Review and synthesis of the effects of climate change on amphibians

Y Li, JM Cohen, JR Rohr - Integrative Zoology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable progress has been made in understanding the responses of amphibians to
climate change, with successful research carried out on climate change‐associated shifts in …

[HTML][HTML] Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and the Risk of a Second Amphibian Pandemic

TA Yap, NT Nguyen, M Serr, A Shepack… - EcoHealth, 2017 - Springer
Amphibians are experiencing devastating population declines globally. A major driver is
chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by the fungal pathogens …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the Global Emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus

DH Olson, DM Aanensen, KL Ronnenberg, CI Powell… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The rapid worldwide emergence of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd) is having a profound negative impact on biodiversity. However, global …

Coincident mass extirpation of neotropical amphibians with the emergence of the infectious fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

TL Cheng, SM Rovito, DB Wake… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Amphibians highlight the global biodiversity crisis because∼ 40% of all amphibian species
are currently in decline. Species have disappeared even in protected habitats (eg, the …

Chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has nonamphibian hosts and releases chemicals that cause pathology in the absence of infection

TA McMahon, LA Brannelly… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a pathogenic chytrid fungus implicated in worldwide
amphibian declines, is considered an amphibian specialist. Identification of nonamphibian …

Genetic evidence for a high diversity and wide distribution of endemic strains of the pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild Asian …

A Bataille, JJ Fong, M Cha, GOU Wogan… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Population declines and extinctions of amphibians have been attributed to the chytrid fungus
B atrachochytrium dendrobatidis (B d), especially one globally emerging recombinant …

[HTML][HTML] Co-Infection by Chytrid Fungus and Ranaviruses in Wild and Harvested Frogs in the Tropical Andes

RW Warne, B LaBumbard, S LaGrange… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
While global amphibian declines are associated with the spread of Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd), undetected concurrent co-infection by other pathogens may be little …

[HTML][HTML] ITS1 Copy Number Varies among Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Strains: Implications for qPCR Estimates of Infection Intensity from Field-Collected …

AV Longo, D Rodriguez, D da Silva Leite, LF Toledo… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Genomic studies of the amphibian-killing fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis,[Bd])
identified three highly divergent genetic lineages, only one of which has a global …

Amphibian skin microbiota exhibits temporal variation in community structure but stability of predicted Bd-inhibitory function

MC Bletz, RGB Perl, BTC Bobowski, LM Japke… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Host-associated microbiomes are increasingly recognized to contribute to host disease
resistance; the temporal dynamics of their community structure and function, however, are …

Global and endemic Asian lineages of the emerging pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis widely infect amphibians in China

C Bai, X Liu, MC Fisher, TWJ Garner… - Diversity and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Panzootic chytridiomycosis caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd) is the proximate cause of rapid amphibian declines across diverse …