Current threats faced by amphibian populations in the southern cone of South America

FP Kacoliris, I Berkunsky, JC Acosta, R Acosta… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we update and increase knowledge on the severity and extent of threats
affecting 57 populations of 46 amphibian species from Chile and Argentina in southern …

Interpopulation differences in male reproductive effort drive the population dynamics of a host exposed to an emerging fungal pathogen

A Valenzuela‐Sánchez, C Azat… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Compensatory recruitment is a key demographic mechanism that has allowed the
coexistence of populations of susceptible amphibians with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis …

The landscape ecological view of vertebrate species richness in urban areas across biogeographic realms

CW Huang, JQ Ooi, SY Yau - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding how the spatial arrangement of remnant green spaces in cities complements
biodiversity provides an opportunity for synergy between urban development and biological …

Bioclimatic and anthropogenic variables shape the occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis over a large latitudinal gradient

M Alvarado-Rybak, M Lepe-Lopez… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd),
has caused the greatest known loss of biodiversity due to an infectious disease. We used Bd …

On the presence of Alsodes coppingeri (Anura, Alsodidae) in Argentina, with comments on other southern Alsodes

DA Barrasso, CA Úbeda, L Cotichelli… - Neotropical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The occurrence of Alsodes coppingeri is confirmed in Argentina for the first time, from Santa
Cruz Province, close to the Lago del Desierto. Specimens of this species were identified …

Partnerships between private landowners and conservationists to protect one of the most evolutionarily distinct amphibians

A Valenzuela-Sánchez, S Miranda… - Oryx, 2024 - cambridge.org
Wildlife conservation on private land is an important approach that is increasingly utilized to
protect biodiversity and can help contribute to the 30 by 30 target of the Global Biodiversity …

Emerging Infectious Diseases and Their Impacts on South American Amphibians

C Azat, M Alvarado-Rybak - Ecology of Wildlife Diseases in the Neotropics, 2024 - Springer
Amphibian chytridiomycosis due to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and ranaviral
disease caused by ranaviruse s are two emerging infectious diseases associated with …

First case of male alloparental care in amphibians: tadpole stealing in Darwin's frogs

O Cabeza-Alfaro, A Valenzuela-Sánchez… - Endangered Species …, 2021 - int-res.com
Alloparental care, ie care directed at non-descendant offspring, has rarely been described in
amphibians. Rhinoderma darwinii is an Endangered and endemic frog of the temperate …

[PDF][PDF] The highly variable release call of the missing Northern Darwin's Frog, Rhinoderma rufum

JM Serrano, G Bidart-Enriquez… - Amphibian & …, 2021 - amphibian-reptile-conservation.org
The release calls of Rhinoderma rufum (Philippi 1902) are described quantitatively based
on recordings of four males of this species obtained in 1981 from a population in central …

[PDF][PDF] Conservation breeding

B Tapley, K Johnson, CJ Michaels… - Amphibian …, 2022 - researchgate.net
In the face of overwhelming and sometimes acute threats to many amphibians, such as
disease or habitat destruction, the only hope in the short-term for populations and species at …