Mining museums for historical DNA: advances and challenges in museomics

CJ Raxworthy, BT Smith - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
Historical DNA (hDNA), obtained from museum and herbarium specimens, has yielded
spectacular new insights into the history of organisms. This includes documenting historical …

Chytrid fungi and global amphibian declines

MC Fisher, TWJ Garner - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Discovering that chytrid fungi cause chytridiomycosis in amphibians represented a paradigm
shift in our understanding of how emerging infectious diseases contribute to global patterns …

A synthesis of evidence of drivers of amphibian declines

EH Campbell Grant, DAW Miller, E Muths - Herpetologica, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Early calls for robust long-term time series of amphibian population data, stemming from
discussion following the first World Congress of Herpetology, are now being realized after …

Early-diverging fungal phyla: taxonomy, species concept, ecology, distribution, anthropogenic impact, and novel phylogenetic proposals

K Voigt, TY James, PM Kirk, ALCMA Santiago… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
The increasing number of new fungal species described from all over the world along with
the use of genetics to define taxa, has dramatically changed the classification system of …

Global Patterns of the Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Support Conservation Urgency

DH Olson, KL Ronnenberg, CK Glidden… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a skin pathogen that
can cause the emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis in susceptible species. It has …

Mechanisms underlying host persistence following amphibian disease emergence determine appropriate management strategies

LA Brannelly, HI McCallum, LF Grogan… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging infectious diseases have caused many species declines, changes in communities
and even extinctions. There are also many species that persist following devastating …

United States amphibian imports pose a disease risk to salamanders despite Lacey Act regulations

PJ Connelly, N Ross, OC Stringham… - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), one of two fungal pathogens that cause the
deadly amphibian disease chytridiomycosis, is a major impending threat to salamander …

[HTML][HTML] Harlequin frog rediscoveries provide insights into species persistence in the face of drastic amphibian declines

KE Jaynes, MI Páez-Vacas, D Salazar-Valenzuela… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amphibians face global declines, and it remains unclear the extent to which species have
responded, and through what mechanisms, to persist in the face of emerging diseases and …

Host–multiparasite interactions in amphibians: a review

D Herczeg, J Ujszegi, A Kásler, D Holly, A Hettyey - Parasites & Vectors, 2021 - Springer
Parasites, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protists, helminths, and arthropods, are
ubiquitous in the animal kingdom. Consequently, hosts are frequently infected with more …

Coinfection with chytrid genotypes drives divergent infection dynamics reflecting regional distribution patterns

T Carvalho, D Medina, L P. Ribeiro… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
By altering the abundance, diversity, and distribution of species—and their pathogens—
globalization may inadvertently select for more virulent pathogens. In Brazil's Atlantic Forest …