The role of reproductive technologies in amphibian conservation breeding programs

AJ Silla, PG Byrne - Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
Anthropogenic environmental change has led to unprecedented rates of species extinction,
presenting a major threat to global biodiversity. Among vertebrates, amphibians have been …

Evaluating amphibian biobanking and reproduction for captive breeding programs according to the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan objectives

G Della Togna, LG Howell, J Clulow, CJ Langhorne… - Theriogenology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP), published in 2007, is a formal
document of international significance that proposed eleven relevant actions for global …

Cryopreservation and other assisted reproductive technologies for the conservation of threatened amphibians and reptiles: bringing the ARTs up to speed

J Clulow, S Clulow - Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 2016‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Amphibians and reptiles are experiencing serious declines, with the number of threatened
species and extinctions growing rapidly as the modern biodiversity crisis unfolds. For …

Sperm collection and storage for the sustainable management of amphibian biodiversity

RK Browne, AJ Silla, R Upton, G Della-Togna… - Theriogenology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Current rates of biodiversity loss pose an unprecedented challenge to the conservation
community, particularly with amphibians and freshwater fish as the most threatened …

Origin and evolution of the neuroendocrine control of reproduction in vertebrates, with special focus on genome and gene duplications

S Dufour, B Quérat, H Tostivint… - Physiological …, 2020‏ - journals.physiology.org
In humans, as in the other mammals, the neuroendocrine control of reproduction is ensured
by the brain-pituitary gonadotropic axis. Multiple internal and environmental cues are …

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 …

Amphibian reproductive technologies: approaches and welfare considerations

AJ Silla, NE Calatayud, VL Trudeau - Conservation Physiology, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Captive breeding and reintroduction programs have been established for several threatened
amphibian species globally, but with varied success. This reflects our relatively poor …

Amphibian declines in the twenty-first century: why we need assisted reproductive technologies

J Clulow, VL Trudeau, AJ Kouba - Reproductive sciences in animal …, 2014‏ - Springer
Each amphibian species is evolutionarily distinct, having developed highly specialized and
diverse reproductive strategies in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. These unique …

Biobanking in amphibian and reptilian conservation and management: opportunities and challenges

J Strand, H Thomsen, JB Jensen, C Marcussen… - Conservation Genetics …, 2020‏ - Springer
Numerous species from the classes Amphibia and Reptilia are facing extinction as a result
of habitat loss and increasing anthropogenic impact on the environment; to be more specific …

Emerging trends for biobanking amphibian genetic resources: the hope, reality and challenges for the next decade

AJ Kouba, RE Lloyd, ML Houck, AJ Silla… - Biological …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
How to conserve our planet's rapidly disappearing biodiversity is one of the greatest
challenges of our generation. Among terrestrial vertebrate taxa, amphibians are most at risk …