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Disease, Drought, and Warming: A Triple Threat to a Declining High‐Elevation Amphibian

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
We developed a dynamic co‐occurrence occupancy model to explore the effects of climate change on the occupancy of boreal toads (Anaxyrus boreas) and the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Bd) in the southern Rocky Mountains. We derived novel covariates to test hypotheses related to multi‐generational impacts of climate on the ...
Amanda M. Kissel, L. Mae Lacey, Viorel D. Popescu, Marissa A. Dyck, Larissa L. Bailey, Erin Muths   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1742-1754, June 2026.
Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner, Andreas Baumann, Sietze Norder, Franz Essl, Hannes A. Fellner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Rainforest Frog (Litoria rheocola) Threatened by Disease.

PLoS ONE, 2015
One of the most devastating wildlife diseases ever recorded is chytridiomycosis, a recently emerged amphibian disease that is caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
Elizabeth A Roznik, Ross A Alford
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Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Tensift region, with comments on its spreading in Morocco

Acta Herpetologica, 2019
The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a generalist pathogen that affects many amphibian species and is responsible of chytridiomycosis onset, considered as the main causes of species extinctions and populations declines worldwide. The
Redouane Ait El Cadi, El-Mustapha Laghzaoui, Angelica Crottini, Tahar Slimani, Jaime Bosch, El Hassan EL Mouden   +5 more
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Diversity of Andean amphibians of the Tamá National Natural Park in Colombia: a survey for the presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
Diversidad  de  anfibios  andinos  del Parque  Nacional  Natural  Tamá  en Colombia:   un estudio para determinar la presencia  de  Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Son muchas las zonas de los Andes en las que aún no se han determinado los cambios en la ...
A. A. Acevedo, R. Franco, D. A. Carrero
doaj   +1 more source

In vitro modeling of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection of the amphibian skin

PLOS ONE, 2019
The largest current disease-induced loss of vertebrate biodiversity is due to chytridiomycosis and despite the increasing understanding of the pathogenesis, knowledge unravelling the early host-pathogen interactions remains limited. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) zoospores attach to and invade the amphibian epidermis, with subsequent invasive ...
Elin Verbrugghe, Pascale Van Rooij, Herman Favoreel, An Martel, Frank Pasmans   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Parallels in Amphibian and Bat Declines from Pathogenic Fungi

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
Pathogenic fungi have substantial effects on global biodiversity, and 2 emerging pathogenic species—the chytridiomycete Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians, and the ascomycete Geomyces destructans, which causes ...
Evan A. Eskew, Brian D. Todd
doaj   +1 more source

Immune defenses of Xenopus laevis against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Frontiers in Bioscience, 2009
Amphibian populations are declining at an unprecedented rate worldwide. A number of declines have been linked to a pathogenic skin fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Although amphibians have robust immune defenses, many species seem to be very susceptible to infection by this fungus and to development of the lethal disease called chytridiomycosis.
Louise A, Rollins-Smith, Jeremy P, Ramsey, Laura K, Reinert, Douglas C, Woodhams, Lauren J, Livo, Cynthia, Carey   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Endemic infection of the amphibian chytrid fungus in a frog community post-decline.

PLoS Biology, 2004
The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been implicated in the decline and extinction of numerous frog species worldwide. In Queensland, Australia, it has been proposed as the cause of the decline or apparent extinction of at least 14 high ...
Richard W R Retallick, Hamish McCallum, Rick Speare   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shifts in temperature influence how Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infects amphibian larvae.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Many climate change models predict increases in frequency and magnitude of temperature fluctuations that might impact how ectotherms are affected by disease.
Paul W Bradley, Michael D Brawner, Thomas R Raffel, Jason R Rohr, Deanna H Olson, Andrew R Blaustein   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source