State of the Amphibia 2020: A review of five years of amphibian research and existing resources

MC Womack, E Steigerwald… - Ichthyology & …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
Amphibians are a clade of over 8,400 species that provide unique research opportunities
and challenges. With amphibians undergoing severe global declines, we posit that …

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 …

Evolutionary principles guiding amphibian conservation

M Pabijan, G Palomar, B Antunes… - Evolutionary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Anthropocene has witnessed catastrophic amphibian declines across the globe. A
multitude of new, primarily human‐induced drivers of decline may lead to extinction, but can …

Amphibian survival compromised by long-term effects of chytrid fungus

G Palomar, A Fernández-Chacón, J Bosch - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 - Springer
Chytridiomycosis, the disease caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd), has been unambiguously implicated in the decline of amphibian …

Mitigating disease impacts in amphibian populations: capitalizing on the thermal optimum mismatch between a pathogen and its host

A Hettyey, J Ujszegi, D Herczeg, D Holly… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Understanding how animal behavior can influence the susceptibility of endangered hosts to
emerging pathogens and using this knowledge to ameliorate negative effects of infectious …

Evolutionary rescue in a host–pathogen system results in coexistence not clearance

MR Christie, CL Searle - Evolutionary Applications, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary rescue of host populations may prevent extinction from novel pathogens.
However, the conditions that facilitate rapid evolution of hosts, in particular the population …

Infection dynamics, dispersal, and adaptation: understanding the lack of recovery in a remnant frog population following a disease outbreak

DT McKnight, LJ Carr, DS Bower, L Schwarzkopf… - Heredity, 2020 - nature.com
Emerging infectious diseases can cause dramatic declines in wildlife populations.
Sometimes, these declines are followed by recovery, but many populations do not recover …

Challenging a host–pathogen paradigm: Susceptibility to chytridiomycosis is decoupled from genetic erosion

D Smith, D O'Brien, J Hall, C Sergeant… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The putatively positive association between host genetic diversity and the ability to defend
against pathogens has long attracted the attention of evolutionary biologists …

The return of the frogs: the importance of habitat refugia in maintaining diversity during a disease outbreak

DT McKnight, MM Lal, DS Bower… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent decades have seen the emergence and spread of numerous infectious diseases,
often with severe negative consequences for wildlife populations. Nevertheless, many …

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G Testa, E Koon, L Johannesson, G McKenna… - Please cite this article …, 2018 - gruan.org
Abstract 18 The tropospheric water vapor profile record from the Atmospheric Infrared
Sounder (AIRS) 19 now spans over a decade, making it a valuable resource for climate …