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Disentangling the Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of the Amphibian Disease Chytridiomycosis

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Bradley, Paul W.

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The ongoing worldwide loss of biodiversity has been described as a "biodiversity crisis," "the Anthropocene defaunation," and alternatively "an extinction spasm." More recently, many scientists have come to the conclusion that we are witnesses to Earth's sixth major mass extinction event, which has the potential to fundamentally alter basic ecological...

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clear an infection (Kriger & Hero 2006; Brannelly et al. 2012; Ellison et al. 2014; Gervasi et al
Ontogenetic Shifts in Disease Response in Native and Invasive Anuran Species

Creator:

Urbina Gonzalez, Jenny Cecilia

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This dissertation presents a different approach to understanding how amphibians are responding to disease through ontogeny. Although numerous efforts have been conducted to understand host responses to the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), studies have been restricted to distinct developmental stages. This dissertation provides information on host response to Bd across...

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loss and fragmentation on amphibians: a review and prospectus. Biol Conserv 128:231–240 Dang T
Complexity in host-pathogen dynamics : dispersal uncertainties, metapopulation persistence and the role of a changing climate

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Xie, Yang

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Emerging infectious diseases impact both human and wildlife populations. Infectious agents, in particular the aquatic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (chytrid), have an influential role in driving global amphibian population declines. The emergence of the chytrid fungus has aspects of both geographic spread as well as climate shifts altering environmental conditions and...

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