Threats posed by the fungal kingdom to humans, wildlife, and agriculture

MC Fisher, SJ Gurr, CA Cuomo, DS Blehert, H **… - MBio, 2020 - journals.asm.org
The fungal kingdom includes at least 6 million eukaryotic species and is remarkable with
respect to its profound impact on global health, biodiversity, ecology, agriculture …

Chytrid fungi and global amphibian declines

MC Fisher, TWJ Garner - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Discovering that chytrid fungi cause chytridiomycosis in amphibians represented a paradigm
shift in our understanding of how emerging infectious diseases contribute to global patterns …

Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

BC Scheele, F Pasmans, LF Skerratt, L Berger… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the
spread of diseases that threaten Earth's biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative …

Fungal infections in animals: a patchwork of different situations

S Seyedmousavi, SMG Bosco, S De Hoog… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The importance of fungal infections in both human and animals has increased over the last
decades. This article represents an overview of the different categories of fungal infections …

Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

G Stegen, F Pasmans, BR Schmidt, LO Rouffaer… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The recent arrival of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe was followed by rapid
expansion of its geographical distribution and host range, confirming the unprecedented …

Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience

MC Fisher, NAR Gow, SJ Gurr - … Transactions of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Emerging infections caused by fungi have become a widely recognized global
phenomenon. Their notoriety stems from their causing plagues and famines, driving species …

Integral chain management of wildlife diseases

A Martel, M Vila‐Escale… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has caused the most prominent loss of
vertebrate diversity ever recorded, which peaked in the 1980s. Recent incursion by its sister …

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 …