Habitat Disturbance Linked with Host Microbiome Dispersion and Bd Dynamics in Temperate Amphibians

WJ Neely, SE Greenspan, LM Stahl, SD Heraghty… - Microbial ecology, 2022 - Springer
Anthropogenic habitat disturbances can dramatically alter ecological community
interactions, including host–pathogen dynamics. Recent work has highlighted the potential …

Variability in environmental persistence but not per capita transmission rates of the amphibian chytrid fungus leads to differences in host infection prevalence

SL Rumschlag, SA Roth, TA McMahon… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneities in infections among host populations may arise through differences in
environmental conditions through two mechanisms. First, environmental conditions may …

Exposure to amphibian chytrid fungus alters terrestrial growth and feeding rate in metamorphic anurans

JL McQuigg, K Kissner… - Journal of Herpetology, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
Population declines and extinctions associated with infectious diseases of wildlife are
increasing in both frequency and severity. Response to infectious disease varies among …

[PDF][PDF] Infection Patterns in an Amphibian Fungal Pathogen in Ohio

CA KORFEL, RM LEHTINEN… - Ohio Biological …, 2021 - ohiobiologicalsurvey.org
The pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a leading cause of mortality
among amphibians worldwide. To provide a large-scale assessment of Bd in Ohio (USA) …

[图书][B] Effects of Environmental Stressors on Amphibian Disease Dynamics and Microbiome Assemblages Across Diverse Species and Habitats

WJ Neely - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Anthropogenically-driven environmental changes like climate warming, habitat loss, and
habitat fragmentation are the largest threat to wildlife worldwide. In addition, rising cases of …

[图书][B] Host, Pathogen, Environment (and Reservoir, and Vector): Understanding the amphibian-killing pathogen outside of the amphibian

TS Katz - 2022 - search.proquest.com
In an era of increase of emerging infectious diseases, fungal pathogens have historically
received little attention despite their growing importance. Fungal infectious disease …

Environmental persistence but not per capita transmission rates of a chytrid fungus determines infection prevalence

SL Rumschlag, SA Roth, TA McMahon, JR Rohr… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Understanding local-scale variability in disease dynamics can be important for informing
strategies for surveillance and management. For example, the amphibian chytrid fungus …