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4. 12. Transforming Practice

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Amano, Tatsuya, primary, Bako, Longji, additional, Best, Marina, additional, Boenisch, Nicolas, additional, Boersch-Supan, Philipp, additional, Browne, Des, additional, Buckley, Yvonne, additional, Burgman, Mark, additional, Cadotte, Marc W., additional, Canessa, Stefano, additional, Cheng, Samantha H., additional, Christie, Alec P., additional, Citegetse, Geoffroy, additional, Cook, Carly N., additional, Cooke, Steven J., additional, Cranston, Gemma, additional, Dicks, Lynn V., additional, De la Luz, Angelita, additional, Dickson, Iain, additional, Downey, Harriet, additional, Eklund, Johanna, additional, Esmail, Nafeesa, additional, Ferraro, Paul J., additional, Field, Alison, additional, Fisher, Martin, additional, Freckleton, Robert, additional, Winifred F. Frick, Winifred F. Frick, additional, Godfray, Hugh Charles Jonathan, additional, Grainger, Matthew J., additional, Green, Rhys, additional, Hancock, Mark, additional, Hemming, Victoria, additional, Hughes, Jonathan, additional, Irvine, Robyn, additional, Jackson, Hazel A., additional, Keller, Kaylene E., additional, Koricheva, Julia, additional, Latrémouille, Charles, additional, McBride, Marissa, additional, McLean, Angela R., additional, McPherson, Tom, additional, Morgan, William H., additional, Muir, Matthew, additional, Mukherjee, Nibedita, additional, O’Brien, David, additional, Ockendon, Nancy, additional, Parks, Danni, additional, Petrovan, Silviu O., additional, C. Quinzin, Maud C., additional, Randall, Nicola, additional, Rezaie, Ali Mohammad, additional, Roe, Dilys, additional, Rose, David Rose, additional, Rumpff, Libby, additional, Sahlin, Ullrika, additional, Salafsky, Nick, additional, Schindler, Stefan, additional, Sheldon, Tom, additional, Simkins, Ashley T., additional, Smith, Rebecca K., additional, Spencer, Jonathan, additional, Sutherland, William J., additional, Tanshi, Iroro, additional, Taylor, Nigel G., additional, Tew, Eleanor R., additional, Thompson, Des B.A., additional, Thornton, Ann, additional, Tinsley-Marshall, Paul, additional, White, Thomas B., additional, Willott, Kate, additional, Wilson, Jeremy D., additional, Wintle, Bonnie C., additional, Worthington, Thomas A., additional, Yamashita, Hiromi, additional, and Young, Lindsay C., additional

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2022
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5. Ethical dilemma in conservation: a trolley problem thought experiment

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Latombe, Guillaume, primary, Arbieu, Ugo, additional, Bacher, Sven, additional, Canessa, Stefano, additional, Courchamp, Franck, additional, Dullinger, Stefan, additional, Glaser, Michael, additional, Lenzner, Bernd, additional, Jarić, Ivan, additional, Schertler, Anna, additional, Essl, Franz, additional, and Wilson, John, additional

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2024
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11. Using decision analysis to support proactive management of emerging infectious wildlife diseases

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Grant, Evan H Campbell, Muths, Erin, Katz, Rachel A, Canessa, Stefano, Adams, Michael J, Ballard, Jennifer R, Berger, Lee, Briggs, Cheryl J, Coleman, Jeremy TH, Gray, Matthew J, Harris, M Camille, Harris, Reid N, Hossack, Blake, Huyvaert, Kathryn P, Kolby, Jonathan, Lips, Karen R, Lovich, Robert E, McCallum, Hamish I, Mendelson, Joseph R, Nanjappa, Priya, Olson, Deanna H, Powers, Jenny G, Richgels, Katherine LD, Russell, Robin E, Schmidt, Benedikt R, Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Annemarieke, Watry, Mary Kay, Woodhams, Douglas C, and White, C LeAnn

