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Integrating Behavior and Physiology Into Strategies for Amphibian Conservation

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The amphibian decline crisis has been challenging to address because of the complexity of factors—and their multitude of interactive effects—that drive this global issue.
Susan C. Walls, Caitlin R. Gabor
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Phenotypic plasticity in developmental rate is insufficient to offset high tadpole mortality in rapidly drying ponds

Ecosphere, 2016
Habitat suitability is strongly regulated by seasonal conditions and stochastic processes, and this is especially important in temporary aquatic systems that contain organisms with complex life cycles.
S. M. Amburgey, M. Murphy, W. Chris Funk
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Long‐term impacts of the invasive frog Polypedates megacephalus on Taiwan's native frogs: A 16‐year community science study

Conservation Science and Practice
Invasive species pose a major threat to biodiversity worldwide, and the invasive frog Polypedates megacephalus has become a significant concern for native amphibian populations in Taiwan.
Yung‐Chih Lai, Cheng‐En Li, Wei‐Chun Cheng, Yi‐Ju Yang   +3 more
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Dynamic effects of thermal acclimation on chytridiomycosis infection intensity and transmission potential in Xenopus laevis

Royal Society Open Science
The pandemic amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) can cause more severe infections with variable temperatures owing to delays in host thermal acclimation following temperature shifts.
James E. Noelker, Vitoria Abreu Ruozzi, Kyle D. Spengler, Hunter M. Craig, Thomas R. Raffel   +4 more
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Global amphibian declines: A review

International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, 2012
Global biodiversity losses have assumed the status of a crisis and as a part of it, many amphibian populations are declining. It is estimated that the current rate of extinction is greater than any known in the last 100,000 years. Recent studies have shown that nearly one-third of amphibian species are threatened. Amphibians are thought to be indicator
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Amphibian Contributions to Ecosystem Services [PDF]

, 2014
Ecosystems provide essential services for human society, which include provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Amphibians provide provisioning services by serving as a food source for some human societies ...
Babbitt, Kimberly J., Hocking, Daniel J.
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Identification of Simultaneous Occurrence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungi and Ranavirus in South Korea

Animals
Emerging infectious diseases such as chytridiomycosis and ranavirosis, caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and ranavirus (RV), respectively, are major contributors to global amphibian declines.
Ji-Eun Lee, Young Jin Park, Mun-Gyeong Kwon, Yun-Kyeong Oh, Min Sun Kim, Yuno Do   +5 more
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Effects of prescribed fire on Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) across habitat scales and life stages [PDF]

, 2017
Fire may alter both aquatic and terrestrial habitat used by all amphibian life stages, yet, our knowledge of its effects on amphibians is primarily limited to adult responses. I present an integrated approach to test the response of Cope’s Gray Treefrog (
McDonald, Logan
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Unexpected metabolic disorders induced by endocrine disruptors in Xenopus tropicalis provide new lead for understanding amphibian decline. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018
Regnault C, Usal M, Veyrenc S, Couturier K, Batandier C, Bulteau AL, Lejon D, Sapin A, Combourieu B, Chetiveaux M, Le May C, Lafond T, Raveton M, Reynaud S.   +13 more
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Projected climate-induced faunal change in the western hemisphere [PDF]

, 2009
Climate change is predicted to be one of the greatest drivers of ecological change in the coming century. Increases in temperature over the last century have clearly been linked to shifts in species distributions.
Bartlein, Patrick J., Blaustein, Andrew R., Kareiva, Peter, Lawler, Joshua J., Maurer, Edwin P., Shafer, Sarah L., White, Denis   +6 more
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