) Genetic erosion in wild populations makes resistance to a pathogen more costly. Evolution, 66, 1942-1952
2011
Calboli FCF, Fisher MC, Garner TWJ, Jehle R (2011) The need for jumpstarting amphibian genome projects. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 26, 378-379
Donnelly RE, Katzner T, Gordon IJ, Gompper ME, Redpath S, Garner TWJ, Altwegg R, Reed DH, Acevedo-Whitehouse K, Pettorelli N (2011) Editorial: Putting the eco back in ecotourism. Animal Conservation, 14, 325-327
Farrer RA, Weinert LA, Bielby J, Garner TWJ, Balloux F, Clare F, Bosch J, Cunningham AA, Weldon C, du Preez LH, Anderson L, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Shahar-Golan R, Henk DA, Fisher MC (2011) Multiple emergences of amphibian chytridiomycosis include a globalised hypervirulent recombinant lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 108, 18732-18736
Ficetola GF, Garner TWJ, Wang J, De Bernardi F (2011) Rapid selection against inbreeding in a wild population of a rare frog. Evolutionary Applications, 4, 30-38
Garner TWJ, Rowcliffe JM, Fisher MC (2011) Climate change, chytridiomycosis or condition: an experimental test of amphibian survival. Global Change Biology, 17, 667-675
Martel A, Van Rooij P, Vercauteren G, Baert K, Van Waeyenberghe L, Debacker P, Garner TWJ, Ducatelle R, Haesebrouck F, Pasmans F (2011) Developing a safe antifungal treatment protocol to eliminate Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from amphibians. Medical Mycology, 49, 143-149
2010
Bai C, Garner TWJ, Yiming L (2010) First evidence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in China: discovery of chytridiomycosis in introduced American bullfrogs and native amphibians in the Yunnan Province, China. Ecohealth, 7, 127-134
Blackburn TM, Pettorelli N, Katzner T, Gompper ME, Mock K, Garner TWJ, Altwegg R, Redpath S, Gordon IJ (2010) Editorial: Dying for conservation: eradicating invasive alien species in the face of opposition. Animal Conservation, 13, 227-228
Ficetola GF, Padoa-Schioppa E, Wang J, Garner TWJ (2010) Polygyny, census and effective population size in the threatened frog, Rana latastei. Animal Conservation, 13, Suppl. 1, 82-89
Garner TWJ, Hero J-M, Jehle R, Kraus F, Muths E, Reed RN, Vogt RC, Hödl W (2010) Editorial: The World Congress of Herpetology and animal conservation: excerpts from the 6th world congress. Animal Conservation, 13, Suppl. 1, 1-2
González-Hernández M, Denoël M, Duffus ALJ, Garner TWJ, Cunningham AA, Acevedo-Whitehouse K (2010) Dermocystid infection and associated skin lesions in free-living palmate newts (Lissotriton helveticus). Parasitology International, 59, 344-350
Gordon I, Pettorelli N, Katzner T, Gompper ME, Mock K, Redpath S, Garner TWJ, Altwegg R (2010) Editorial: International Year of Biodiversity – missed targets and the need for better monitoring, real action and global policy. Animal Conservation, 13, 113-114
Pettorelli N, Gordon IJ, Katzner T, Gompper ME, Mock K, Redpath S, Garner TWJ, Altwegg R (2010) Editorial: Protected areas: the challenge of maintaining a strong backbone for conservation strategies worldwide. Animal Conservation, 13, 333-334
Reyers B, Pettorelli N, Katzner T, Gompper ME, Redpath S, Garner TWJ, Altwegg R, Reed DH, Gordon IJ (2010) Editorial: Animal conservation and ecosystem services: garnering the support of mightier forces. Animal Conservation, 13, 523-525
St-Amour V, Garner TWJ, Schulte-Hostedde AI, Lesbarrères D (2010) Developmental instability in relation to two amphibian pathogens in the green frog (Rana clamitans). Conservation Biology, 24, 788-794
Teacher AGF, Cunningham AA, Garner TWJ (2010) Assessing the long term impact of Ranavirus infection in wild common frog populations in the UK. Animal Conservation, 13, 514-522
Walker SF, Bosch J, Gomez V, Garner TWJ, Cunningham AA, Schmeller DS, Ninyerola M, Henk D, Ginestet C, Christian-Philippe A, Fisher MC (2010) Factors driving pathogenicity versus prevalence of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and chytridiomycosis in Iberia. Ecology Letters, 13, 372-382
