Publications

Chen, D. M., Kouba, C. K., Roth, T. L., Allen, P. J., Songsasen, N., & Kouba, A. J. (2026). Nasal hormone administration can support ambystomid salamander ex situ conservation breeding programs. Journal for Nature Conservation, 127211.

Chen, D. M., Lampert, S. S., Chen, L. D., Burger, I. J., Kouba, C. K., Allen, P. J., Songsasen, N., Roth, T.L, & Kouba, A. J. (2025). Production of live tiger salamander offspring using cryopreserved sperm. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 15702. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99052-2

Chen, D. M., & Mastromonaco, G. F. (2025). The evolution of conservation biobanking: a literature review and analysis of terminology, taxa, location, and strategy of wildlife biobanks over time. Biopreservation and Biobanking. https://doi.org/10.1089/bio.2024.0151

Chen, L. D., Carter, E. D., Urban, M. P., Merolle, C. T., Chen, D. M., Kouba, A. J., ... & Kouba, C. K. (2025). Near-infrared spectroscopy as a diagnostic screening tool for lethal chytrid fungus in eastern newts. Communications Biology, 8(1), 625. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08025-8

Chen, D., Vance, C., Songsasen, N., Roth, T., Allen, P., & Kouba, A. (2024). Comparing novel sperm extenders for the internally-fertilizing tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science, 1, 1320803. https://doi.org/10.3389/famrs.2023.1320803

Chen, L.D., Caprio, M.A., Chen, D.M., Kouba, A.J., & Kouba, C.K. (2024). Enhancing predictive performance for spectroscopic studies in wildlife science through a multi-model approach: A case study for species classification of live amphibians. PLOS Computational Biology, 20(2), e1011876. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011876

Chen, D. M., Chen, L. D., Kouba, C. K., Songsasen, N., Roth, T. L., Allen, P. J., & Kouba, A. J. (2024). Oral administration of GnRH via a cricket vehicle stimulates spermiation in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum). Plos one, 19(7), e0289995.

Lampert, S., Burger, I., Chen, D., Kouba, A., & Kouba, C. (2022). Comparison of the effect of frozen-thawed versus fresh sperm on offspring growth in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum). Cryobiology, 109, 50.

Lampert, S., Chen, D., Burger, I., Barber, D., Poole, V., Smith, D., ... & Kouba, C. (2021). Saving salamanders with sonograms: tracking follicular development with ultrasonography in a variety of caudate species. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 34(2), 244-245.

Chen, L. D., Burger, I. J., Lampert, S. S., Julien, A. R., Counsell, K. R., Chen, D. M., ... & Kouba, C. K. (2022). Post-thaw sperm motilities in semi-captive versus wild populations of endangered Chiricahua leopard frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis). Cryobiology, 109, 50.

Chen, D.M., Moore, M.G., Vance, C.K., Kouba, A.J. (2022). The impact of time and environmental factors on the mitochondrial vesicle and subsequent motility of amphibian sperm. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111191

Chen L-D., Santos-Rivera M., Burger I., Lampert S., Chen, D., Barber D., Kouba A., Vance C. (2021). Evaluation of reproductive status using near infrared spectroscopy in an endangered anuran. Reproduction Fertility and Development, 34(2), 236-237.

Culpepper L, Chen D., Burger I, Lampert S, Chen LD, Saylor E, Kouba A, Kouba C (2021). Hatch rate of Fowler’s toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) embryos as influenced by different culture media. Reproduction Fertility and Development, 34(2), 324.

Chen, D. M., Narváez-Torres, P. R., Tiafinjaka, O., Farris, Z. J., Rasoloharijaona, S., Louis, E. E., & Johnson, S. E. (2021). Lemur paparazzi: Arboreal camera trapping and occupancy modeling as conservation tools for monitoring threatened lemur species. American Journal of Primatology, e23270. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.2327012

Jacobson, Z.S., Narvaez-Torres, P., Chen, D.M., Tiafinjaka, O., Louis Jr, E.E., & Johnson, S.E. (2021). Human infrastructure affects the occupancy of lemurs living in a fragmented landscape in southeastern Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 174, 50-51. 

Narvaez-Torres, P. R., Chen, D., Tiafinjaka, O., Louis Jr, E. E., & Johnson, S. E. (2020). Using camera traps to study the impacts of disturbance on the abundance of two lemur species in southeast Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 171, 196.