Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the
spread of diseases that threaten Earth's biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative …

Conservation units (CUs) are an essential tool for maximizing evolutionary potential and
prioritizing areas across a species' range for protection when implementing conservation …

Many scientists argue that we are either entering or in the midst of the sixth great mass
extinction. Intense human pressure, both direct and indirect, is having profound effects on …

Epidemiological theory generally suggests that pathogens will not cause host extinctions
because the pathogen should fade out when the host population is driven below some …

Chytridiomycosis, the disease caused by the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
(Bd), has contributed to amphibian population declines and extinctions worldwide. The …

Greater than 70% of the world's amphibian species are in decline. We propose that there is
probably not a single cause for global amphibian declines and present a three-tiered …

Molecular ecology has become one of the key tools in the modern conservationist's kit. Here
we review three areas where molecular ecology has been applied to amphibian …

For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but
since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite …

Amphibians are one of the most threatened animal groups, with 32% of species at risk for
extinction. Given this imperiled status, is the disappearance of a large fraction of the Earth's …

Symbiotic microorganisms influence health and disease and may contribute to the innate
immune defenses of amphibians. The mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa, is …