Resurrecting biodiversity: advanced assisted reproductive technologies and biobanking

RL Bolton, A Mooney, MT Pettit… - Reproduction and …, 2022 - raf.bioscientifica.com
Biodiversity is defined as the presence of a variety of living organisms on the Earth that is
essential for human survival. However, anthropogenic activities are causing the sixth mass …

Assisted reproductive technologies for endangered species conservation: develo** sophisticated protocols with limited access to animals with unique reproductive …

JR Herrick - Biology of reproduction, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have been proposed as a means of overcoming
the significant challenges of managing small, isolated populations of endangered species in …

Integrating biobanking minimises inbreeding and produces significant cost benefits for a threatened frog captive breeding programme

LG Howell, R Frankham, JC Rodger… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Captive breeding is an integral part of global conservation efforts despite high costs and
adverse genetic effects associated with unavoidably small population sizes. Supplementing …

New Weapons in the Toad Toolkit: A Review of Methods to Control and Mitigate the Biodiversity Impacts of Invasive Cane Toads (Rhinella Marina)

R Tingley, G Ward-Fear… - … Quarterly Review of …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Our best hope of develo** innovative methods to combat invasive species is likely to
come from the study of high-profile invaders that have attracted intensive research not only …

The increasing role of short-term sperm storage and cryopreservation in conserving threatened amphibian species

ZM Anastas, PG Byrne, JK O'Brien, RJ Hobbs, R Upton… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Integrating reproductive technologies into amphibian conservation
breeding programs can enhance the propagation and the genetic management of …

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 …

Severe wildfires promoted by climate change negatively impact forest amphibian metacommunities

CT Beranek, AJ Hamer, SV Mahony… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Changes to the extent and severity of wildfires driven by anthropogenic climate change
are predicted to have compounding negative consequences for ecological communities …

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 …

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 …

Paradigm shift in frog sperm cryopreservation: reduced role for non-penetrating cryoprotectants

R Upton, S Clulow, K Colyvas, M Mahony… - …, 2023 - rep.bioscientifica.com
In brief Sperm cryopreservation has been recognised as a tool for preventing loss of genetic
diversity in amphibians; however, the combined effect of penetrative and non-penetrative …