Randall J. Bendis, Ph.D.

Published/In press:

Jones, D. K., T. Dang, J. Urbina, R. Bendis, J. Buck, R.D. Cothran, A.R. Blaustein, and R.A. Relyea. 2017. Effect of simultaneous amphibian exposure to pesticides and an emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Environmental Science & Technology __:__-__.

Bendis, R. and R.A. Relyea. 2016. If you see one, have you seen them all?: community-wide effects of insecticide cross-resistance in zooplankton populations near and far from agriculture. Environmental Pollution 215:234-246.

Bendis, R. and R.A. Relyea. 2016. Wetland defense: naturally-occurring pesticide resistance in zooplankton populations protects the stability of aquatic communities. Oecologia 181:487-498.

Bendis, R. 2015. Wetland defense: insecticide resistance in non-target organisms and its community-wide implications. Dissertation. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Buck, J.C., T.D. Ngyuen, J. Urbina, J. Hua, R. Bendis, W.B. Brogan, A.B. Stoler, A.R. Blaustein and R.A. Relyea. 2015. Effects of pesticide mixtures on host-pathogen dynamics of the amphibian chytrid fungus. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0132832. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132832

Bendis, R. and R.A. Relyea. 2014. Living on the edge: populations of two zooplankton species living closer to agricultural fields are more resistant to a common insecticide. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33:2835-2841.

Griffin, E.A., R. Bendis, N. Brouwer, J. Hua, M. Koski, G.A. Meindl and W.P. Carson. 2010. Review of: Tropical rain forest ecology, diversity, and conservation. J. Ghazoul and D. Sheil. Plant Science Bulletin 57:71-73.

 

In review/preparation:

Bendis, R. and R.A. Relyea. Keystone consumers: a test of functional redundancy within natural zooplankton assemblages that vary in their resistance to agrochemicals. In review at Ecological Applications.

Jones, D., R. Bendis, J.C. Buck, T.D. Ngyuen, A.R. Blaustein and R.A. Relyea. Villain or scape goat? An empirical test of whether or not the American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) is a reservoir species for the amphibian chytrid fungus.

Woodley, S.K., R. Bendis and R. A. Relyea. Sublethal concentrations of a pesticides of a shared mode of action induce similar changes in brain architecture in larval amphibians.

 

Presentations:

Bendis, R. Wetland defense: the community-wide implications of insecticide resistance in non-target organisms. Dissertation Presentation. University of Pittsburgh, April 2015.

Bendis, R., D. Jones, B. Mattes and R.A. Relyea. Pesticide effects in aquatic communities. Poster Presentation. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s 10th Anniversary of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. September 2014.

Bendis, R. and R.A. Relyea. Wetland defense: how natural population-level variation in pesticide resistance can effect entire aquatic communities. Oral Presentation. Ecological Society of America 2014 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA. July 2014.

Bendis, R. Wetland defense: the community-wide implications of insecticide resistance. Oral Presentation. U. of Pittsburgh’s McKinley Series. July 2014.

Bendis, R. Wetland friends with indirect benefits: the community-wide consequences of pesticide resistance. Oral Presentation. U. of Pittsburgh’s E&E Seminar Series. February 2013.

Bendis, R. Friends with indirect benefits: can populations of pesticide resistant non-target organisms buffer a community from pesticide-induced trophic cascades? Oral Presentation. U. of Pittsburgh’s McKinley Seminar Series. July 2012.

Bendis, R. Friends with indirect benefits: can populations of pesticide resistant non-target organisms buffer a community from pesticide-induced trophic cascades? Oral Presentation. U. of Pittsburgh’s E&E Seminar Series. March 2012.

Bendis, R. The evolution of pesticide resistance: a journey through space and time. Oral Presentation. U. of Pittsburgh’s McKinley Seminar Series. July 2011.

Bendis, R. Waking the dead: evaluating whether dormancy can alter natural selection using Daphnia as a model organism. Oral Presentation. U. of Pittsburgh’s Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series. Pittsburgh, PA. April 2011.

Bendis, R. The effects of pesticide resistance on aquatic community structure & stability. Oral Presentation. U. of Pittsburgh’s Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series. Pittsburgh, PA. November 2010.