2009
Bielby J, Bovero S, Sotgiu G, Tessa G, Favelli M, Angelini C, Doglio S, Clare F, Gazzaniga E, Lapietra F, Garner TWJ (2009) Fatal chytridiomycosis in the Tyrrhenian painted frog. Ecohealth 6, 27-32
Fisher MC, Bosch J, Yin Z, Stead DA, Walker J, Selway L, Brown AJP, Walker LA, Gow NAR, Stajich JE, Garner TWJ (2009) Proteomic and phenotypic profiling of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis shows that genotype is linked to virulence. Molecular Ecology, 18, 415-429
Fisher MC, Garner TWJ, Walker SF (2009) The global emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in space, time and host. Annual Review of Microbiology, 63, 291-310
Garner TWJ, Garcia G, Carroll B, Fisher MC (2009) Using itraconazole to clear Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection and subsequent depigmentation of Alytes muletensis tadpoles. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 83, 257-260
Garner TWJ, Stephen I, Wombwell E, Fisher MC (2009) The amphibian trade: bans or best practice? Ecohealth 6, 148-151
Garner TWJ, Walker S, Bosch J, Leech S, Rowcliffe JM, Cunningham AA, Fisher MC (2009) Life history trade-offs influence mortality associated with the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Oikos, 118, 783-791
Johanet A, Picard D, Garner TWJ, Jehle R, Dawson DA, Peltier D, LeMaire C (2009) Characterization of microsatellite loci in two closely related Lissotriton newt species. Conservation Genetics, 10, 1903-1906
Pettorelli N, Katzner T, Gordon I, Garner T, Mock K, Redpath S, Gompper M (2009) Editorial: Possible consequences of the Copenhagen climate change meeting for conservation of animals. Animal Conservation, 12, 503-504
Ribas L, Li M-S, Doddington B, Robert J, Seidel JA, Kroll JS, Zimmerman L, Grassly NC, Garner TWJ, Fisher MC (2009) Expression profiling the temperature-dependent amphibian response to infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. PLoS ONE, 4, e8408
Rödder D, Kielgast J, Bielby J, Schmidtlein S, Bosch J, Garner TWJ, Veith M, Walker S, Fisher MC, Lötters S (2009) Global amphibian species risk assessment for the panzootic chytrid fungus. Diversity, 1, 52-65
Schlosser JA, Dubach JM, Garner TWJ, Araya B, Bernal M, Simeone A, Smith KA, Wallace RS (2009) Evidence for gene flow differs from observed dispersal patterns in the Humboldt penguin, Spheniscus humboldti . Conservation Genetics, 10, 839-849
Skerratt LF, Garner TWJ, Hyatt AD (2009) Determining causality and controlling disease is based on collaborative research involving multidisciplinary approaches. Ecohealth, 6, 331-334
Teacher AGF, Garner TWJ, Nichols RA (2009) Evidence for directional selection at a novel Major Histocompatability Class 1 marker in wild common frogs (Rana temporaria) exposed to a viral pathogen. PLoS ONE, 4, e4616
Teacher AGF, Garner TWJ, Nichols RA (2009) European phylogeography of the common frog (Rana temporaria): routes of postglacial colonisation into Britain and evidence for an Irish glacial refugium. Heredity, 102, 490-496
Teacher AGF, Garner TWJ, Nichols RA (2009) Population genetic patterns suggest a behavioural change in wild common frogs (Rana temporaria) following disease outbreaks (Ranavirus). Molecular Ecology, 18, 3163-3172
2008
Bielby J, Cooper N, Cunningham AA, Garner TWJ, Purvis A (2008) Predictors of rapid decline in frog species. Conservation Letters, 1, 82-90
Bovero S, Sotgiu G, Angelini C, Doglio S, Gazzaniga E, Cunningham AA, Garner TWJ (2008) Detection of chytridiomycosis caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the endangered Sardinian newt Euproctus platycephalus in Southern Sardinia, Italy. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44, 712-715
