Overview of chytrid emergence and impacts on amphibians

KR Lips - … Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease of amphibians that affects over 700
species on all continents where amphibians occur. The amphibian–chytridiomycosis system …

Review of the amphibian immune response to chytridiomycosis, and future directions

LF Grogan, J Robert, L Berger, LF Skerratt… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The fungal skin disease, chytridiomycosis (caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and
B. salamandrivorans), has caused amphibian declines and extinctions globally since its …

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 …

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycoses in nature

TWJ Garner, BR Schmidt, A Martel… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Amphibians across the planet face the threat of population decline and extirpation caused
by the disease chytridiomycosis. Despite consensus that the fungal pathogens responsible …

History and recent progress on chytridiomycosis in amphibians

L Berger, AA Roberts, J Voyles, JE Longcore… - Fungal ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) emerged in the 1970s in Australia and the Americas,
causing rapid and catastrophic declines and extinctions of naïve amphibian populations as it …

After the epidemic: ongoing declines, stabilizations and recoveries in amphibians afflicted by chytridiomycosis

BC Scheele, LF Skerratt, LF Grogan, DA Hunter… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The impacts of pathogen emergence in naïve hosts can be catastrophic, and pathogen
spread now ranks as a major threat to biodiversity. However, pathogen impacts can persist …

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 …

Advances in Managing Chytridiomycosis for Australian Frogs: Gradarius Firmus Victoria

L Berger, LF Skerratt, TA Kosch… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Extensive knowledge gains from research worldwide over the 25 years since the discovery
of chytridiomycosis can be used for improved management. Strategies that have saved …

Priorities for management of chytridiomycosis in Australia: saving frogs from extinction

LF Skerratt, L Berger, N Clemann, DA Hunter… - Wildlife …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
To protect Australian amphibian biodiversity, we have identified and prioritised frog species
at an imminent risk of extinction from chytridiomycosis, and devised national management …