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2017

14. Presence of low virulence chytrid fungi could protect European amphibians from more deadly strains

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Greener, Mark S., Verbrugghe, Elin, Kelly, Moira, Blooi, Mark, Beukema, Wouter, Canessa, Stefano, Carranza, Salvador, Croubels, Siska, De Troyer, Niels, Fernandez-Giberteau, Daniel, Goethals, Peter, Lens, Luc, Li, Zhimin, Stegen, Gwij, Strubbe, Diederik, van Leeuwenberg, Robby, Van Praet, Sarah, Vila-Escale, Mireia, Vervaeke, Muriel, Pasmans, Frank, and Martel, An

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2020
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15. Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change.

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Gee, Moses F., Kenup, Caio F., Debski, Igor, Macdonald, Alexandra, Taylor, Graeme A., Clarke, Rohan H., Canessa, Stefano, Ewen, John G., and Fischer, Johannes H.

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PROTECTED areas, ECONOMIC recovery, MARINE biodiversity, JURISDICTION, MARINE parks & reserves
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Areas beyond national jurisdiction, or the high seas, are vital to life on Earth. However, the conservation of these areas, for example, through area‐based management tools (ABMTs), is challenging, particularly when accounting for global change. Using decision science, integrated population models, and a Critically Endangered seabird (Kuaka; Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) as a case study, we evaluated potential ABMTs in the high seas under global change and different governance structures, while accounting for uncertainty and imperfect compliance. Our study highlighted that global change in these areas will likely cause population declines of ∼60% by 2050. However, decisive conservation action could cost‐effectively address predicted declines, particularly when implemented as soon as possible and under the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty. We illustrate how decision science can transparently navigate a complex seascape of management decisions and we advocate for its wider integration in the management of the largest sections of our planet, the high seas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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17. Avoiding bias in estimates of population size for translocation management

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Bickerton, Katherine T, Ewen, John G, Canessa, Stefano, Cole, Nik C, Frost, Fay, Mootoocurpen, Rouben, McCrea, Rachel, Bickerton, Katherine T, Ewen, John G, Canessa, Stefano, Cole, Nik C, Frost, Fay, Mootoocurpen, Rouben, and McCrea, Rachel

Abstract

Mark–recapture surveys are commonly used to monitor translocated populations globally. Data gathered are then used to estimate demographic parameters, such as abundance and survival, using Jolly–Seber (JS) models. However, in translocated populations initial population size is known and failure to account for this may bias parameter estimates, which are important for informing conservation decisions during population establishment. Here, we provide methods to account for known initial population size in JS models by incorporating a separate component likelihood for translocated individuals, using a maximum‐likelihood estimation, with models that can be fitted using either R or MATLAB. We use simulated data and a case study of a threatened lizard species with low capture probability to demonstrate that unconstrained JS models may overestimate the size of translocated populations, especially in the early stages of post‐release monitoring. Our approach corrects this bias; we use our simulations to demonstrate that overestimates of population size between 78% and 130% can occur in the unconstrained JS models when the detection probability is below 0.3 compared to 1%–8.9% for our constrained model. Our case study did not show an overestimate; however accounting for the initial population size greatly reduced error in all parameter estimates and prevented boundary estimates. Adopting the corrected JS model for translocations will help managers to obtain more robust estimates of the population sizes of translocated animals, better informing future management including reinforcement decisions, and ultimately improving translocation success.

