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Robert Puschendorf
Researcher at University of Plymouth
Publications - 68
Citations - 5452
Robert Puschendorf is an academic researcher from University of Plymouth. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chytridiomycosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 57 publications receiving 5028 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert Puschendorf include James Cook University & University of Costa Rica.
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Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global
Luis A. Coloma,Jamie A. Consuegra,Michael P. L. Fogden,Pru N Foster,Enrique La Marca,Karen L. Masters,Robert Puschendorf,Santiago R. Ron,Christopher J. Still,Bruce E. Young +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, a recent mass extinction associated with pathogen outbreaks is tied to global warming, and the timing of losses in relation to changes in sea surface and air temperatures is analyzed.
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Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming
J. Alan Pounds,Martín R. Bustamante,Luis A. Coloma,Jamie A. Consuegra,Michael P. L. Fogden,Pru N Foster,Pru N Foster,Enrique La Marca,Karen L. Masters,Andrés Merino-Viteri,Robert Puschendorf,Santiago R. Ron,Santiago R. Ron,G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa,Christopher J. Still,Bruce E. Young +15 more
TL;DR: It is shown that a recent mass extinction associated with pathogen outbreaks is tied to global warming, and it is proposed that temperatures at many highland localities are shifting towards the growth optimum of Batrachochytrium, thus encouraging outbreaks.
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Catastrophic Population Declines and Extinctions in Neotropical Harlequin Frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus)1
Enrique La Marca,Karen R. Lips,Stefan Lötters,Robert Puschendorf,Roberto Ibáñez,José Vicente Rueda‐Almonacid,Rainer Schulte,Christian Marty,Fernando Castro,Jesús Manzanilla-Puppo,Juan E. García-Pérez,Federico Bolaños,Gerardo Chaves,J. Alan Pounds,Eduardo Toral,Bruce E. Young +15 more
TL;DR: Widespread declines and extinctions in Atelopus may reflect population changes in other Neotropical amphibians that are more difficult to survey, and the loss of this trophic group may have cascading effects on other species in tropical ecosystems.
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Mitigating amphibian disease: strategies to maintain wild populations and control chytridiomycosis
Douglas C. Woodhams,Douglas C. Woodhams,Jaime Bosch,Cheryl J. Briggs,Scott D. Cashins,Leyla R. Davis,Antje Lauer,Erin Muths,Robert Puschendorf,Benedikt R. Schmidt,Brandon Sheafor,Jamie Voyles +11 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that disease mitigation not focus exclusively on the elimination or containment of the pathogen, or on the captive breeding of amphibian hosts, rather, successful disease mitigation must be context specific with epidemiologically informed strategies to manage already infected populations by decreasing pathogenicity and host susceptibility.
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Distribution models for the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica: proposing climatic refuges as a conservation tool
Robert Puschendorf,Robert Puschendorf,Ana Carolina Carnaval,Jeremy VanDerWal,Héctor Zumbado-Ulate,Gerardo Chaves,Federico Bolaños,Ross A. Alford +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used novel data on the occurrence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica to model its potential distribution in that country.