Beat the heat: correlates, compounds, and mechanisms involved in fungal thermotolerance

ER Mattoon, A Casadevall, RJB Cordero - Fungal Biology Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the how behind the polyphyletic trait of fungal thermotolerance has important
implications to both medical and industrial pursuits. In this review, our goal is to synthesize …

Metamorphosis and seasonality are major determinants of chytrid infection in a paedomorphic salamander

MD Basanta, SL Anaya‐Morales… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chytridiomycosis, an emerging disease caused mostly by the pathogen Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis, has caused massive amphibian population declines and extinctions …

Warming drives cryptic declines of amphibians in eastern Brazil

R Rebouças, MM Dos Santos, AG da Silva Martins… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global amphibian extinction crisis has challenged scientists around the globe for
decades. Robust long-term time-series data to detect such population declines are key to …

Effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the prevalence of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Chytridiomycota) in stream tadpoles in the Atlantic Forest …

D Das Neves-da-Silva, VNT Borges-Júnior… - Aquatic Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Recent evidence indicates that infectious diseases are one of the main causes of amphibian
decline worldwide. Chytridiomycosis is an emergent disease caused by the waterborne …

Defying decline: Very low chytrid prevalence in tadpoles, yet high infection in adults in a naturally recovering frog species

J Crawford‐Ash, J Erens, A Martel… - Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is associated with declines
in~ 500 amphibian species globally. Decades after initial disease outbreaks, the trajectory of …

Detection of the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis global panzootic lineage in Ecuadorian anurans of the Amazonian lowlands

U Smart, SF McCracken, RM Brunner… - Diseases of Aquatic …, 2024 - int-res.com
Considerable attention has been directed to studying the infection dynamics of the fungal
pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) affecting amphibians in the high elevations …

High relative humidity and temperature limit disease development and mortality in golden frogs of Panama, Atelopus zeteki, infected with Batrachochytrium …

J Gass, AJ Miller, C Sheets, M Long, J Voyles - Evolutionary Ecology, 2024 - Springer
To combat the loss of species due to emerging infectious diseases, scientists must
incorporate ecological parameters, such as temperature and humidity, to understand how …

Description and natural history notes of the tadpole of Proceratophrys belzebul (Anura: Odontophrynidae)

AS Carrasco-Medina, JR Ernetti, LM Botelho… - …, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Description and natural history notes of the tadpole of Proceratophrys belzebul (Anura:
Odontophrynidae) Description and natural history notes of the tadpole of Proceratophrys …

Influence of landscape on the presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Ranavirus in tadpoles in the southern Atlantic Forest of Brazil

RC Santos, DA Dalmolin, J Ruggeri, D Brum… - Frontiers in Amphibian …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Habitat loss, as well as infectious diseases, have been suggested as the main
causes for the worldwide decline of amphibian populations. Thus, the search for biotic …

[BOOK][B] Effects of Environmental Stressors on Amphibian Disease Dynamics and Microbiome Assemblages Across Diverse Species and Habitats

WJ Neely - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Anthropogenically-driven environmental changes like climate warming, habitat loss, and
habitat fragmentation are the largest threat to wildlife worldwide. In addition, rising cases of …