Published
2023

22. Using Decision Analysis to Determine the Feasibility of a Conservation Translocation.

Author

Keating, Laura M., Randall, Lea, Stanton, Rebecca, McCormack, Casey, Lucid, Michael, Seaborn, Travis, Converse, Sarah J., Canessa, Stefano, and Moehrenschlager, Axel

Subjects
DECISION making, WILDLIFE reintroduction, EPISTEMIC uncertainty, ENVIRONMENTAL degradation, SUSTAINABILITY, LAND management
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Conservation translocations, intentional movements of species to protect against extinction, have become widespread in recent decades and are projected to increase further as biodiversity loss continues worldwide. The literature abounds with analyses to inform translocations and assess whether they are successful, but the fundamental question of whether they should be initiated at all is rarely addressed formally. We used decision analysis to assess northern leopard frog reintroduction in northern Idaho, with success defined as a population that persists for at least 50 years. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game was the decision maker (i.e., the agency that will use this assessment to inform their decisions). Stakeholders from government, indigenous groups, academia, land management agencies, and conservation organizations also participated. We built an age-structured population model to predict how management alternatives would affect probability of success. In the model, we explicitly represented epistemic uncertainty around a success criterion (probability of persistence) characterized by aleatory uncertainty. For the leading alternative, the mean probability of persistence was 40%. The distribution of the modelling results was bimodal, with most parameter combinations resulting in either very low (<5%) or relatively high (>95%) probabilities of success. Along with other considerations, including cost, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game will use this assessment to inform a decision regarding reintroduction of northern leopard frogs. Conservation translocations may benefit greatly from more widespread use of decision analysis to counter the complexity and uncertainty inherent in these decisions. History: This paper has been accepted for the Decision Analysis Special Issue on Decision Analysis to Advance Environmental Sustainability. Funding: This work was supported by the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [Grant F18AS00095], the NSF Idaho EPSCoR Program and the National Science Foundation [Grant OIA-1757324], and the Hunt Family Foundation. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2023.0472. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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26. ARTIFICIAL TANKS FOR AMPHIBIAN CONSERVATION IN MEDITERRANEAN RURAL LANDSCAPES

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Canessa, Stefano, Arillo, Attilio, Costa, Andrea, Oneto, Fabrizio, Ottonello, Dario, Rosa, Giacomo, and Salvidio, Sebastiano

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In NW Italy, the abandonment of traditional farming is causing the loss of small artificial water reservoirs that are often used by amphibians as trophic and breeding habitats. Starting in 2010, a regional conservation project implemented in Val di Vara (Liguria, NW Italy), had the goal of improving the conservation status of the endangered Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina pachypus) and other local amphibians. During this project, nine artificial tanks equipped with special concrete ramps were built. These artificial tanks were constructed under the responsibility of Montemarcello-Magra-Vara Regional Park managers, while local landowners committed to their maintenance by signing an agreement. After more than 10 years, all the tanks are still functional and have been used by five amphibian species (Bombina pachypus, Ichthyosaura alpestris, Rana dalmatina, Salamandra salamandra and Triturus carnifex), as reproductive or shelter habitats. Moreover, five of the tanks are still used for watering livestock or as nature-based attractors and thus were beneficial to local farmers. These long-term positive outcomes of the project highlight that traditional farming systems may effectively protect both Mediterranean cultural landscape and local biodiversity., BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences, V. 4 N. 1 (2022): Bulletin of Environmental and Life Sciences

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2022
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30. Compensatory recruitment allows amphibian population persistence in anthropogenic habitats

