Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Am Wissenschaftspark 25-27, 54296, Trier, Germany.
Ecohealth. 2009 Sep;6(3):358-72. doi: 10.1007/s10393-010-0281-6. Epub 2010 Mar 12.
Amphibians are globally declining and approximately one-third of all species are threatened with extinction. Some of the most severe declines have occurred suddenly and for unknown reasons in apparently pristine habitats. It has been hypothesized that these "rapid enigmatic declines" are the result of a panzootic of the disease chytridiomycosis caused by globally emerging amphibian chytrid fungus. In a Species Distribution Model, we identified the potential distribution of this pathogen. Areas and species from which rapid enigmatic decline are known significantly overlap with those of highest environmental suitability to the chytrid fungus. We confirm the plausibility of a link between rapid enigmatic decline in worldwide amphibian species and epizootic chytridiomycosis.
两栖动物在全球范围内数量下降，大约三分之一的物种面临灭绝威胁。一些最严重的下降是在显然原始的栖息地突然发生的，原因不明。有人假设，这些“快速神秘下降”是由全球新兴的两栖类壶菌引起的疾病壶菌病泛发性流行的结果。在物种分布模型中，我们确定了这种病原体的潜在分布。已知快速神秘下降的地区和物种与对壶菌最适宜的地区和物种显著重叠。我们证实了全球两栖动物物种的快速神秘下降与流行性壶菌病之间存在联系的合理性。
