Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions

By Joseph Mendelson, K. Lips, Ron Gagliardo, G. Rabb, James P. Collins, J. Diffendorfer, P. Daszak, R. Ibáñez D, K. Zippel, D. Lawson and 40 more. Science, 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Insect Science, Pharmacology

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Distribution models for the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica: proposing climatic refuges as a conservation tool (2009, background): “Amphibian declines linked to outbreaks of B. dendrobatidis have received a great amount of attention, with suggestions for captive breeding as a pivotal conservation strategy to preserve threatened species (Mendelson et al., 2006).”
The Amphibian Extinction Crisis - what will it take to put the action into the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan? (2012, background): “The ACAP identified the key issues that require attention in order to curb this crisis, and provided the framework for interventions.”
Direct and Indirect Effects of Climate Change on Amphibian Populations (2010, background): “This so called “biodiversity crisis” is exemplified by population declines, range reductions and extinctions of amphibian species around the world [3-7].”
Amphibian Decline or Extinction? Current Declines Dwarf Background Extinction Rate (2007, background): “Although it is thought that 35 species of amphibians have gone extinct since 1500, this number may be closer to 130 (IUCN et al., 2006) with 9–122 species disappearing since 1980 (Mendelson et al., 2006).”
Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus (2009, background): “An IUCN 'Amphibian Conservation Action Plan' has been developed [3,4] with its goal being the prevention of further loss of global amphibian biodiversity.”
Spatial scale and the conservation of threatened species (2008, background): “This includes coordinated strategic action to address global threats to entire assemblages of species, such as disease in amphibians (Mendelson et al. 2006) and climate change (Thomas et al. 2004).”
What do tadpoles really eat? Assessing the trophic status of an understudied and imperiled group of consumers in freshwater habitats (2007, unknown): “Along with the inherent tragedy of this loss of biodiversity, there is the potential for a host of ecological effects that transcend amphibian populations and communities (e.g. Ranvestel et al., 2004; Mendelson et al., 2006; Whiles et al., 2006).”
Distribution and environmental limitations of an amphibian pathogen in the Rocky Mountains, USA (2008, background): “…is a potentially lethal disease of amphibians caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis [Bd]) that has been associated with population declines in several amphibian species throughout the world (Daszak et al., 1999; Carey, 2000; Green et al., 2002; Lips et al., 2006).”
Predicting susceptibility to future declines in the world's frogs (2008, background): “If global conservation management decisions are to be directed by research (Mendelson et al. 2006) we need to ensure that the information supporting decisions on the allocation of conservation resource is robust, and that species most at risk of future decline are identified.”
Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs (2007, background): “The Amphibian Conservation Summit in Washington in 2005 called for major funding for research on chytridiomycosis (Mendelson et al., 2006).”