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Cayuela, Hugo, primary, Monod-Broca, Benjamin, additional, Lemaître, Jean-François, additional, Besnard, Aurélien, additional, Gippet, Jérôme M. W., additional, Schmidt, Benedikt R., additional, Romano, Antonio, additional, Hertach, Thomas, additional, Angelini, Claudio, additional, Canessa, Stefano, additional, Rosa, Giacomo, additional, Vignoli, Leonardo, additional, Venchi, Alberto, additional, Carafa, Marco, additional, Giachi, Filippo, additional, Tiberi, Andrea, additional, Hantzschmann, Alena M., additional, Sinsch, Ulrich, additional, Tournier, Emilie, additional, Bonnaire, Eric, additional, Gollmann, Günter, additional, Gollmann, Birgit, additional, Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Annemarieke, additional, Buschmann, Holger, additional, Kinet, Thierry, additional, Laudelout, Arnaud, additional, Fonters, Remi, additional, Bunz, Yoann, additional, Corail, Marc, additional, Biancardi, Carlo, additional, Di Cerbo, Anna R., additional, Langlois, Dominique, additional, Thirion, Jean-Marc, additional, Bernard, Laurent, additional, Boussiquault, Elodie, additional, Doré, Florian, additional, Leclerc, Titouan, additional, Enderlin, Nadine, additional, Laurenceau, Florian, additional, Morin, Lucy, additional, Skrzyniarz, Mégane, additional, Barrioz, Mickael, additional, Morizet, Yohan, additional, Cruickshank, Sam S., additional, Pichenot, Julian, additional, Maletzky, Andreas, additional, Delsinne, Thibaut, additional, Henseler, Dominik, additional, Aumaître, Damien, additional, Gailledrat, Miguel, additional, Moquet, Julien, additional, Veen, Robert, additional, Krijnen, Peter, additional, Rivière, Laurent, additional, Trenti, Matteo, additional, Endrizzi, Sonia, additional, Pedrini, Paolo, additional, Biaggini, Marta, additional, Vanni, Stefano, additional, Dudgeon, David, additional, Gaillard, Jean-Michel, additional, and Léna, Jean-Paul, additional

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2022
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32. Transforming Practice : Checklists for Delivering Change

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Amano, Tatsuya, Bako, Longji, Best, Marina, Boenisch, Nicolas, Boersch-Supan, Philipp, Browne, Des, Buckley, Yvonne, Burgman, Mark, Cadotte, Marc W, Canessa, Stefano, Cheng, Samantha H, Christie, Alec P, Citegetse, Geoffroy, Cook, Carly N, Eklund, Johanna, Sutherland, William J., Department of Geosciences and Geography, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), and Digital Geography Lab

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519 Social and economic geography
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2022

33. Data‐driven counterfactual evaluation of management outcomes to improve emergency conservation decisions.

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McMurdo Hamilton, Thalassa, Ewen, John G., Beauchamp, Antony J., Makan, Troy, Rowcliffe, Marcus, and Canessa, Stefano

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COUNTERFACTUALS (Logic), EGGS, STATISTICS
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Monitoring is needed to assess conservation success and improve management, but naïve or simplistic interpretation of monitoring data can lead to poor decisions. We illustrate how to counter this risk by combining decision‐support tools and quantitative counterfactual analysis. We analyzed 20 years of egg rescue for tara iti (Sternula nereis davisae) in Aotearoa New Zealand. Survival is lower for rescued eggs; however, only eggs perceived as imminently threatened by predators or weather are rescued, so concluding that rescue is ineffective would be biased. Equally, simply assuming all rescued eggs would have died if left in situ is likely to be simplistic. Instead, we used the monitoring data itself to estimate statistical support for a wide space of uncertain counterfactuals about decisions and fate of rescued eggs. Results suggest under past management, rescuing and leaving eggs would have led to approximately the same overall fledging rate, because of likely imperfect threat assessment and low survival of rescued eggs to fledging. Managers are currently working to improve both parameters. Our approach avoids both naïve interpretation of observed outcomes and simplistic assumptions that management is always justified, using the same data to obtain unbiased quantitative estimates of counterfactual support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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34. Structured decision-making: a tool for disease risk analysis and management planning in the face of uncertainty

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Beckmann, Katie, Cranswick, Peter, Hilton, Geoff, Jarrett, Nigel, Routh, Andrew, Rasolozaka, Natacha, O'Brien, Michelle, Sainsbury, Anthony, Cromie, Ruth, Beckmann, Björn, Costa, Taiana, Calvo-Carrasco, Danial, Bamford, Andrew, Kock, Richard, Canessa, Stefano, and Ewen, John

