Future potential distribution of the emerging amphibian chytrid fungus under anthropogenic climate change. Rödder, D., Kielgast, J., & Lotters, S. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, 92:201–207, April, 2010.
doi  abstract   bibtex   
Anthropogenic climate change poses a major threat to global biodiversity with a potential to alter biological interactions at all spatial scales. Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrates and have been subject to increasing conservation attention over the past decade. A particular concern is the pandemic emergence of the parasitic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which has been identified as the cause of extremely rapid large-scale declines and species extinctions. Experimental and observational studies have demonstrated that the host–pathogen system is strongly influenced by climatic parameters and thereby potentially affected by climate change. Herein we project a species distribution model of the pathogen onto future climatic scenarios generated by the IPCC to examine their potential implications on the pandemic. Results suggest that predicted anthropogenic climate change may reduce the geographic range of B. dendrobatidis and its potential influence on amphibian biodiversity.
@article{rodder_future_2010,
	title = {Future potential distribution of the emerging amphibian chytrid fungus under anthropogenic climate change},
	volume = {92},
	doi = {doi: 10.3354/dao02197},
	abstract = {Anthropogenic climate change poses a major threat to global biodiversity with a potential
to alter biological interactions at all spatial scales. Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrates
and have been subject to increasing conservation attention over the past decade. A particular
concern is the pandemic emergence of the parasitic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis,
which has been identified as the cause of extremely rapid large-scale declines and species extinctions.
Experimental and observational studies have demonstrated that the host–pathogen system is
strongly influenced by climatic parameters and thereby potentially affected by climate change.
Herein we project a species distribution model of the pathogen onto future climatic scenarios generated
by the IPCC to examine their potential implications on the pandemic. Results suggest that predicted
anthropogenic climate change may reduce the geographic range of B. dendrobatidis and its
potential influence on amphibian biodiversity.},
	journal = {DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS},
	author = {Rödder, Dennis and Kielgast, Jos and Lotters, Stefan},
	month = apr,
	year = {2010},
	keywords = {Amphibians, Future Climate, Maxent, Species Distribution Modeling, chytrid},
	pages = {201--207}
}

Downloads: 0