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Historical amphibian declines and extinctions in Brazil linked to chytridiomycosis by Carvalho, Tamilie, Becker, C. Guilherme, Toledo, Luís Felipe

“…The recent increase in emerging fungal diseases is causing unprecedented threats to biodiversity. The origin of spread of the frog-killing fungus…”
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Tropical amphibian populations experience higher disease risk in natural habitats by Becker, C. Guilherme, Zamudio, Kelly R

“…Habitat loss and disease are main drivers of global amphibian declines, yet the interaction between them remains largely unexplored. Here we show that…”
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Spatiotemporal adaptive evolution of an MHC immune gene in a frog-fungus disease system by Trujillo, Alexa L, Hoffman, Eric A, Becker, C Guilherme, Savage, Anna E

“…Genetic diversity of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes is linked to reduced pathogen susceptibility in amphibians, but few studies also examine…”
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Co-infecting pathogen lineages have additive effects on host bacterial communities by Medina, Daniel, Greenspan, Sasha E, Carvalho, Tamilie, Becker, C Guilherme, Toledo, Luís Felipe

“…ABSTRACT Amphibian skin bacteria may confer protection against the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), but responses of skin bacteria to different Bd…”
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Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate by Woodhams, Douglas C, Bletz, Molly C, Becker, C Guilherme, Bender, Hayden A, Buitrago-Rosas, Daniel, Diebboll, Hannah, Huynh, Roger, Kearns, Patrick J, Kueneman, Jordan, Kurosawa, Emmi, LaBumbard, Brandon C, Lyons, Casandra, McNally, Kerry, Schliep, Klaus, Shankar, Nachiket, Tokash-Peters, Amanda G, Vences, Miguel, Whetstone, Ross

“…Host-associated microbiomes, the microorganisms occurring inside and on host surfaces, influence evolutionary, immunological, and ecological processes…”
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Leaf Shelters Facilitate the Colonisation of Arthropods and Enhance Microbial Diversity on Plants by dos Santos, Danilo F. B., Herschberger, Jacob E., Subedi, Bijay, Pocius, Victoria M., Neely, Wesley J., Greenspan, Sasha E., Becker, C. Guilherme, Romero, Gustavo Q., Kersch‐Becker, Mônica F.

“…ABSTRACT Shelter‐building insects are important ecosystem engineers, playing critical roles in structuring arthropod communities. Nonetheless, the influence of…”
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Skin microbiome disturbance linked to drought‐associated amphibian disease by Buttimer, Shannon, Moura‐Campos, Diego, Greenspan, Sasha E., Neely, Wesley J., Ferrante, Lucas, Toledo, Luís Felipe, Becker, C. Guilherme

“…The onset of global climate change has led to abnormal rainfall patterns, disrupting associations between wildlife and their symbiotic microorganisms. We…”
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Warming drives ecological community changes linked to host-associated microbiome dysbiosis by Greenspan, Sasha E., Migliorini, Gustavo H., Lyra, Mariana L., Pontes, Mariana R., Carvalho, Tamilie, Ribeiro, Luisa P., Moura-Campos, Diego, Haddad, Célio F. B., Toledo, Luís Felipe, Romero, Gustavo Q., Becker, C. Guilherme

“…Anthropogenic climate warming affects many biological systems, ranging in scale from microbiomes to biomes. In many animals, warming-related fitness depression…”
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Bullfrog farms release virulent zoospores of the frog-killing fungus into the natural environment by Ribeiro, Luisa P., Carvalho, Tamilie, Becker, C. Guilherme, Jenkinson, Thomas S., Leite, Domingos da Silva, James, Timothy Y., Greenspan, Sasha E., Toledo, Luís Felipe

“…Bullfrog farming and trade practices are well-established, globally distributed, and economically valuable, but pose risks for biodiversity conservation…”
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Skin microbiome correlates with bioclimate and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection intensity in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest treefrogs by Ruthsatz, Katharina, Lyra, Mariana L., Lambertini, Carolina, Belasen, Anat M., Jenkinson, Thomas S., da Silva Leite, Domingos, Becker, C. Guilherme, Haddad, Célio F. B., James, Timothy Y., Zamudio, Kelly R., Toledo, Luís Felipe, Vences, Miguel

“…In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest (AF) biodiversity conservation is of key importance since the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has led to the…”
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Host immune responses to enzootic and invasive pathogen lineages vary in magnitude, timing, and efficacy by McDonald, Coby A., Becker, C. Guilherme, Lambertini, Carolina, Toledo, L. Felipe, Haddad, Célio F. B., Zamudio, Kelly R.

