Posts tagged chytrid fungus
Could disease be driving extinctions of Australian mammals?
Bill LauranceAustralian mammal declines, Northern Australian mammal declines, disease, epidemic disease, foreign pathogen, bettongs, northern bettong, brush-tailed bettong, chytrid fungus, frog declines, rinderpest, white-nose disease, ebola, feral cats, overgrazing, fire regimes, Sandra Abell, Penny van Oosterzee, Noel Preece, James Cook University, Peter Daszak, Tasmanian Devil, facial tumor disease, Trypanosomiasis, Christmas Island, Northern Bettong, Woylie, Brush-tailed Bettong, Saiga antelope
A new Armageddon for amphibians?
Bill Lauranceamphibians, frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, caecilians, exotic pathogens, novel diseases, foreign pathogens, introduced pathogens, chytrid fungus, Ranavirus, viruses, species extinction, biodiversity, aquatic ecosystems
