Population Decline of the Jambato Toad Atelopus ignescens (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Andes of Ecuador

By S. Ron, W. Duellman, L. A. Coloma, Martín R. Bustamante. 2003

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Citations in the corpus

• Amphibian Declines in Latin America: Widespread Population Declines, Extinctions, and Impacts 1 (2005, background): “A few areas have contributed data from long-term population studies of a few species (e.g., Vial 1968, Stewart 1995) or communities (e.g., Caldwell 1974, Crump 1974).”
• The Amphibian Extinction Crisis - what will it take to put the action into the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan? (2012, background): “…were many subsequent reports of rapid and severe amphibian declines from Central and South America (e.g. Pounds & Crump, 1994; Young et al., 2001; Ron et al., 2003) and most alarming were the reports of declines in seemingly pristine areas (e.g. Czechura & Ingram, 1990; Pounds & Crump, 1994; Ron…”
• The Decline of the Sharp-Snouted Day Frog (Taudactylus acutirostris): The First Documented Case of Extinction by Infection in a Free-Ranging Wildlife Species? (2006, background): “…(Berger et al., 1998; Waldman et al., 2001), Africa (Weldon, 2002; Hopkins and Channing, 2003; Lane et al., 2003; Weldon et al., 2004), Spain (Bosch et al., 2001), Europe (Garner et al., 2005; Simoncelli et al., 2005), and the Americas (Fellers et al., 2001; Young et al., 2001; Ron et al., 2003).”
• Amphibian Declines in Brazil: An Overview 1 (2005, background): “Ron et al. (2003) associated the decline of Atelopus ignescens in the Andes of Ecuador to unusual climatic conditions and their interaction with chytridiomycosis.”
• Amphibian population declines in montane southern Mexico: resurveys of historical localities (2004, background): “Some amphibian declines in Latin America (e.g., Costa Rica: Lips et al., 2003a; Panama: Berger et al., 1998; Lips, 1999; Ecuador: Ron et al., 2003) have been attributed to infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, an amphibian-specific aquatic, chytrid fungus (Longcore et al., 1999).”
• Global warming and biodiversity: Evidence of climate-linked amphibian declines in Italy (2009, background): “Since 1970, scientists have observed precipitous population declines worldwide and major extinctions are documented, especially of tropical mountain species, in Central and South America (e.g. Pounds et al., 1999; Young et al., 2001; Ron et al., 2003).”
• Historical Evidence of Widespread Chytrid Infection in North American Amphibian Populations (2005, background): “…populations in several parts of the world, including Central (Berger et al. 1998; Lips 1999; Lips et al. 2003), South (Bonaccorso et al. 2003; Ron et al. 2003), and North America (e.g., Bradley et al. 2002; Green et al. 2002; Davidson et al. 2003; Muths et al. 2003); Europe (Bosch et al.…”
• Experimental Exposures of Boreal Toads (Bufo boreas) to a Pathogenic Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) (2006, unknown): “A recently discovered chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), initially isolated from captive amphibians suffering from a mycotic skin disease (Longcore et al., 1999; Nichols et al., 1998; Pessier et al., 1999), has now been linked to mass mortalities of wild amphibian populations in many a”
• Are we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? A view from the world of amphibians (2008, background): “Ron SR, Duellman WE, Coloma LA, Bustamante MR (2003) Population decline of the Jambato Toad Atelopus ignescens (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Andes of Ecuador.”