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  1. An enigmatic mortality event in the only population of the Critically Endangered Cameroonian frog <em>Xenopus longipes</em>

    An enigmatic mortality event in the only population of the Critically Endangered Cameroonian frog Xenopus longipes

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: DavidC. Blackburn --- University of Kansas, USA BenJ. Evans --- McMaster University, Canada AllanP. Pessier --- San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research, USA VanceT. Vredenburg --- San Francisco State University, USA
    Contemporary global declines and mortality events in amphibian populations have been often attributed to infectious disease and climate change, separately and in combination. We report on an enigmatic mortality event in the only known population of the Critically Endangered frog...
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  2. The challenge of using museum specimens to track the emergence of a pathogen: a case study from amphibian chytrid fungus in Africa

    The challenge of using museum specimens to track the emergence of a pathogen: a case study from amphibian chytrid fungus in Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: TM Doherty-Bone --- Natural History Museum London, M Perkins --- Zoological Society of London, AA Cunningham --- Zoological Society of London,
    Archived specimens can provide insights on emerging infectious diseases through the tracking of the progression or occurrence of a pathogen through time. Specimen fixation and preservation may however affect detectability of pathogens, obscuring the signal of emergence. A case study...
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