Tourism may threaten wildlife disease refugia

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Result on the web
<a href="https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.12902" target="_blank" >https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.12902</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12902" target="_blank" >10.1111/conl.12902</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Tourism may threaten wildlife disease refugia
Original language description
The remoteness and isolation of South American tabletop mountain (tepui) summits may protect against infections that underpin global amphibian declines. Increases in recreational pressure in such unspoiled destinations, and in isolated ecosystems globally, pose a poorly understood risk of wildlife disease introduction, especially in supposedly immunologically naive communities. We here report the first observed chytrid infections in the Pantepui biogeographical region. Infections significantly correlate with proximity to the nearest basic tourist infrastructure in four endemic amphibians occurring on tepui summits and their slopes. Phylogenetic relationships and environmental context suggest a high risk of severe and irreversible population declines in unique, early branching amphibians. These findings advocate for an urgent control of recreational pressure in isolated, highly vulnerable ecosystems.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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