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Wouter Beukema
Researcher at Ghent University
Publications - 44
Citations - 2030
Wouter Beukema is an academic researcher from Ghent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chytridiomycosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 42 publications receiving 1494 citations. Previous affiliations of Wouter Beukema include Naturalis & Spanish National Research Council.
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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.
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Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders
An Martel,Mark Blooi,Connie Adriaensen,P. Van Rooij,Wouter Beukema,Matthew C. Fisher,Rhys A. Farrer,Benedikt R. Schmidt,Ursina Tobler,Koichi Goka,Karen R. Lips,Carly R. Muletz,Kelly R. Zamudio,Jaime Bosch,Stefan Lötters,Emma Wombwell,Emma Wombwell,Trenton W. J. Garner,Andrew A. Cunningham,A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs,Sebastiano Salvidio,R. Ducatelle,Kouki Nishikawa,Tao Thien Nguyen,Jonathan E. Kolby,I. Van Bocxlaer,Franky Bossuyt,Frank Pasmans +27 more
TL;DR: Results show that B. salamandrivorans is restricted to, but highly pathogenic for, salamanders and newts (Urodela), and likely originated and remained in coexistence with a clade of salamander hosts for millions of years in Asia.
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Expanding Distribution of Lethal Amphibian Fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe
Annemarieke Spitzen-van der Sluijs,An Martel,Johan Asselberghs,Emma K. Bales,Wouter Beukema,Molly C. Bletz,Lutz Dalbeck,E. Goverse,Alexander Kerres,Thierry Kinet,Kai Kirst,Arnaud Laudelout,Luis Fernando Marin da Fonte,Andreas Nöllert,Dagmar Ohlhoff,Joana Sabino-Pinto,Benedikt R. Schmidt,Jeroen Speybroeck,F. Spikmans,Sebastian Steinfartz,Michael Veith,Miguel Vences,Norman Wagner,Frank Pasmans,Stefan Lötters +24 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans at new locations and in urodeles of different species expands the known geographic and host range of the fungus and underpins its imminent threat to biodiversity.
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A tentative species list of the European herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia) — an update
TL;DR: A critical review of recent changes in the taxonomy of European amphibians and reptiles is provided and a tentative species list is drawn up.