Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity
In the 12 years since Dudgeon et al.(2006) reviewed major pressures on freshwater
ecosystems, the biodiversity crisis in the world's lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and …
ecosystems, the biodiversity crisis in the world's lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and …
Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis with bioaugmentation: characteristics of effective probiotics and strategies for their selection and use
Probiotic therapy through bioaugmentation is a feasible disease mitigation strategy based
on growing evidence that microbes contribute to host defences of plants and animals …
on growing evidence that microbes contribute to host defences of plants and animals …
Mapping species distributions with MAXENT using a geographically biased sample of presence data: a performance assessment of methods for correcting sampling …
MAXENT is now a common species distribution modeling (SDM) tool used by conservation
practitioners for predicting the distribution of a species from a set of records and …
practitioners for predicting the distribution of a species from a set of records and …
Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis …
The amphibian fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which affects species across all continents,
recently emerged as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Yet, many aspects of the …
recently emerged as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Yet, many aspects of the …
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on amphibian populations
As part of an overall decline in biodiversity, populations of many organisms are declining
and species are being lost at unprecedented rates around the world. This includes many …
and species are being lost at unprecedented rates around the world. This includes many …
Global amphibian declines, loss of genetic diversity and fitness: a review
ME Allentoft, J O'Brien - Diversity, 2010 - mdpi.com
It is well established that a decrease in genetic variation can lead to reduced fitness and lack
of adaptability to a changing environment. Amphibians are declining on a global scale, and …
of adaptability to a changing environment. Amphibians are declining on a global scale, and …
Interacting symbionts and immunity in the amphibian skin mucosome predict disease risk and probiotic effectiveness
DC Woodhams, H Brandt, S Baumgartner, J Kielgast… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Pathogenesis is strongly dependent on microbial context, but development of probiotic
therapies has neglected the impact of ecological interactions. Dynamics among microbial …
therapies has neglected the impact of ecological interactions. Dynamics among microbial …
Historical amphibian declines and extinctions in Brazil linked to chytridiomycosis
T Carvalho, CG Becker… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The recent increase in emerging fungal diseases is causing unprecedented threats to
biodiversity. The origin of spread of the frog-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis …
biodiversity. The origin of spread of the frog-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis …
Averting a North American biodiversity crisis
In the midst of an ongoing sixth mass extinction, more than 40% of all amphibians are
threatened. Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease (EID) caused by the fungal …
threatened. Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease (EID) caused by the fungal …
Mitigating amphibian disease: strategies to maintain wild populations and control chytridiomycosis
Background Rescuing amphibian diversity is an achievable conservation challenge.
Disease mitigation is one essential component of population management. Here we assess …
Disease mitigation is one essential component of population management. Here we assess …