Parasites, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protists, helminths, and arthropods, are
ubiquitous in the animal kingdom. Consequently, hosts are frequently infected with more …

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 …

INTRODUCTION Infectious disease outbreaks among wildlife have surged in recent
decades alongside global climate change. However, the circumstances under which climate …

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 …

The global trend of increasing environmental temperatures is often predicted to result in
more severe disease epidemics. However, unambiguous evidence that temperature is a …

Abstract The Cordillera Vilcanota in southern Peru is the second largest glacierized range in
the tropics and home to one of the largest high‐alpine lakes, Sibinacocha (4,860 m). Here …

Emerging diseases have been increasingly associated with population declines, with co-
infections exhibiting many types of interactions. The chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium …

Fungi are highly widespread and commonly colonize multicellular organisms that live in
natural environments. Notably, studies on viruses infecting plant-associated fungi have …

Invasive species can influence host-pathogen dynamics through a variety of mechanisms,
potentially exacerbating or ameliorating disease consequences for native species …

Emerging infectious diseases are a major cause of amphibian declines worldwide. Two of
these diseases are amphibian chytridiomycosis caused by the chytrid fungus …