Divergent Population Responses following Salamander Mass Mortality and Declines Driven by the Emerging Pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

December 11, 2023

First described in 2013, the salamander-killing chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) has caused sharp population declines in European fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra). Although it has not yet been detected outside Eurasia, there is great concern that Bsal could trigger a…