The thermal ecology and physiology of reptiles and amphibians: A user's guide

EN Taylor, LM Diele‐Viegas… - … Zoology Part A …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Research on the thermal ecology and physiology of free‐living organisms is accelerating as
scientists and managers recognize the urgency of the global biodiversity crisis brought on by …

Virulence and pathogenicity of chytrid fungi causing amphibian extinctions

MC Fisher, F Pasmans, A Martel - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Ancient enzootic associations between wildlife and their infections allow evolution to
innovate mechanisms of pathogenicity that are counterbalanced by host responses …

Conservation genetics as a management tool: The five best-supported paradigms to assist the management of threatened species

Y Willi, TN Kristensen, CM Sgrò… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
About 50 y ago, Crow and Kimura [An Introduction to Population Genetics Theory (1970)]
and Ohta and Kimura [Genet. Res. 22, 201–204 (1973)] laid the foundations of conservation …

Tropical forests are home to over half of the world's vertebrate species

R Pillay, M Venter, J Aragon‐Osejo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests are renowned for their astonishing diversity of life, but the fundamental
question of how many species occur in tropical forests remains unanswered. Using …

Red List assessment of amphibian species of Ecuador: A multidimensional approach for their conservation

HM Ortega-Andrade, M Rodes Blanco… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, but faces severe pressures and
threats to its natural ecosystems. Numerous species have declined and require to be …

Amphibian collapses increased malaria incidence in Central America

MR Springborn, JA Weill, KR Lips… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Biodiversity in ecosystems plays an important role in supporting human welfare, including
regulating the transmission of infectious diseases. Many of these services are not fully …

Conservation translocations for amphibian species threatened by chytrid fungus: A review, conceptual framework, and recommendations

BC Scheele, M Hollanders… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging infectious diseases are an increasingly prominent threat to biodiversity. However,
traditional methods in conservation generally have limited efficacy in the face of disease …

Integrated community models: A framework combining multispecies data sources to estimate the status, trends and dynamics of biodiversity

EF Zipkin, JW Doser, CL Davis… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Data deficiencies among rare or cryptic species preclude assessment of community‐level
processes using many existing approaches, limiting our understanding of the trends and …

State of the Amphibia 2020: A review of five years of amphibian research and existing resources

MC Womack, E Steigerwald… - Ichthyology & …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
Amphibians are a clade of over 8,400 species that provide unique research opportunities
and challenges. With amphibians undergoing severe global declines, we posit that …

[HTML][HTML] Harlequin frog rediscoveries provide insights into species persistence in the face of drastic amphibian declines

KE Jaynes, MI Páez-Vacas, D Salazar-Valenzuela… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amphibians face global declines, and it remains unclear the extent to which species have
responded, and through what mechanisms, to persist in the face of emerging diseases and …