This review summarizes the role of environmental factors on amphibian microbiotas at the
organismal, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. At the organismal …

Infectious pathogens can disrupt the microbiome in addition to directly affecting the host.
Impacts of disease may be dependent on the ability of the microbiome to recover from such …

Tree pathogens are a major threat to forest ecosystems. Conservation management
strategies can exploit natural mechanisms of resistance, such as tree genotype and host …

Microbiomes associated with multicellular organisms influence the disease susceptibility of
hosts. The potential exists for such bacteria to protect wildlife from infectious diseases …

Potential synergetic interaction between chemicals, climate change and the emergence of
opportunistic diseases is of utmost concern within the amphibian decline scenario …

Population demographics for amphibian larvae are rarely estimated due to marking
technique limitations on small body size, morphological change (metamorphosis), and the …

Amphibians host diverse skin bacteria that have a role in pathogen defense, but these skin
communities could change over time and impact this function. Here, we monitored individual …

The correct identification of individuals is a requirement of capture-mark-recapture (CMR)
methods, and it is commonly achieved by applying artificial marks or by mutilation of study …

Marking methods that do not affect survival are crucial to study anuran demography. Toe-
clip** is among the most frequent marking methods in anurans. Nonetheless, the potential …

Background Microorganisms have intimate functional relationships with invertebrate and
vertebrate taxa, with the potential to drastically impact health outcomes. Perturbations that …