“…Infectious diseases of wildlife continue to pose a threat to biodiversity worldwide, yet pathogens are far from uniform in virulence or host disease outcome…”
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Low resistance to chytridiomycosis in direct-developing amphibians by Mesquita, Andréa F. C., Lambertini, Carolina, Lyra, Mariana, Malagoli, Leo R., James, Timothy Y., Toledo, Luís Felipe, Haddad, Célio F. B., Becker, C. Guilherme

“…Host-generalist pathogens sporadically infect naive hosts, potentially triggering epizootics. The waterborne fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ( Bd ) is…”
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Low-load pathogen spillover predicts shifts in skin microbiome and survival of a terrestrial-breeding amphibian by Becker, C Guilherme, Bletz, Molly C, Greenspan, Sasha E, Rodriguez, David, Lambertini, Carolina, Jenkinson, Thomas S, Guimarães, Jr, Paulo R, Assis, Ana Paula A, Geffers, Robert, Jarek, Michael, Toledo, Luís Felipe, Vences, Miguel, Haddad, Célio F B

“…Wildlife disease dynamics are strongly influenced by the structure of host communities and their symbiotic microbiota. Conspicuous amphibian declines…”
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Comparative host–pathogen associations of Snake Fungal Disease in sympatric species of water snakes (Nerodia) by Harding, Stephen F., Becker, C. Guilherme, Yates, Jessica R., Crump, Paul, Forstner, Michael R. J., Mullin, Stephen J., Rodriguez, David

“…The ascomycete fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola ( Oo ) is the causative agent of ophidiomycosis (Snake Fungal Disease), which has been detected globally…”
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Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians by Becker, C. Guilherme, Greenspan, Sasha E., Martins, Renato A., Lyra, Mariana L., Prist, Paula, Metzger, Jean Paul, São Pedro, Vinicius, Haddad, Célio F. B., Le Sage, Emily H., Woodhams, Douglas C., Savage, Anna E.

“…ABSTRACT Anthropogenic habitat disturbance is fundamentally altering patterns of disease transmission and immunity across the vertebrate tree of life. Most…”
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Partitioning the net effect of host diversity on an emerging amphibian pathogen by Becker, C. Guilherme, Rodriguez, David, Toledo, L. Felipe, Longo, Ana V., Lambertini, Carolina, Corrêa, Décio T., Leite, Domingos S., Haddad, Célio F. B., Zamudio, Kelly R.

“…The ‘dilution effect’ (DE) hypothesis predicts that diverse host communities will show reduced disease. The underlying causes of pathogen dilution are complex,…”
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Amphibian tolerance to arsenic: microbiome-mediated insights by Cordeiro, Isabella Ferreira, Lemes, Camila Gracyelle de Carvalho, Sanchez, Angélica Bianchini, da Silva, Ana Karla, de Paula, Camila Henriques, de Matos, Rosilene Cristina, Ribeiro, Dilson Fagundes, de Matos, Jéssica Pereira, Garcia, Camila Carrião Machado, Beirão, Marina, Becker, C. Guilherme, Pires, Maria Rita Silvério, Moreira, Leandro Marcio

“…Amphibians are often recognized as bioindicators of healthy ecosystems. The persistence of amphibian populations in heavily contaminated environments provides…”
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Disease risk in temperate amphibian populations is higher at closed-canopy sites by Becker, C Guilherme, Rodriguez, David, Longo, Ana V, Talaba, Amanda L, Zamudio, Kelly R

“…Habitat loss and chytridiomycosis (a disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis - Bd) are major drivers of amphibian declines…”
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Effects of grassland controlled burning on symbiotic skin microbes in Neotropical amphibians by Schuck, Laura K., Neely, Wesley J., Buttimer, Shannon M., Moser, Camila F., Barth, Priscila C., Liskoski, Paulo E., Caberlon, Carolina de A., Valiati, Victor Hugo, Tozetti, Alexandro M., Becker, C. Guilherme

“…Climate change has led to an alarming increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires worldwide. While it is known that amphibians have physiological…”
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Turtle carapace anomalies: the roles of genetic diversity and environment by Velo-Antón, Guillermo, Becker, C Guilherme, Cordero-Rivera, Adolfo

“…Phenotypic anomalies are common in wild populations and multiple genetic, biotic and abiotic factors might contribute to their formation. Turtles are excellent…”
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