Demont M. Blanckenhorn WU, Hosken DJ, Garner TWJ (2008) Molecular and quantitative genetic differentiation across Europe in the yellow dung fly. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21, 1492-1503
Garner TWJ, Nishimura D, Antwi J, Oliver N (2008) Human disturbance influences behaviour and local density of juvenile frogs. Ethology, 114, 1006-1013
Luger M, Garner TWJ, Ernst R, Hödl W, Lötters S (2008) No evidence for precipitous declines of harlequin frogs (Atelopus) in the Guyanas. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 43, 177-180
Mitchell KM, Churcher TS, Garner TWJ, Fisher MC (2008) Persistence of the emerging infectious pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis outside the amphibian host greatly increases the probability of host extinction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 275, 329-334
St-Amour V, Wong WM, Garner TWJ, Lesbarrères D (2008) Anthropogenic influence on the prevalence of two amphibian pathogens. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14, 1175-1176
2007
Ficetola GF, Garner TWJ, De Bernardi F (2007) Genetic diversity and fitness in the threatened frog, Rana latastei, are influenced by the joint effect of post glacial colonization and isolation. Molecular Ecology, 16, 1787-1797
Fisher MC, Garner TWJ (2007) The relationship between the introduction of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the international trade in amphibians and introduced amphibian species. Fungal Biology Reviews, 21, 2-9
Garcia G, Cunningham AA, Horton DL, Garner TWJ, Hyatt A, Hengstberger S, Lopez J, Ogrodowczyk A, Fenton C, Fa JE (2007) Mountain chickens Leptodactylus fallax and sympatric amphibians appear to be disease free on Montserrat. Oryx, 41, 398-401
Garner TWJ (2007) Experimental evidence of innate immunity: a matter of design, convenience or constraints? Animal Conservation, 10, 418-419
Hoeck P, Garner TWJ (2007) Female alpine newts (Triturus alpestris) mate first with males signalling fertility benefits. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 91, 483-491
Walker SF, Baldi Salas M, Jenkins D, Garner TWJ, Cunningham AA, Hyatt AD, Bosch J, Fisher MC (2007) Environmental detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a temperate climate. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 77, 105-112
2006
Garner TWJ, Gregory PT (2006) Tests of aggregative preferences of wandering salamanders (Aneides vagrans). Acta Ethologica, 9, 43-47
Garner TWJ, Perkins M, Govindarajulu P, Seglie D, Walker SJ, Cunningham AA , Fisher MC (2006) The emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis globally infects introduced populations of the North American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Biology Letters, 2, 455-459
2005
Cunningham AA, Garner TWJ, Anguilar-Sanchez V, Banks B, Foster J, Sainsbury AW, Perkins M, Walker SF, Hyatt AD, Fisher MC (2005) The emergence of amphibian chytridiomycosis in Britain. The Veterinary Record, 157, 386-387
Garner TWJ, Walker S, Bosch J, Hyatt AD, Cunningham AA, Fisher MJ (2005) Chytrid fungus in Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11, 1639-1641
Garner TWJ, Larsen K (2005) Multiple paternity in the western terrestrial garter snake, Thamnophis elegans. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 83, 656-663
Pearman PB, Garner TWJ (2005) Susceptibility of Italian Agile Frog populations to an emerging Ranavirus parallels population genetic diversity (cover article). Ecology Letters, 8, 401-408
2004
Garner TWJ, Pearman PB, Angelone S (2004) Genetic diversity across a vertebrate species’ range. A test of the central-peripheral hypothesis (cover article). Molecular Ecology, 13, 1047-1053
Garner TWJ, Pearman PB, Gregory PT, Tomio G, Wischniowski SG, Hosken DJ (2004) Microsatellite markers developed from Thamnophis elegans and Thamnophis sirtalis and their utility in three species of garter snakes. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4, 369-371
