The disease ecology community has struggled to come to consensus on whether
biodiversity reduces or increases infectious disease risk, a question that directly affects …

Chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease of amphibians that affects over 700
species on all continents where amphibians occur. The amphibian–chytridiomycosis system …

Global losses of biodiversity have galvanised efforts to understand how changes to
communities affect ecological processes, including transmission of infectious pathogens …

The amphibian fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which affects species across all continents,
recently emerged as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Yet, many aspects of the …

The pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) can cause precipitous
population declines in its amphibian hosts. Responses of individuals to infection vary greatly …

Increases in biodiversity often lead to greater, and less variable, levels of ecosystem
functioning. However, whether species are less likely to go extinct in more diverse …

When facing an emerging infectious disease of conservation concern, we often have little
information on the nature of the host‐parasite interaction to inform management decisions …

Hybridization of parasites can generate new genotypes with high virulence. The fungal
amphibian parasite Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) hybridizes in Brazil's Atlantic …

Generalist pathogens maintain infectivity in numerous hosts; how this broad ecological
niche impacts host–pathogen coevolution remains to be widely explored. Batrachochytrium …

Interventions of the host–pathogen dynamics provide strong tests of relationships, yet they
are still rarely applied across multiple populations. After American bullfrogs (Rana …