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Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

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  • Gwij Stegen

    (Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University)

  • Frank Pasmans

    (Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University)

  • Benedikt R. Schmidt

    (University of Zurich
    KARCH)

  • Lieze O. Rouffaer

    (Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University)

  • Sarah Van Praet

    (Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University)

  • Michael Schaub

    (Swiss Ornithological Institute)

  • Stefano Canessa

    (Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University)

  • Arnaud Laudelout

    (Natagora c/o Mundo-Namur)

  • Thierry Kinet

    (Natagora c/o Mundo-Namur)

  • Connie Adriaensen

    (Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University)

  • Freddy Haesebrouck

    (Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University)

  • Wim Bert

    (Nematology Research Unit, Ghent University)

  • Franky Bossuyt

    (Amphibian Evolution Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

  • An Martel

    (Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University)

Abstract

The authors investigated the disease ecology of the fast-spreading fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in fire salamanders; on the basis of their research, they call for Europe-wide monitoring systems and conservation strategies for threatened species.

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  • Gwij Stegen & Frank Pasmans & Benedikt R. Schmidt & Lieze O. Rouffaer & Sarah Van Praet & Michael Schaub & Stefano Canessa & Arnaud Laudelout & Thierry Kinet & Connie Adriaensen & Freddy Haesebrouck &, 2017. "Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans," Nature, Nature, vol. 544(7650), pages 353-356, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:544:y:2017:i:7650:d:10.1038_nature22059
    DOI: 10.1038/nature22059
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    1. Matthew J. Gray & Edward Davis Carter & Jonah Piovia-Scott & J. Patrick W. Cusaac & Anna C. Peterson & Ross D. Whetstone & Andreas Hertz & Aura Y. Muniz-Torres & Molly C. Bletz & Douglas C. Woodhams &, 2023. "Broad host susceptibility of North American amphibian species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans suggests high invasion potential and biodiversity risk," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Bozzuto, Claudio & Canessa, Stefano & Koella, Jacob C., 2021. "Exploring artificial habitat fragmentation to control invasion by infectious wildlife diseases," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 14-23.
    3. Moira Kelly & Frank Pasmans & Jose F. Muñoz & Terrance P. Shea & Salvador Carranza & Christina A. Cuomo & An Martel, 2021. "Diversity, multifaceted evolution, and facultative saprotrophism in the European Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemic," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, December.

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