Ecology and pathology of amphibian ranaviruses.
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In as much as ranaviral disease is listed as a notifiable disease by the World Organization for Animal Health and is a threat to amphibian survival, biosecurity precautions are implemented by nations to reduce the likelihood of transporting ranavirus virions among populations.Citations
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Tadpoles: the biology of anuran larvae
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Combined effects of parasites and contaminants on animal health: parasites do matter.
TL;DR: The cumulative effects of multiple stressors are becoming a priority concern for ecotoxicologists, ecologists and conservation biologists working to understand threats to ecosystems and species.
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Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective.
TL;DR: Exposure to domestic sources of infection and human-assisted exposure to wild sources were identified as the two main drivers of emergence across host taxa; the domestic source was primary for fish while the wild source wasPrimary for other taxa.
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Ecopathology of ranaviruses infecting amphibians.
TL;DR: Future investigations should focus on the genetic basis for pathogen virulence and host susceptibility, ecological and anthropogenic mechanisms contributing to emergence, and vaccine development for use in captive populations and species reintroduction programs.
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Collapse of Amphibian Communities Due to an Introduced Ranavirus
Stephen J. Price,Stephen J. Price,Trenton W. J. Garner,Richard A. Nichols,Francois Balloux,César Ayres,Amparo Mora-Cabello de Alba,Jaime Bosch +7 more
TL;DR: This report provides an exceptional record of host population trends being tracked in real time following emergence of a wildlife disease and a striking example of a novel, generalist pathogen repeatedly crossing the species barrier with catastrophic consequences at the level of host communities.
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A simplified table for staging anuran embryos and larvae with notes on identification
TL;DR: A simplified table adequate for staging "generalized" developmental series will be presented, which is original only to the extent that it is a simplification of those already in existence.
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Multiple Comparisons of Log-Likelihoods with Applications to Phylogenetic Inference
TL;DR: A modification of the KH test to take into account a multiplicity of testings is presented, which shows how the test was designed for comparing two topologies but is often used for comparing many topologies.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife-- Threats to Biodiversity and Human Health
TL;DR: These phenomena have two major biological implications: many wildlife species are reservoirs of pathogens that threaten domestic animal and human health; second, wildlife EIDs pose a substantial threat to the conservation of global biodiversity.
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Status and Trends of Amphibian Declines and Extinctions Worldwide
Simon N. Stuart,Janice Chanson,Neil A. Cox,Bruce E. Young,Ana S. L. Rodrigues,Debra L. Fischman,Robert W. Waller +6 more
TL;DR: The first global assessment of amphibians provides new context for the well-publicized phenomenon of amphibian declines and shows declines are nonrandom in terms of species' ecological preferences, geographic ranges, and taxonomic associations and are most prevalent among Neotropical montane, stream-associated species.