Natural disturbance impacts on ecosystem services and biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests

D Thom, R Seidl - Biological Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In many parts of the world forest disturbance regimes have intensified recently, and future
climatic changes are expected to amplify this development further in the coming decades …

Fire effects on aquatic ecosystems: an assessment of the current state of the science

RJ Bixby, SD Cooper, RE Gresswell… - Freshwater …, 2015 - journals.uchicago.edu
Fire is a prevalent feature of many landscapes and has numerous and complex effects on
geological, hydrological, ecological, and economic systems. In some regions, the frequency …

Mechanisms underlying host persistence following amphibian disease emergence determine appropriate management strategies

LA Brannelly, HI McCallum, LF Grogan… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging infectious diseases have caused many species declines, changes in communities
and even extinctions. There are also many species that persist following devastating …

From flames to inflammation: how wildfires affect patterns of wildlife disease

GF Albery, I Turilli, MB Joseph, J Foley, CH Frere… - Fire Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Background Fire strongly affects animals' behavior, population dynamics, and environmental
surroundings, which in turn are likely to affect their immune systems and exposure to …

From the organismal to biosphere levels: environmental impacts on the amphibian microbiota

O Hernández-Gómez, J Hua - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This review summarizes the role of environmental factors on amphibian microbiotas at the
organismal, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. At the organismal …

Temperature variability and moisture synergistically interact to exacerbate an epizootic disease

TR Raffel, NT Halstead… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Climate change is altering global patterns of precipitation and temperature variability, with
implications for parasitic diseases of humans and wildlife. A recent study confirmed …

Low impact of chytridiomycosis on frog recruitment enables persistence in refuges despite high adult mortality

BC Scheele, DA Hunter, LF Skerratt, LA Brannelly… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
The global chytridiomycosis pandemic caused by the pathogen Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd) is implicated in the apparent extinction or severe decline of over 200 …

Looking ahead, guided by the past: The role of US national parks in amphibian research and conservation

BJ Halstead, AM Ray, E Muths, EHC Grant, R Grasso… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Protected areas like national parks are essential elements of conservation because they
limit human influence on the landscape, which protects biodiversity and ecosystem function …

Effect of amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) on apparent survival of frogs and toads in the western USA

RE Russell, BJ Halstead, BA Mosher, E Muths… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite increasing interest in determining the population-level effects of emerging infectious
diseases on wildlife, estimating effects of disease on survival rates remains difficult. Even for …

Infection status as the basis for habitat choices in a wild amphibian

GM Barrile, AD Chalfoun… - The American …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Animals challenged with disease may select specific habitat conditions that help prevent or
reduce infection. Whereas preinfection avoidance of habitats with a high risk of disease …