Abstract In Brazil's Atlantic Forest (AF) biodiversity conservation is of key importance since the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has led to the rapid loss of …
Brazil has a fundamental role in amphibian conservation at regional and global scales. The country harbors the highest amphibian species richness in the world (almost 900 species …
The human-mediated transport of infected amphibians is the most plausible driver for the intercontinental spread of chytridiomycosis, a recently emerged infectious disease …
Neotropical forests show high anuran species richness, but some Brazilian forest formations, like cerradão, semideciduous forests and restingas, remain poorly known. The composition …
We studied the reproductive biology of an invasive population of the bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus by analyzing individuals captured in the central Rio Grande do Sul state …
LF Toledo, FB Britto, OGS Araújo, LMO Giasson… - South American Journal …, 2006 - BioOne
Several studies have associated the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis with worldwide anuran population declines. Recently, six species have been reported to be …
JE de Paula LIMA, D Roedder… - North-Western Journal of …, 2010 - researchgate.net
We studied the diet of two sympatric species of leaf-frogs, Phyllomedusa rohdei and P. burmeisteri, captured in a cacao plantation in the Atlantic forest domain of southern Bahia …
The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is among the main causes of declines in amphibian populations. This fungus is considered a generalist pathogen because it infects …
A maioria das espécies de anfíbios depende do ambiente aquático para a reprodução. Embora haja diversas exceções, a forma mais comum de reprodução envolve a deposição …