Recent research in humans, livestock, and wildlife using high-throughput next-generation
sequencing (NGS) has identified that resident microbiota play an essential role in disease …

The scale of the ongoing biodiversity crisis requires both effective conservation prioritisation
and urgent action. As extinction is non-random across the tree of life, it is important to …

Herbicides improve the productivity of a monoculture by eliminating weeds, although they
may also be toxic and have negative effects on non-target organisms, such as amphibians …

Three upheavals shaped southern Mexico to Panama (SMP) biodiversity: 1. The Great
American Interchange that allowed migrations between the Neotropical and the Nearctic …

Amphibian populations are globally threatened by emerging infectious diseases, and 2
pathogens in particular are recognized as major threats: the amphibian chytrid fungus …

Some neotropical amphibians, including a few species in Costa Rica, were presumed to be
“extinct” after dramatic population declines in the late 1980s but have been rediscovered in …

Amphibians are constantly exposed to pollutants and the stress of agricultural activities. We
selected three anuran amphibian species Dendropsophus minutus, Boana albopunctata …

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) have been developed as a policy instrument to help
safeguard the contributions of ecosystems to human well-being. A critical measure of a …

The emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus,
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is implicated in widespread population declines …

Central America contains a rich diversity of freshwater habitats that support more than 600
species of freshwater fishes. However, despite several perceived threats to the integrity of …