About this Research Topic
In the current environmental context, where many anthropogenic actions alter biodiversity globally, amphibians are subject to different threats that can range from land use to emerging pathogens. While the origins of these threats are often well known, understanding how species interact with (and respond to) different stressors in different parts of the world is key to successful conservation efforts.
This Research Topic will focus on research carried out in-situ and/or ex-situ that evaluate which and how extrinsic and intrinsic factors affect different amphibian species and contribute to population declines, particularly in understudied biomes, such as Savannas, Brazilian Cerrado, and Grasslands, for example.
We invite researchers from all regions of the globe to submit studies focused on investigating how major threats to amphibians, such as emerging pathogens and landscape modifications, impact the group. To this end, we welcome submissions that include, but are not limited to:
- Climate change impacts on amphibians from regions of primary conservation concern (i.e., islands, highlands, dry forests, etc);
- Disease Ecology, including host-pathogen dynamics, and dynamics outside the hosts;
- Impacts of invasive species on natural amphibian communities;
- Investigations of deformities and/or parasitic infestation;
- Landscape modifications (e.g., habitat split, deforestation, land-use, etc.) and their consequences on amphibian populations/communities/assemblages.
This Research Topic will focus on research carried out in-situ and/or ex-situ that evaluate which and how extrinsic and intrinsic factors affect different amphibian species and contribute to population declines, particularly in understudied biomes, such as Savannas, Brazilian Cerrado, and Grasslands, for example.
We invite researchers from all regions of the globe to submit studies focused on investigating how major threats to amphibians, such as emerging pathogens and landscape modifications, impact the group. To this end, we welcome submissions that include, but are not limited to:
- Climate change impacts on amphibians from regions of primary conservation concern (i.e., islands, highlands, dry forests, etc);
- Disease Ecology, including host-pathogen dynamics, and dynamics outside the hosts;
- Impacts of invasive species on natural amphibian communities;
- Investigations of deformities and/or parasitic infestation;
- Landscape modifications (e.g., habitat split, deforestation, land-use, etc.) and their consequences on amphibian populations/communities/assemblages.
Keywords: Amphibians, Agrosystem, Anthropogenic Impacts, Conservation, Disease, Health, Invasive Species, Pet Trade, Landscape Modifications
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