Deforestation has detrimental consequences on biodiversity, affecting species interactions
at multiple scales. The associations among vertebrates, pathogens and their …

We all met each other sharing the personal interest of studying anuran communities from
Southeastern Brazil, specifically, anurans from the northwestern region of the São Paulo …

Chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease affecting amphibians globally and it is
caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Chytridiomycosis has …

Abstract In Brazil's Atlantic Forest (AF) biodiversity conservation is of key importance since
the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has led to the rapid loss of …

Anthropogenic forces are increasing climate anomalies and disease pressure in tropical
forests. Terrestrial-breeding amphibians, a diverse group of highly endemic tropical frogs …

Amphibians suffer from a number of factors that make them the most threatened group of
vertebrates. One threat is the fungal disease chytridiomycosis caused by the emerging …

Chytridiomycosis, the disease caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd), has devastated global amphibian biodiversity. Nevertheless, some hosts …

Janzen's hypothesis (JH) posits that low thermal variation selects for narrow physiological
tolerances, and thus small species distributional ranges and high species turnover along …

The progression of infectious disease depends on the intensity of and sensitivity to pathogen
infection. Understanding commonalities in trait sensitivity to pathogen infection across …

While much research focus is paid to hypervirulent fungal lineages during emerging
infectious disease outbreaks, examining enzootic pathogen isolates can be equally fruitful in …