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Spatial variation in risk and consequence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans introduction in the USA

Overview of attention for article published in Royal Society Open Science, February 2016
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Title
Spatial variation in risk and consequence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans introduction in the USA
Published in
Royal Society Open Science, February 2016
DOI 10.1098/rsos.150616
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Authors

Katherine L. D. Richgels, Robin E. Russell, Michael J. Adams, C. LeAnn White, Evan H. Campbell Grant

Abstract

A newly identified fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans(Bsal), is responsible for mass mortality events and severe population declines in European salamanders. The eastern USA has the highest diversity of salamanders in the world and the introduction of this pathogen is likely to be devastating. Although data are inevitably limited for new pathogens, disease-risk assessments use best available data to inform management decisions. Using characteristics of Bsalecology, spatial data on imports and pet trade establishments, and salamander species diversity, we identify high-risk areas with both a high likelihood of introduction and severe consequences for local salamanders. We predict that the Pacific coast, southern Appalachian Mountains and mid-Atlantic regions will have the highest relative risk from Bsal. Management of invasive pathogens becomes difficult once they are established in wildlife populations; therefore, import restrictions to limit pathogen introduction and early detection through surveillance of high-risk areas are priorities for preventing the next crisis for North American salamanders.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Puerto Rico 1 <1%
Unknown 110 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 20 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 17%
Student > Bachelor 18 16%
Student > Master 16 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 7%
Other 12 11%
Unknown 20 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 31%
Environmental Science 30 27%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 5%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 5%
Chemistry 4 4%
Other 10 9%
Unknown 22 19%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 70. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 December 2018.
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#610,070
of 25,402,528 outputs
Outputs from Royal Society Open Science
#666
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Outputs of similar age
#11,154
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Outputs of similar age from Royal Society Open Science
#26
of 88 outputs
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