Global Emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Amphibian Chytridiomycosis in Space, Time, and Host

MC Fisher, TWJ Garner… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a chytrid fungus that causes chytridiomycosis in
amphibians. Only named in 1999, Bd is a proximate driver of declines in global amphibian …

Amphibian ecology and conservation in the urbanising world: a review

AJ Hamer, MJ McDonnell - Biological conservation, 2008 - Elsevier
Urbanisation currently threatens over one-third of the world's known amphibian species. The
main threats of urbanisation to amphibian populations are habitat loss, habitat fragmentation …

Status and trends of amphibian declines and extinctions worldwide

SN Stuart, JS Chanson, NA Cox, BE Young… - Science, 2004 - science.org
The first global assessment of amphibians provides new context for the well-publicized
phenomenon of amphibian declines. Amphibians are more threatened and are declining …

The amphibian tree of life

DR Frost, T Grant, J Faivovich, RH Bain, A Haas… - Bulletin of the American …, 2006 - BioOne
The evidentiary basis of the currently accepted classification of living amphibians is
discussed and shown not to warrant the degree of authority conferred on it by use and …

Global amphibian declines: sorting the hypotheses

JP Collins, A Storfer - Diversity and distributions, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Reports of malformed amphibians and global amphibian declines have led to public
concern, particularly because amphibians are thought to be indicator species of overall …

[BOK][B] 2004 IUCN red list of threatened species: a global species assessment

J Baillie, C Hilton-Taylor, SN Stuart - 2004 - books.google.com
This analysis of the information contained in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
provides an insight into the status and trends of the world's species of plants and animals …

Geographic variation in life‐history characteristics of amphibians: a review

C Morrison, JM Hero - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 This review examines the intraspecific patterns and differences in life‐history
traits of amphibian populations living at different altitudes and latitudes. Specifically we …

Epidemic disease decimates amphibian abundance, species diversity, and evolutionary history in the highlands of central Panama

AJ Crawford, KR Lips… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Amphibian populations around the world are experiencing unprecedented declines
attributed to a chytrid fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Despite the severity …

Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives revisited (Anura: Dendrobatoidea)

T Grant, M Rada, M Anganoy-Criollo, A Batista… - South American Journal …, 2017 - BioOne
Despite the impressive growth of knowledge on the phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison
frogs and their relatives (Dendrobatoidea) over the past decade, many problems remain to …

Catastrophic Population Declines and Extinctions in Neotropical Harlequin Frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus)1

E La Marca, KR Lips, S Lötters… - … : The Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We surveyed the population status of the Neotropical toad genus Atelopus, and document
recent catastrophic declines that are more severe than previously reported for any …