History and recent progress on chytridiomycosis in amphibians

L Berger, AA Roberts, J Voyles, JE Longcore… - Fungal ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) emerged in the 1970s in Australia and the Americas,
causing rapid and catastrophic declines and extinctions of naïve amphibian populations as it …

Surface water network structure, landscape resistance to movement and flooding vital for maintaining ecological connectivity across Australia's largest river basin

R Bishop-Taylor, MG Tulbure, M Broich - Landscape Ecology, 2015 - Springer
Context Landscape-scale research quantifying ecological connectivity is required to
maintain the viability of populations in dynamic environments increasingly impacted by …

Known and estimated distribution in Mexico of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a pathogenic fungus of amphibians

R Bolom‐Huet, E Pineda, F Díaz‐Fleischer… - Biotropica, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chytridiomycosis caused by fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is one of the
decline global causes of amphibians. Currently, it is distributed throughout a broad range of …

[PDF][PDF] Australia state of the environment 2016: land, independent report to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment and Energy

DJ Metcalfe, EN Bui - … Department of the Environment and Energy …, 2017 - austlii.edu.au
Executive summary Our soils, landforms and vegetation have co-evolved over millions of
years. Their health and condition are inextricably linked. Most importantly, their health and …

Chytrid infection dynamics in frog populations from climatically disparate regions

A Turner, S Wassens, G Heard - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), the causative agent of chytridiomycosis and the
leading cause of amphibian declines across the globe, is sensitive to temperature and …

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Arid and Thermally Extreme Sonoran Desert

SA Roth, KL Griffis-Kyle, MA Barnes - EcoHealth, 2023 - Springer
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), the causative agent of the devastating global
amphibian disease chytridiomycosis, was not projected to threaten amphibians in hot and …

Precipitation constrains amphibian chytrid fungus infection rates in a terrestrial frog assemblage in Jamaica, West Indies

I Holmes, K McLaren, B Wilson - Biotropica, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We model Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection rates in Jamaican frogs—
one of the most threatened amphibian fauna in the world. The majority of species we …

A flexible tool to prioritize areas for conservation combining landscape units, measures of biodiversity, and threats

S Ondei, BW Brook, JC Buettel - Ecosphere, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Expanding the reserve system is a key strategy to enhance biodiversity protection. Yet,
conservation outcomes can be undermined by underrepresentation of some habitats and …

Environmental predictors of disease risk for Litoria raniformis populations in south-eastern Australia

A Turner - 2022 - researchoutput.csu.edu.au
Chytridiomycosis is an amphibian disease which has led to population declines globally. In
this thesis I present a literature review of temperature as a driver of chytrid infection …

Response of frogs to environmental factors at multiple scales in the Lachlan catchment of New South Wales

C Amos - 2017 - researchoutput.csu.edu.au
Habitat loss and change are major contributors to the global decline of frog populations. In
riverine and floodplain environments water diversion and extraction (regulation) can change …