Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus
Species are being lost at increasing rates due to anthropogenic effects, leading to the recognition that we are witnessing the onset of a sixth mass extinction. Emerging infectious disease has been shown to increase species loss and any attempts to reduce extinction rates need to squarely confront t...
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| author | Matthew C. Fisher Michael Veith Susan Walker Trenton W. J. Garner Jaime Bosch Sebastian Schmidtlein Jon Bielby Jos Kielgast Dennis Rödder Stefan Lötters |
| author_facet | Matthew C. Fisher Michael Veith Susan Walker Trenton W. J. Garner Jaime Bosch Sebastian Schmidtlein Jon Bielby Jos Kielgast Dennis Rödder Stefan Lötters |
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| description | Species are being lost at increasing rates due to anthropogenic effects, leading to the recognition that we are witnessing the onset of a sixth mass extinction. Emerging infectious disease has been shown to increase species loss and any attempts to reduce extinction rates need to squarely confront this challenge. Here, we develop a procedure for identifying amphibian species that are most at risk from the effects of chytridiomycosis by combining spatial analyses of key host life-history variables with the pathogen's predicted distribution. We apply our rule set to the known global diversity of amphibians in order to prioritize pecies that are most at risk of loss from disease emergence. This risk assessment shows where limited conservation funds are best deployed in order to prevent further loss of species by enabling ex situ amphibian salvage operations and focusing any potential disease mitigation projects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14c117a6fabb49f6aff2b8021fe9e4902022-12-22T02:57:10ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182009-09-0111526610.3390/d1010052Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid FungusMatthew C. FisherMichael VeithSusan WalkerTrenton W. J. GarnerJaime BoschSebastian SchmidtleinJon BielbyJos KielgastDennis RödderStefan LöttersSpecies are being lost at increasing rates due to anthropogenic effects, leading to the recognition that we are witnessing the onset of a sixth mass extinction. Emerging infectious disease has been shown to increase species loss and any attempts to reduce extinction rates need to squarely confront this challenge. Here, we develop a procedure for identifying amphibian species that are most at risk from the effects of chytridiomycosis by combining spatial analyses of key host life-history variables with the pathogen's predicted distribution. We apply our rule set to the known global diversity of amphibians in order to prioritize pecies that are most at risk of loss from disease emergence. This risk assessment shows where limited conservation funds are best deployed in order to prevent further loss of species by enabling ex situ amphibian salvage operations and focusing any potential disease mitigation projects.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/1/1/52/amphibiansBatrachochytrium dendrobatidischytridiomycosisMaxentSpecies Distribution Model |
| spellingShingle | Matthew C. Fisher Michael Veith Susan Walker Trenton W. J. Garner Jaime Bosch Sebastian Schmidtlein Jon Bielby Jos Kielgast Dennis Rödder Stefan Lötters Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus Diversity amphibians Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis chytridiomycosis Maxent Species Distribution Model |
| title | Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus |
| title_full | Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus |
| title_fullStr | Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus |
| title_short | Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus |
| title_sort | global amphibian extinction risk assessment for the panzootic chytrid fungus |
| topic | amphibians Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis chytridiomycosis Maxent Species Distribution Model |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/1/1/52/ |
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