Pearman PB, Garner TWJ, Straub M, Greber UF (2004) Response of Rana latastei to the Ranavirus FV3: a model for viral emergence in a naïve population. Journal of Wildlife Disease, 40, 600-609
2003
Garner TWJ, Angelone S, Pearman, PB (2003) Genetic depletion in Swiss populations of Rana latastei (Boulenger): Conservation implications. Biological Conservation, 114, 371-376
Garner TWJ, Hoeck P, Schmidt B, Van Buskirk J (2003) Di- and tetranucleotide microsatellites derived from the Alpine Newt, Triturus alpestris: Characterization and cross-priming in five congeners. Molecular Ecology Notes, 3, 186-188
Garner TWJ, Schmidt B (2003) Relatedness, body size, and paternity in the Alpine newt, Triturus alpestris. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B, 270, 619-624
Hosken DJ, Garner TWJ, Blanckenhorn WU (2003) Asymmetry, testis and sperm size in yellow dung flies. Functional Ecology, 17, 231-236
Hosken DJ, Garner TWJ, Tregenza T, Wedell N, Ward PI (2003) Superior sperm competitors sire higher quality young. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 270, 1933-1938
Schlosser JA, Garner TWJ, Dubach JM, McElligott AG (2003) Characterization of microsatellite loci in the Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) and cross-amplification in other penguin species. Molecular Ecology Notes, 3, 62-64
2002
Dechmann DNK, Garbely E, Kerth G, Garner TWJ (2002) Highly polymorphic microsatellites for the study of the round-eared bat, Tonatia silvicola (d’Orbigny). Conservation Genetics, 3, 455-458
Garner TWJ (2002) Genome size and microsatellites: The effect of nuclear volume on amplification potential. Genome, 45, 212-215
Garner TWJ, Gregory PT, McCracken GF, Burghardt GM, Koop BF, McLain SE, Nelson RJ (2002) Geographic variation of multiple paternity in the Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis). Copeia, 2002(1), 15-23
Hosken DJ, Blanckenhorn WU, Garner TWJ (2002) Heteropopulation males have a fertilization advantage during sperm competition in the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B, 269, 1701-1707
Nelson RJ, Cooper G, Garner T, Schnupf P (2002) Polymorphic markers for the sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus. Molecular Ecology Notes, 2, 233-235
2001
Garner TWJ, Tomio G (2001) Microsatellites for use in studies of the Italian Agile Frog, Rana latastei (Boulenger). Conservation Genetics, 2, 77-80
Hosken DJ, Garner TWJ, Ward PI (2001) Sexual conflict selects for male and female reproductive characters (cover article). Current Biology, 11, 489-493
2000
Garner TWJ, Brinkmann H, Gerlach G, Meyer A, Ward PI, Spörri M, Hosken DJ (2000) Polymorphic DNA microsatellites identified in the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). Molecular Ecology, 9, 2207-2208
Garner TWJ, Gautschi B, Röthlisberger S, Reyer H-U (2000) A set of CA repeat microsatellite markers derived from the pool frog, Rana lessonae. Molecular Ecology, 9, 2173-2174
I’m always on the look-out for motivated people who have strong interests in conservation, evolutionary biology, ecology and a good appreciation of theory. Our various projects have benefited from the inputs of many Master’s students and undergraduate research projects, and my colleagues and I often advertise PhD positions. I am also keen to write proposals with post doctoral candidates. The Institute of Zoology (IoZ) is an outstanding place to work and by its very nature collaborative: we do not confer degrees so all our PhD students are co-supervised and registered at universities. It’s not uncommon for post docs to get cross-postings. This provides the novel opportunity to experience research environments at two institutions, dependent on the researcher’s needs and wants. Do have a look at the web pages of other researchers at the IoZ, we’re quite proud of our team, the breadth of research done by it and the impacts our research has had on the conservation of animal species.
