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

在世界范围内，两栖动物的减少在澳大利亚尤为严重。这里两栖动物数量减少的主要原因是疾病和栖息地的破坏。我们的项目将极大地促进我们对沿海低地雨林中青蛙的了解。这些青蛙是了解对两栖疾病真菌的抗病能力进化的关键，它们也可能经历气候变化的严重影响。因此，对这一地区的研究将使我们能够更好地了解澳大利亚蛙类减少的机制。此外，该项目将对在热带雨林建设基础设施的行业有用，使其能够评估工程对已经承受压力的青蛙种群的影响。

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.