Effects of emerging infectious diseases on amphibians: a review of experimental studies

AR Blaustein, J Urbina, PW Snyder, E Reynolds… - Diversity, 2018 - mdpi.com
Numerous factors are contributing to the loss of biodiversity. These include complex effects
of multiple abiotic and biotic stressors that may drive population losses. These losses are …

Amphibian infection tolerance to chytridiomycosis

LF Grogan, MJ Mangan… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Animal defences against infection involve two distinct but complementary mechanisms:
tolerance and resistance. Tolerance measures the animal's ability to limit detrimental effects …

Projecting the Global Distribution of the Emerging Amphibian Fungal Pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Based on IPCC Climate Futures

GY **e, DH Olson, AR Blaustein - PLOS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Projected changes in climate conditions are emerging as significant risk factors to numerous
species, affecting habitat conditions and community interactions. Projections suggest …

Extreme drought, host density, sex, and bullfrogs influence fungal pathogen infection in a declining lotic amphibian

AJ Adams, SJ Kupferberg, MQ Wilber, AP Pessier… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater biodiversity is imperiled across the globe, and multiple stressors such as habitat
alteration, non‐native species invasion, disease, and climate change can act in concert to …

Body size mediates latitudinal population differences in the response to chytrid fungus infection in two amphibians

S Meurling, M Siljestam, M Cortazar-Chinarro, D Åhlen… - Oecologia, 2024 - Springer
Factors behind intraspecific variation in sensitivity to pathogens remain poorly understood.
We investigated how geographical origin in two North European amphibians affects …

Gene expression differs in susceptible and resistant amphibians exposed to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

EA Eskew, BC Shock… - Royal Society …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Chytridiomycosis, the disease caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd), has devastated global amphibian biodiversity. Nevertheless, some hosts …

Amphibian disease ecology: are we just scratching the surface?

JF Bienentreu, D Lesbarrères - Herpetologica, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Pathogen-induced population declines and extinction events have been recognized as main
threats to amphibian species around the globe. However, the ecological drivers underlying …

Evolved pesticide tolerance influences susceptibility to parasites in amphibians

J Hua, VP Wuerthner, DK Jones, B Mattes… - Evolutionary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Because ecosystems throughout the globe are contaminated with pesticides, there is a need
to understand how natural populations cope with pesticides and the implications for …

Effects of amphibian phylogeny, climate and human impact on the occurrence of the amphibian‐killing chytrid fungus

LD Bacigalupe, C Soto‐Azat… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Chytridiomycosis, due to the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has been
associated with the alarming decline and extinction crisis of amphibians worldwide …

Host age alters amphibian susceptibility to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, an emerging infectious fungal pathogen

PW Bradley, PW Snyder, AR Blaustein - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Parasites and pathogens are often aggregated in a minority of susceptible hosts within a
population, with a majority of individuals harboring low infection intensities. However …