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Lee Berger
Researcher at University of Melbourne
Publications - 162
Citations - 12850
Lee Berger is an academic researcher from University of Melbourne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chytridiomycosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 151 publications receiving 11479 citations. Previous affiliations of Lee Berger include James Cook University & Australian Animal Health Laboratory.
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Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America.
Lee Berger,Richard Speare,Peter Daszak,D.E. Green,Andrew A. Cunningham,C. L. Goggin,R Slocombe,Mark A. Ragan,Alex D. Hyatt,Keith R. McDonald,Harry B. Hines,Karen R. Lips,Gerry Marantelli,H. Parkes +13 more
TL;DR: Experimental data support the conclusion that cutaneous chytridiomycosis is a fatal disease of anurans, and it is hypothesize that it is the proximate cause of these recent amphibian declines.
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Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs
Lee F. Skerratt,Lee Berger,Richard Speare,Scott D. Cashins,Keith R. McDonald,Andrea D. Phillott,Harry B. Hines,Nicole Kenyon +7 more
TL;DR: It is important for the scientific community and conservation agencies to recognize and manage the threat of chytridiomycosis to remaining species of frogs, especially those that are naive to the pathogen.
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Emerging infectious diseases and amphibian population declines.
TL;DR: The role of these diseases in the global decline of amphibian populations is examined and hypotheses for the origins and impact of these panzootics are proposed.
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Diagnostic assays and sampling protocols for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Alex D. Hyatt,Donna G. Boyle,V. Olsen,David B. Boyle,Lee Berger,D. Obendorf,A. Dalton,Kerry Matthew Kriger,M. Hero,Harry B. Hines,R. Phillott,R. Campbell,Gerry Marantelli,Frank H. Gleason,A. Colling +14 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that compliance with the recommended protocols will avoid the generation of spurious results, thereby providing the international scientific and regulatory community with a set of validated procedures which will assist in the successful management of chytridiomycosis in the future.
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Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity
Ben C. Scheele,Ben C. Scheele,Frank Pasmans,Lee F. Skerratt,Lee Berger,An Martel,Wouter Beukema,Aldemar A. Acevedo,Aldemar A. Acevedo,Patricia A. Burrowes,Tamilie Carvalho,Alessandro Catenazzi,Ignacio De la Riva,Matthew C. Fisher,Sandra V. Flechas,Sandra V. Flechas,Claire N. Foster,Patricia Frías-Alvarez,Trenton W. J. Garner,Trenton W. J. Garner,Brian Gratwicke,Juan M. Guayasamin,Juan M. Guayasamin,Mareike Hirschfeld,Jonathan E. Kolby,Tiffany A. Kosch,Tiffany A. Kosch,Enrique La Marca,David B. Lindenmayer,Karen R. Lips,Ana V. Longo,Raúl Maneyro,Cait A. McDonald,Joseph R. Mendelson,Pablo Palacios-Rodríguez,Gabriela Parra-Olea,Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki,Mark-Oliver Rödel,Sean M. Rovito,Claudio Soto-Azat,Luís Felipe Toledo,Jamie Voyles,Ché Weldon,Steven M. Whitfield,Steven M. Whitfield,Mark Wilkinson,Kelly R. Zamudio,Stefano Canessa +47 more
TL;DR: A global, quantitative assessment of the amphibian chytridiomycosis panzootic demonstrates its role in the decline of at least 501 amphibian species over the past half-century and represents the greatest recorded loss of biodiversity attributable to a disease.