• Richards, S. J., R. A. Alford, and K. S. Bradfield. 2003. The great frog decline in Australasia: causes, developments, and conservation. In Evolution and Biography of Australasian Vertebrates, Merrick, JR, Archer, M, Hickie, G and Lee, M. Australian Scientific Publishers, Sydney, in press.

• Kavanagh, K., and R. A. Alford. 2003. Sensory and skeletal development and growth in relation to the duration of the embryonic and larval stages in damselfishes (Pomacentridae). (In press) Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society.

• Langkilde, T., L. Schwarzkopf, and R. A. Alford. 2003. An ethogram for ault male rainbow skinks, Carlia jarnoldae. (in press) Herpetological Journal.

• Kellner, J., and R. A. Alford. 2003. The ontogeny of fluctuating assymetry. American Naturalist 161:931-947.

• Woodhams, D.C., Alford, R.A., Marantelli, G. 2003. Emerging Disease of Amphibians cured by elevated body temperature. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 55:65-67.

• Langkilde, T., and R. A. Alford. 2002. The tail wags the frog: attached harmonic radar transponders affect behavior in Litoria lesueuri. Journal of Herpetology 36: 711-715.

• Seebacher, F., and R. A. Alford. 2002. Shelter microhabitats determine body temperature and dehydration rates of a terrestrial amphibian (Bufo marinus). Journal of Herpetology 36: 69-75.

• Schwarzkopf, L. and R. A. Alford. 2002. Nomadic movement in tropical toads. Oikos 96:492-506.

• Carey, C., Heyer, W.R., Wilkinson, J. Alford, R.A., Arntzen, J. W., Halliday, T., Hungerford, L. Lips, K. R., Middleton, E. M., Orchard, S. A., Rand, S. 2001 Amphibian declines and environmental change: use of remote sensing techniques to identify environmental correlates. Conservation Biology 15:909-913.

• Alford, R. A., P. M. Dixon, and J. H. K. Pechmann. 2001. Global amphibian population declines. Nature 412:499-500.

• Brooke, P. N., R. A. Alford, and L. Schwarzkopf. 2000. Environmental and social factors influence chorusing behaviour in a tropical frog: examining various temporal and spatial scales. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 49:79-87.

• Alford, R. A., S. J. Richards, and K. R. McDonald. 2000. Amphibians, Biodiversity of. In Levin, S. ed., Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Academic Press.

• Jackson, G., R. A. Alford, and J. H. Choat. 2000. Can length frequency analysis be used to determine squid growth? - An assessment of ELEFAN. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57:948-954.

• Alford, R. A., and S. J. Richards. 1999. Global amphibian declines: a problem in applied ecology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 30:133-165.

• Alford, R. A. 1999. Ecology: resource use, competition, and predation. Pp 240-278 in McDiarmid, Roy W. and Ronald Altig, editors Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae. 444 pp., University of Chicago Press.

• Alford, RA, Bradfield, KS, Richards, SJ. 1999. Measuring and analysing developmental instability as a tool for monitoring frog populations. Pp. 34-43 in Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs. ed. A Campbell. Canberra: Environment Australia. Available from http://www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/information/frogs/pubs/frogs.pdf

• McDonald, K. R., and R. A. Alford. 1999. A review of declining frogs in northern Queensland. Pp. 14-22 in Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs, ed. A Campbell. Canberra: Environment Australia.

• Seebacher, F., and R. A. Alford. 1999. Movement and microhabitat use of a terrestrial amphibian (Bufo marinus) on a tropical island: seasonal variation and environmental correlates. Journal of Herpetology. 33:208-214.

• Anstis, M., R. A. Alford, and G. Gillespie. 1998. Breeding biology of Litoria booroolongensis (Moore, 1961) and Litoria lesueuri (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841) (Anura:Hylidae) and comments on population declines of L. boorolongensis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 122:33-43.

• Crossland, M., and R. A. Alford. 1998. Evaluation of the toxicity of eggs, hatchlings, and tadpoles of the introduced toad Bufo marinus (Anura: Bufonidae) to native Australian aquatic predators. Australian Journal of Ecology 23:129-137

• Alford, R. A., and S. J. Richards. 1997. Lack of evidence for epidemic disease as an agent in the catastrophic decline of Australian rain forest frogs. Conservation Biology 11:1026-1029.

• Cohen, M. P., and R. A. Alford. 1996. Factors affecting diurnal shelter use by the cane toad, Bufo marinus. Herpetologica 52:172-181.

• Schwarzkopf, L., and R. A. Alford. 1996. Desiccation and shelter-site use in tropical amphibians: comparing toads with physical models. Functional Ecology 10:193-200.

• Alford, R. A., Cohen, M. P., Crossland, M. R., Hearnden, M. N., James, D., and L. Schwarzkopf. 1995. Population Biology of Bufo marinus in northern Australia. Pages 173-181 In Finlayson, M., ed., Wetland Research in the Wet-Dry Tropics of Australia. Supervising Scientist Report number 101, Office of the Supervising Scientist, Canberra, Australia.

• Cumming, R. L., and R. A. Alford. 1994. Population dynamics of Turbonilla sp. (Pyramidellidae, Opisthobranchia), an ectoparasite of giant clams in mariculture. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 183:91-111.

• Burton, A. M. and R. A. Alford. 1994. Morphometric comparison of two sympatric goshawks from the Australian wet tropics. Journal of Zoology, London 232:525-538.

• Burton, A. M., R. A. Alford, and J. Young. 1994. Reproductive parameters of the grey goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae and Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) at Abergowrie, northern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Zoology, London 232:347-363.

• Alford, R. A. 1994. "Interference and exploitation competition in larval Bufo marinus." Pages 297-306 In Advances in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, P. C. Mishra, N. Behara, B.K. Senapati, and B.C. Guru, eds. Ashish Press, New Delhi.

• Donnelly, M., C. Guyer, J. E. Juterbock, and R. A. Alford. 1994. "Techniques for Marking Amphibians" Pp. 277-284 In Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians, edited by W. R. Heyer, M. A. Donnelly, R. W. McDiarmid, L. C. Hayek, and M. S. Foster. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

• Richards, S.J., U. Sinsch, and R. A. Alford. 1994. "Radio Tracking." Pp. 155-157 In Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians, edited by W. R. Heyer, M. A. Donnelly, R. W. McDiarmid, L. C. Hayek, and M. S. Foster. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

• Shaffer, H.B., R. A. Alford, B. D. Woodward, S. J. Richards, R. G. Altig, and C. Gascon. 1994. "Quantitative sampling of amphibian larvae." Pp 130-142 In Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians, edited by W. R. Heyer, M. A. Donnelly, R. W. McDiarmid, L. C. Hayek, and M. S. Foster. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

• Clerke, R. B., and R. A. Alford. 1993. Reproductive cycling in four species of tropical Australian lizards, and comments on the factors regulating lizard reproductive cycles. Journal of Herpetology 27:400-406.

• Crossland, M. R., J. D. Collins, and R. A. Alford. 1993. Population density and dispersion of the sand dollar Arachnoides placenta. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44:835-844.

• Richards, S. J., K. R. McDonald, and R. A. Alford. 1993. Declines in populations of Australia's endemic tropical rainforest frogs. Pacific Conservation Biology 1:66-77.

• Richards, S. J., and R. A. Alford. 1993. The tadpoles of two Queensland frogs (Anura: Hylidae, Myobatrachidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33:337-340.

• Alford, R. A., and G. D. Jackson. 1993. Do cephalopods and the larvae of many taxa grow asymptotically? American Naturalist 141:717-728.

• Cohen, M. P., and R. A. Alford. 1993. Growth, survival, and activity patterns of Bufo marinus metamorphs. Wildlife Research 20:1-13.

• Richards, S. J., and R. A. Alford. 1992. Nest construction by an Australian rainforest frog of the Litoria lesueuri complex (Anura:Hylidae). Copeia 1992:1120-1123.

• Crossland, M. R., R. A. Alford, and J. Collins. 1991. Population dynamics of an ectoparasitic gastropod: Hypermastus sp. (Eulimidae) on the sand dollar Arachnoides placenta (Echinoidea). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42:69-76.

• Alford, R. A. 1989. Variation in predator phenology affects predator performance and prey community composition. Ecology 70:206-219.

• Alford, R. A. 1989. Effects of parentage and competitor phenology on the growth of larval Hyla chrysoscelis. Oikos 54(3):325-330.

• Alford, R. A. 1989. Competition between larval Rana palustris and Bufo americanus is not affected by variation in reproductive phenology. Copeia 1989:993-1000.

• Alford, R. A., and R. N. Harris. 1988. Effects of larval growth history on anuran metamorphosis. American Naturalist 131:91-106.

• Harris, R. N., R. A. Alford, and H. M. Wilbur. 1988. Density and phenology of Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis in a natural pond. Herpetologica 44:234-242.

• Alford, R. A. 1986. Effects of parentage on competitive ability and vulnerability to predation in Hyla chrysoscelis tadpoles. Oecologia 68:199-204.

• Alford, R. A. 1986. Habitat use and positional behavior of anuran larvae in a northern Florida temporary pond. Copeia 1986:408- 423.

• Alford, R. A., and H. M. Wilbur. 1985. Priority effects in experimental pond communities: competition between Bufo and Rana. Ecology 66:1097-1105.

• Wilbur, H. M., and R. A. Alford. 1985. Priority effects in experimental pond communities: responses of Hyla to Bufo and Rana. Ecology 66:1106-1114.

• Alford, R. A., and M. L. Crump. 1982. Habitat partitioning among size classes of larval southern leopard frogs, Rana utricularia. Copeia 1982:367-373.

• Alford, R. A. 1980. Population structure of Gopherus polyphemus in northern Florida. Journal of Herpetology 14:177-182.

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