Scheele, BC;
Pasmans, F;
Skerratt, LF;
Berger, L;
Martel, A;
Beukema, W;
Acevedo, AA;
... Canessa, S; + view all
(2019)
Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity.
Science
, 363
(6434)
pp. 1459-1463.
10.1126/science.aav0379.
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Abstract
Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the spread of diseases that threaten Earth’s biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative assessment of the amphibian chytridiomycosis panzootic, one of the most impactful examples of disease spread, and demonstrate its role in the decline of at least 501 amphibian species over the past half-century, including 90 presumed extinctions. The effects of chytridiomycosis have been greatest in large-bodied, range-restricted anurans in wet climates in the Americas and Australia. Declines peaked in the 1980s, and only 12% of declined species show signs of recovery, whereas 39% are experiencing ongoing decline. There is risk of further chytridiomycosis outbreaks in new areas. The chytridiomycosis panzootic represents the greatest recorded loss of biodiversity attributable to a disease.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.aav0379 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav0379 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069937 |
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