▪ Abstract Declines and losses of amphibian populations are a global problem with complex
local causes. These may include ultraviolet radiation, predation, habitat modification, …

Pathogens rarely cause extinctions of host species, and there are few examples of a pathogen
changing species richness and diversity of an ecological community by causing local …

The pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which causes the skin disease
chytridiomycosis, is one of the few highly virulent fungi in vertebrates and has been implicated in …

The emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis is thought to have contributed to many of
the recent alarming declines in amphibian populations. Mortalities associated with these …

Wilbur and Collins (1973) postulated that amphibians should adjust their developmental rates
in response to environmental conditions. They suggested that this might be accomplished …

The effect of order to hatching on the outcome of larval competition between two species of
frogs breeding in 27 artificial ponds was studied. There were nine different treatments, each …

Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is an
emerging infectious disease implicated in declines of amphibian populations around the globe. …

Amphibian declines and extinctions are global and rapid: 32.5% of 5743 described species
are threatened, with at least 9, and perhaps 122, becoming extinct since 1980 (1). Species …

Several methods are available for marking adult salamanders and anurans (see Ferner
1979). The type of system used depends on the size and natural history of the target organism …

In the wet tropics of Queensland, Australia, eight species of stream‐dwelling frogs have
experienced population declines. Some declines were associated with an emerging infectious …