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 …

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 …

Hotspot shelters stimulate frog resistance to chytridiomycosis

AW Waddle, S Clulow, A Aquilina, EL Sauer… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Many threats to biodiversity cannot be eliminated; for example, invasive pathogens may be
ubiquitous. Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease that has spread worldwide, driving at least …

Conservation translocations for amphibian species threatened by chytrid fungus: A review, conceptual framework, and recommendations

BC Scheele, M Hollanders… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging infectious diseases are an increasingly prominent threat to biodiversity. However,
traditional methods in conservation generally have limited efficacy in the face of disease …

A guide to using species trait data in conservation

RV Gallagher, N Butt, AJR Carthey, A Tulloch, L Bland… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Species traits have much to offer conservation science. However, the selection and
application of trait data in conservation requires rigor to avoid perverse or unexpected …

Status and priority conservation actions for Australian frog species

GR Gillespie, JD Roberts, D Hunter, CJ Hoskin… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Coherent, multi-species conservation strategies rely on up-to-date assessments of extinction
risk, and prioritising and implementing well-founded management and research actions …

Epidemiological tracing of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans identifies widespread infection and associated mortalities in private amphibian collections

LD Fitzpatrick, F Pasmans, A Martel… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) infects newts and
salamanders (urodele amphibians), in which it can cause fatal disease. This pathogen has …

Amphibian assisted reproductive technologies: moving from technology to application

J Clulow, R Upton, VL Trudeau, S Clulow - Reproductive sciences in …, 2019 - Springer
Amphibians have experienced a catastrophic decline since the 1980s driven by disease,
habitat loss, and impacts of invasive species and face ongoing threats from climate change …

The costs of living on the coast: Reduction in body size and size‐specific reproductive output in coastal populations of a widespread amphibian

L Lorrain‐Soligon, L Périsse, F Robin… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Body size is a critical component of organismal biology. Body size is known to be influenced
by a plethora of environmental conditions, among which exposure to large scale variations …

Red hot frogs: identifying the Australian frogs most at risk of extinction

HM Geyle, CJ Hoskin, DS Bower… - Pacific Conservation …, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
More than a third of the world's amphibian species are listed as Threatened or Extinct, with a
recent assessment identifying 45 Australian frogs (18.4% of the currently recognised …