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Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs

Authors: Lee Francis Skerratt, Lee Berger, Richard Speare, Scott Cashins, Keith Raymond McDonald, Andrea Dawn Phillott, Harry Bryan Hines, Nicole Kenyon

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 2/2007

Abstract

The global emergence and spread of the pathogenic, virulent, and highly transmissible fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, resulting in the disease chytridiomycosis, has caused the decline or extinction of up to about 200 species of frogs. Key postulates for this theory have been completely or partially fulfilled. In the absence of supportive evidence for alternative theories despite decades of research, it is important for the scientific community and conservation agencies to recognize and manage the threat of chytridiomycosis to remaining species of frogs, especially those that are naive to the pathogen. The impact of chytridiomycosis on frogs is the most spectacular loss of vertebrate biodiversity due to disease in recorded history.

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Title: Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs
Authors: Lee Francis Skerratt
Lee Berger
Richard Speare
Scott Cashins
Keith Raymond McDonald
Andrea Dawn Phillott
Harry Bryan Hines
Nicole Kenyon
Publication date: 01-06-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: EcoHealth / Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-007-0093-5

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