Populations of a susceptible amphibian species can grow despite the presence of a pathogenic chytrid fungus

U Tobler, A Borgula, BR Schmidt - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Disease can be an important driver of host population dynamics and epizootics can cause
severe host population declines. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), the pathogen …

[PDF][PDF] Absence of infection with the amphibian chytrid fungus in the terrestrial Alpine salamander, Salamandra atra

S Lötters, J Kielgast, M Sztatecsny, N Wagner… - Salamandra, 2012 - zora.uzh.ch
Amphibian declines and species extinctions are worrying conservationists around the globe,
and the emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis is suggested to play a key role in …

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection of amphibians in the Doñana National Park, Spain

J Hidalgo-Vila, C Díaz-Paniagua… - Diseases of aquatic …, 2012 - int-res.com
Amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by infection with the non-hyphal, zoosporic chytrid
fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is an emerging infectious disease recognised …

[PDF][PDF] RACE: Risk assessment of chytridiomycosis to European amphibian biodiversity

MC Fisher, BR Schmidt, K Henle, DS Schmeller… - Froglog, 2012 - zora.uzh.ch
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is now known to be a proximate cause of amphibian
declines on five continents. Bd infects more than 500 species of amphibians and infections …

Fast quantitative PCR, locked nucleic acid probes and reduced volume reactions are effective tools for detecting Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis DNA

GR Ruthig, BP DeRidder - Diseases of aquatic organisms, 2012 - int-res.com
The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis threatens amphibian populations
around the world. The ability to detect this pathogen on infected animals and in the …

The amphibian chytrid fungus in Bavarian populations of Alytes obstetricans: past absence, current presence, and metamorph mortality

S Böll, U Tobler, CC Geiger, G Hansbauer… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2012 - brill.com
In three Bavarian populations of Alytes obstetricans that were studied for the occurrence of
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the pathogen was detected. This is the first account of …

[PDF][PDF] Presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians from central and southern Hesse, central Germany: results from a preliminary regional screening

C Rasmussen, T Eisenberg, D Alfermann, J Köhler… - Salamandra, 2012 - academia.edu
Chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious amphibian disease that has been associated
with population declines in different regions of the globe, but the geographic distribution and …

Conservation assessment of threatened frogs in KwaZulu–Natal and a national assessment of chytrid infection in threatened South African species

J Tarrant - 2012 - repository.nwu.ac.za
Amphibians are the most threatened Class of vertebrate on Earth, with 30% of all species
IUCN Red Listed. This proportion is reflected in South Africa, where 29% of all species …

[PDF][PDF] OCCUPANCY MODELING AND DISEASE SUCCEPTIBILITY OF MONTANE SALAMANDER SPECIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

M DESIREE'JOY - 2012 - core.ac.uk
OCCUPANCY MODELING AND DISEASE SUCCEPTIBILITY OF MONTANE
SALAMANDER SPECIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA A Thesis by DESIREE’ JOY …

[PDF][PDF] Absence of infection with the amphibian chytrid fungus in the terrestrial Alpine salamander, Salamandra atra

P Werner, D Rödder, J Dambach, T Reissner… - 2012 - zootier-lexikon.org
Amphibian declines and species extinctions are worrying conservationists around the globe,
and the emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis is suggested to play a key role in …