Abstract

There is scope to better integrate disease risk analysis (DRA) in wildlife conservation planning. DRA helps identify risks of disease to wildlife, domestic animals and humans. However, its utility can be compromised because of uncertainties around the impact of infectious agents and their proposed management on conservation objectives. Structured decision-making (SDM) provides a management decision-making framework whereby alternative actions are evaluated against fundamental project objectives, i.e. the key outcomes of concern. We used a combined DRA and SDM approach for Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata) reintroduction. A preliminary DRA identified Pasteurella multocida, cause of avian cholera (a common disease in domestic poultry in Madagascar), as a potential but unquantified threat to released pochards. Through SDM, we aimed to determine optimal management approaches to this hazard, alongside evaluation of the wider translocation strategy.A multi-disciplinary expert group refined the fundamental project objectives, which included maximising pochard population establishment and welfare, and used an age-based population model and quantitative welfare scale to predict outcomes with respect to these objectives. Predictions were elicited concerning the likelihood of pochard exposure to P. multocida and the consequences of associated disease on population establishment and welfare under different management strategies. Management alternatives such as ‘ring vaccination’ of local poultry, and vaccination and corralling of pochards in the event of an outbreak, were predicted to reduce pochards’ likelihood of exposure to the pathogen and improve establishment and welfare, but these outcomes were uncertain. Clearly presenting the uncertain predicted outcomes across alternative management actions allowed project managers to more easily interpret expert knowledge and therefore judge risks and benefits against fundamental project objectives. DRA combined with SDM enabled effective integration of disease considerations in translocation planning. Other benefits of this approach included strengthening team cohesion, truly multidisciplinary working, and the explicit consideration of welfare outcomes in project design.

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2021

40. Response to Comment on 'Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity'

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Scheele, Ben C., Pasmans, Frank, Lee F, Skerratt, Lee, Berger, An, Marte, Wouter, Beukema, Acevedo, Aldemar, Burrowes, Patricia, Carvalho, Tamilie, Catenazzi, Alessandro, De la Riva, Ignacio, Fisher, Matthew C, Flechas, Sandra V, Foster, Claire N, Frías-Álvarez, Patricia, Trenton W. J, . Garner, Gratwicke, Brian, Guayasamin, Juan M, Hirschfeld, Mareike, Kolby, Jonathan, Kosch, Tiffany, La Marca, Enrique, Lindenmayer, David B., Lips, Karen R, Longo, Ana V, Maneyro, Raúl, McDonald, Cait A, Mendelson III, Joseph, Palacios-Rodriguez, Pablo, Parra-Olea, Gabriela, Corinne L, Richards-Zawack, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rovito, Sean M., Soto-Azat, Claudio, Toledo, Luís Felipe, Voyles, Jaime, Weldon, Ché, Whitfield, Steven M., Wilkinson, Mark W, Zamudio, Kelly R, and Canessa, Stefano

Subjects
Amphibians, Animals, Biodiversity, Chytridiomycota, Mycoses, Retrospective Studies Species Index
Abstract

Indexación: Scopus Lambert et al. question our retrospective and holistic epidemiological assessment of the role of chytridiomycosis in amphibian declines. Their alternative assessment is narrow and provides an incomplete evaluation of evidence. Adopting this approach limits understanding of infectious disease impacts and hampers conservation efforts. We reaffirm that our study provides unambiguous evidence that chytridiomycosis has affected at least 501 amphibian species.

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2020

41. Additional methods information and additional figures from Active responses to outbreaks of infectious wildlife diseases: objectives, strategies and constraints determine feasibility and success

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Bozzuto, Claudio, Schmidt, Benedikt R., and Canessa, Stefano

Subjects
ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION
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This file contains additional methods information (parameterization, summary metric, management costs, delayed management onset) and Fig. S1-S8

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2020
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42. Response to Comment on “Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity”

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Scheele, Ben, Pasmans, Frank, Skerratt, Lee F., Berger, Lee, Martel, An, Beukema, Wouter, Acevedo, Aldemar A., Burrowes, Patricia A., Carvalho, Tamilie, Catenazzi, Alessandro, De la Riva, Ignacio, Fisher, Matthew C., Flechas, Sandra V., Foster, Claire, Frías-Álvarez, Patricia, Garner, Trenton W. J., Gratwicke, Brian, Guayasamin, Juan M., Hirschfeld, Mareike, Kolby, Jonathan E., Kosch, Tiffany A., La Marca, Enrique, Lindenmayer, David B, Lips, Karen R., Longo, Ana V., Maneyro, Raúl, McDonald, Cait A., Mendelson, Joseph, Palacios-Rodriguez, Pablo, Parra-Olea, Gabriela, Richards-Zawacki, Corinne L., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rovito, Sean M., Soto-Azat, Claudio, Toledo, Luís Felipe, Voyles, Jamie, Weldon, Ché, Whitfield, Steven M., Wilkinson, Mark, Zamudio, Kelly R., Canessa, Stefano, Scheele, Ben, Pasmans, Frank, Skerratt, Lee F., Berger, Lee, Martel, An, Beukema, Wouter, Acevedo, Aldemar A., Burrowes, Patricia A., Carvalho, Tamilie, Catenazzi, Alessandro, De la Riva, Ignacio, Fisher, Matthew C., Flechas, Sandra V., Foster, Claire, Frías-Álvarez, Patricia, Garner, Trenton W. J., Gratwicke, Brian, Guayasamin, Juan M., Hirschfeld, Mareike, Kolby, Jonathan E., Kosch, Tiffany A., La Marca, Enrique, Lindenmayer, David B, Lips, Karen R., Longo, Ana V., Maneyro, Raúl, McDonald, Cait A., Mendelson, Joseph, Palacios-Rodriguez, Pablo, Parra-Olea, Gabriela, Richards-Zawacki, Corinne L., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rovito, Sean M., Soto-Azat, Claudio, Toledo, Luís Felipe, Voyles, Jamie, Weldon, Ché, Whitfield, Steven M., Wilkinson, Mark, Zamudio, Kelly R., and Canessa, Stefano

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2020

43. Presence of low virulence chytrid fungi could protect European amphibians from more deadly strains

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Ghent University, Research Foundation - Flanders, China Scholarship Council, Greener, Mark S., Verbrugghe, Elin, Kelly, Moira, Blooi, Mark, Beukema, Wouter, Canessa, Stefano, Carranza, Salvador, Croubels, Siska, Troyer, Niels de, Fernández-Giberteau, Daniel, Goethals, Peter, Lens, Luc, Li, Zhimin, Stegen, Gwij, Strubbe, Diederik, Leeuwenberg, Robby van, Van Praet, Sarah, Vila-Escalé, Mireia, Vervaeke, Muriel, Pasmans, Frank, Martel, An, Ghent University, Research Foundation - Flanders, China Scholarship Council, Greener, Mark S., Verbrugghe, Elin, Kelly, Moira, Blooi, Mark, Beukema, Wouter, Canessa, Stefano, Carranza, Salvador, Croubels, Siska, Troyer, Niels de, Fernández-Giberteau, Daniel, Goethals, Peter, Lens, Luc, Li, Zhimin, Stegen, Gwij, Strubbe, Diederik, Leeuwenberg, Robby van, Van Praet, Sarah, Vila-Escalé, Mireia, Vervaeke, Muriel, Pasmans, Frank, and Martel, An

Abstract

Wildlife diseases are contributing to the current Earth’s sixth mass extinction; one disease, chytridiomycosis, has caused mass amphibian die-offs. While global spread of a hypervirulent lineage of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (BdGPL) causes unprecedented loss of vertebrate diversity by decimating amphibian populations, its impact on amphibian communities is highly variable across regions. Here, we combine field data with in vitro and in vivo trials that demonstrate the presence of a markedly diverse variety of low virulence isolates of BdGPL in northern European amphibian communities. Pre-exposure to some of these low virulence isolates protects against disease following subsequent exposure to highly virulent BdGPL in midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans) and alters infection dynamics of its sister species B. salamandrivorans in newts (Triturus marmoratus), but not in salamanders (Salamandra salamandra). The key role of pathogen virulence in the complex host-pathogen-environment interaction supports efforts to limit pathogen pollution in a globalized world.

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2020

44. Integral chain management of wildlife diseases

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Research Foundation - Flanders, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, European Commission, Martel, An, Vila-Escalé, Mireia, Fernández-Giberteau, Daniel, Martínez-Silvestre, Albert, Canessa, Stefano, Van Praet, Sarah, Pannon, Pep, Chiers, Koen, Ferran, Albert, Kelly, Moira, Picart, Mariona, Piulachs, Maria-Dolors, Li, Zhimin, Pagone, Viviana, Perez-Sorribes, Laia, Molina, Carolina, Tarragó‐Guarro, Aïda, Velarde‐Nieto, Roser, Carbonell, Francesc, Obón, Elena, Martínez-Martínez, Diego, Guinart, Daniel, Casanovas, Albert, Carranza, Salvador, Pasmans, Frank, Research Foundation - Flanders, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, European Commission, Martel, An, Vila-Escalé, Mireia, Fernández-Giberteau, Daniel, Martínez-Silvestre, Albert, Canessa, Stefano, Van Praet, Sarah, Pannon, Pep, Chiers, Koen, Ferran, Albert, Kelly, Moira, Picart, Mariona, Piulachs, Maria-Dolors, Li, Zhimin, Pagone, Viviana, Perez-Sorribes, Laia, Molina, Carolina, Tarragó‐Guarro, Aïda, Velarde‐Nieto, Roser, Carbonell, Francesc, Obón, Elena, Martínez-Martínez, Diego, Guinart, Daniel, Casanovas, Albert, Carranza, Salvador, and Pasmans, Frank

Abstract

The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has caused the most prominent loss of vertebrate diversity ever recorded, which peaked in the 1980s. Recent incursion by its sister species B. salamandrivorans in Europe raised the alarm for a new wave of declines and extinctions in western Palearctic urodeles. The European Commission has responded by restricting amphibian trade. However, private amphibian collections, the main end consumers, were exempted from the European legislation. Here, we report how invasion by a released, exotic newt coincided with B. salamandrivorans invasion at over 1000 km from the nearest natural outbreak site, causing mass mortality in indigenous marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus), and posing an acute threat to the survival of nearby populations of the most critically endangered European newt species (Montseny brook newt, Calotriton arnoldi). Disease management was initiated shortly after detection in a close collaboration between policy and science and included drastic on site measures and intensive disease surveillance. Despite these efforts, the disease is considered temporarily contained but not eradicated and continued efforts will be necessary to minimize the probability of further pathogen dispersal. This precedent demonstrates the importance of tackling wildlife diseases at an early stage using an integrated approach, involving all stakeholders and closing loopholes in existing regulations.

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2020

45. Why disease ecology needs life‐history theory: a host perspective

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Valenzuela‐Sánchez, Andrés, primary, Wilber, Mark Q., additional, Canessa, Stefano, additional, Bacigalupe, Leonardo D., additional, Muths, Erin, additional, Schmidt, Benedikt R., additional, Cunningham, Andrew A., additional, Ozgul, Arpat, additional, Johnson, Pieter T.J., additional, and Cayuela, Hugo, additional

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2021
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47. Response to Comment on “Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity”

