Journal article
Microhabitat Temperatures and Prevalence of the Pathogenic Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Lowland Amazonian Frogs
R von May, A Catenazzi, R Santa-Cruz, TA Kosch, VT Vredenburg
Tropical Conservation Science | Published : 2018
Abstract
Until recently, it was assumed that the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) was not widely distributed in warm ecosystems such as lowland tropical rainforests because high environmental temperatures limit its growth. However, several studies have documented Bd infection in lowland rainforest amphibians over the past decade. In addition, a recent study focusing on museum-stored specimens showed that Bd has been present in the lowland Amazon for more than 80 years. These findings lent support to the idea that some lowland rainforest habitats offer suitable environmental conditions for Bd growth, even though most lowland areas may contain suboptimal conditions limiting the pat..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported with grants from the National Science Foundation (Postdoctoral Research Fellowship DBI-1103087), the American Philosophical Society, and the National Geographic Society (Grant No. 9191-12) to R.v.M.; the Amazon Conservation Association to R.v.M. and A. Catenazzi; the Amphibian Specialist Group and the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to A. Catenazzi; and the National Science Foundation Grant 1120283 to V.T.V. Collection of temperature data in 2016-2017 was partially supported by funds from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (to D. Rabosky, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology).