Are frogs in fragmented lowland rainforest especially susceptible to both disease and climate change?

支离破碎的低地雨林中的青蛙是否特别容易受到疾病和气候变化的影响？

• 批准号: LP0776927
• 负责人: Prof Lin Schwarzkopf
• 金额: $ 6.89万
• 依托单位: James Cook University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-03-30 至 2011-03-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0776927
• 关键词: frogs; fragmented; lowland; rainforest; especially

On a world scale, amphibian declines have been especially severe in Australia. Major causes of amphibian declines here are disease and habitat destruction. Our project will significantly advance our knowledge of frogs in coastal lowland rainforest. These frogs are a key to understanding the evolution of disease resistance to the amphibian disease fungus, and they are also likely to experience severe impacts from climate change. Thus, studies in this region will allow us to better understand the mechanisms responsible for frog declines in Australia. Also, this project will be useful to industries constructing infrastructure in rainforest, allowing an assessment of the impacts of works on already stressed frog populations.

在世界范围内，两栖动物的减少在澳大利亚尤为严重。两栖动物数量减少的主要原因是疾病和栖息地的破坏。 我们的项目将大大提高我们对沿海低地雨林中青蛙的认识。 这些青蛙是了解两栖类疾病真菌抗病性进化的关键，它们也可能受到气候变化的严重影响。 因此，在这一地区的研究将使我们能够更好地了解负责青蛙在澳大利亚下降的机制。此外，该项目将有助于在热带雨林建设基础设施的行业，允许评估工程对已经紧张的青蛙种群的影响。