Physiology provides a window into how the multi-stressor environment contributes to amphibian declines

Michel E.B. Ohmer; Lesley Alton; Rebecca L Cramp

doi:10.1093/oso/9780198843610.003.0010

Physiology provides a window into how the multi-stressor environment contributes to amphibian declines

Michel E.B. Ohmer, Lesley Alton, Rebecca L Cramp

School of Biological Sciences

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Abstract

The amphibian disease chytridiomycosis, caused by two fungal pathogens in the genus Batrachochytrium, has caused the greatest vertebrate biodiversity loss due to disease in recorded history. Both the pathogens and their amphibian hosts are impacted by biotic and abiotic conditions that are rapidly changing due to anthropogenic causes, challenging our understanding of how the host–pathogen relationship will shift in the future. By examining this problem through a physiological lens, we can elucidate the mechanisms driving increased susceptibility to disease. This chapter first examines the physiological tools that can be used by amphibian biologists to measure aspects of immune function, stress physiology, and energy expenditure, and the main environmental drivers of these physiological shifts. Then, we explore case studies that have linked environmental change, immune function, and shifts in disease susceptibility to inform amphibian conservation and management.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conservation Physiology
Subtitle of host publication	Applications for Wildlife Conservation and Management
Editors	Christine L Madliger, Craig E Franklin, Oliver P Love, Steven J Cooke
Place of Publication	Oxford, United Kingdom
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	10
Pages	165-182
Number of pages	18
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9780198843610, 9780198843627
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198843610.003.0010
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Ohmer, M. E. B., Alton, L., & Cramp, R. L. (2021). Physiology provides a window into how the multi-stressor environment contributes to amphibian declines. In C. L. Madliger, C. E. Franklin, O. P. Love, & S. J. Cooke (Eds.), Conservation Physiology: Applications for Wildlife Conservation and Management (1 ed., pp. 165-182). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198843610.003.0010

Ohmer, Michel E.B. ; Alton, Lesley ; Cramp, Rebecca L. / Physiology provides a window into how the multi-stressor environment contributes to amphibian declines. Conservation Physiology: Applications for Wildlife Conservation and Management. editor / Christine L Madliger ; Craig E Franklin ; Oliver P Love ; Steven J Cooke. 1. ed. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021. pp. 165-182

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Physiology provides a window into how the multi-stressor environment contributes to amphibian declines. / Ohmer, Michel E.B.; Alton, Lesley; Cramp, Rebecca L.
Conservation Physiology: Applications for Wildlife Conservation and Management. ed. / Christine L Madliger; Craig E Franklin; Oliver P Love; Steven J Cooke. 1. ed. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2021. p. 165-182.

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Ohmer MEB, Alton L, Cramp RL. Physiology provides a window into how the multi-stressor environment contributes to amphibian declines. In Madliger CL, Franklin CE, Love OP, Cooke SJ, editors, Conservation Physiology: Applications for Wildlife Conservation and Management. 1 ed. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2021. p. 165-182 doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198843610.003.0010