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Scheele, Ben C., primary, Pasmans, Frank, additional, Skerratt, Lee F., additional, Berger, Lee, additional, Martel, An, additional, Beukema, Wouter, additional, Acevedo, Aldemar A., additional, Burrowes, Patricia A., additional, Carvalho, Tamilie, additional, Catenazzi, Alessandro, additional, De la Riva, Ignacio, additional, Fisher, Matthew C., additional, Flechas, Sandra V., additional, Foster, Claire N., additional, Frías-Álvarez, Patricia, additional, Garner, Trenton W. J., additional, Gratwicke, Brian, additional, Guayasamin, Juan M., additional, Hirschfeld, Mareike, additional, Kolby, Jonathan E., additional, Kosch, Tiffany A., additional, La Marca, Enrique, additional, Lindenmayer, David B., additional, Lips, Karen R., additional, Longo, Ana V., additional, Maneyro, Raúl, additional, McDonald, Cait A., additional, Mendelson, Joseph, additional, Palacios-Rodriguez, Pablo, additional, Parra-Olea, Gabriela, additional, Richards-Zawacki, Corinne L., additional, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, additional, Rovito, Sean M., additional, Soto-Azat, Claudio, additional, Toledo, Luís Felipe, additional, Voyles, Jamie, additional, Weldon, Ché, additional, Whitfield, Steven M., additional, Wilkinson, Mark, additional, Zamudio, Kelly R., additional, and Canessa, Stefano, additional

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2020
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48. The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation. Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Edited by Ben A. Minteer, Jane Maienschein, and James P. Collins; Foreword by George Rabb. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $105.00 (hardcover); $35.00 (paper). xiv + 454 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-226-53832-7 (hc); 978-0-226-53846-4 (pb); 978-0-226-53863-1 (eb). 2018.

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Canessa, Stefano, primary

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2020
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49. Integral chain management of wildlife diseases

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Martel, An, primary, Vila‐Escale, Mireia, additional, Fernández‐Giberteau, Daniel, additional, Martinez‐Silvestre, Albert, additional, Canessa, Stefano, additional, Van Praet, Sarah, additional, Pannon, Pep, additional, Chiers, Koen, additional, Ferran, Albert, additional, Kelly, Moira, additional, Picart, Mariona, additional, Piulats, Dolors, additional, Li, Zhimin, additional, Pagone, Viviana, additional, Pérez‐Sorribes, Laia, additional, Molina, Carolina, additional, Tarragó‐Guarro, Aïda, additional, Velarde‐Nieto, Roser, additional, Carbonell, Francesc, additional, Obon, Elena, additional, Martínez‐Martínez, Diego, additional, Guinart, Daniel, additional, Casanovas, Ricard, additional, Carranza, Salvador, additional, and Pasmans, Frank, additional

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2020
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50. Mitigating Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe: supplementary material

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Thomas, Valarie, Wang, Yu, Rooij, Pascale Van, Verbrugghe, Elin, Baláž, Vojtech, Bosch, Jaime, Cunningham, Andrew A., Fisher, Matthew C., Garner, Trenton W.J., Gilbert, Maarten J., Grasselli, Elena, Kinet, Thierry, Laudelout, Arnaud, Lötters, Stefan, Loyau, Adeline, Miaud, Claude, Salvidio, Sebastiano, Schmeller, Dirk S., Schmidt, Benedikt R., Sluijs, Annemarieke Spitzen-Van Der, Steinfartz, Sebastian, Veith, Michael, Vences, Miguel, Wagner, Norman, Canessa, Stefano, Martel, An, and Pasmans, Frank

Abstract

The infectious chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) has been responsible for severe population declines of salamander populations in Europe. Serious population declines and loss of urodelan diversity may occur if appropriate action is not taken to mitigate against the further spread and impact of Bsal. We provide an overview of several potential mitigation methods, and describe their possible advantages and limitations. We conclude that long-term, context-dependent, multi-faceted approaches are needed to successfully mitigate adverse effects of Bsal, and that these approaches should be initiated pre-arrival of the pathogen. The establishment of ex situ assurance colonies, or management units, for species threatened with extinction, should be considered as soon as possible. While ex situ conservation and preventive measures aimed at improving biosecurity by limiting amphibian trade may be implemented quickly, major challenges that lie ahead are in designing in situ disease containment and mitigation post-arrival and in increasing public awareness.

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2019
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