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Kriger and JeanMarc Hero Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies School of Environment Grif64257th University Gold Coast QLD 9222 Australia Abstract The humanmediated transport of infected amphibians is the most plausible driver for the inter. Robert Wendell offers the Charlotte area music training services that range from teaching beginning singers to coaching accomplished professionals in multiple styles. Expert guidance in Italian, French, and German repertoire, style, expression and diction! Improve vocal agility for baroque ornamentation, fast, clean, complex runs, melismas, etc. Mass extinctions are global events characterized by unusually high rates of extinction The magnitude of these rates is usu ally unspecified but it is generally significantly higher than the rate of so called background extinctions that is extinc tio (AMPHIBIAN CHYTRID FUNGUS DISEASE) Chytridiomycosis is an infectious disease that affects amphibians worldwide. It is caused by the chytrid fungus ( Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ), a fungus capable . Ms. Bridgeland . 5. th. Grade. Stage 1. : . Adult frogs. Stage 2. : . Frogs . lay eggs in water, which then are fertilized. . *How . are Amphibian Eggs different from other eggs? . Chytridiomycosis. . fungus . dynamics in . wildlife. Gabriela Rios-Sotelo. Vance . Vredenburg. Lab. San Francisco State University. Amphibian . diversity. Emerging disease. Number 1 most threatened vertebrate. The struggle for life on earth. Mass Extinction - Definition. A significant proportion of species become extinct (between 30% and 95%) . The extinctions operate across a wide range of environments and . Overview. Extinctions are as important in the history of life as are the evolution of new species. Explaining extinctions is just as challenging a scientific question as explaining the evolution of new species. The Sixth Mass Extinction. Essential Questions. What is extinction?. Which species have become extinct in modern times? . What are the characteristics of past mass extinctions? . How do modern extinction rates compare with natural (background) rates?. The sixth . m. ass . e. xtinction. Objectives. Define . extinction.. Give examples of (1) past mass extinctions (2) and recent species . extinctions.. Compare current extinction rates with background extinction . Concerns. Teachers. Will the project meet education standards?. What will the students get out of the project?. How will the data be used?. Will we be able to see/use all of the data in the classroom?. Mizba Kesani. Kisa King. Batrachotoxin. . and the . Poison Dart Frog. The Poison Dart Frog. Kingdom: . Animalia. Phylum: . Chordata. Class: . Amphibia. Order: . Anura. Suborder: . Neobatrachia. Family: . Evan H Campbell Grant. Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative. US Geological Survey . Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. David E. Green, DVM. US Geological Survey . National Wildlife Health Center. Extinction . When an organism is classed as extinct there are no living members of that species left. Extinction is a natural process where organisms that are less suited to an environment die out. Throughout the history of earth there have been several mass extinction events . the Chytrid Fungus Frog Pathogen. Authors: Douglas . Stemke. , Ben C. . Loschky. Citation: Douglas . Stemke. , Ben C. . Loschky. . 2012. Batrachochytrium . dendrobatidis. the chytrid fungus frog pathogen..