Sentences with phrase «salamander populations from»

The threat to global salamander populations from a new fungal strain is very real and of great concern to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

«The threat to global salamander populations from a new fungal strain is very real and of great concern to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,» Laury Marshall Parramore, a spokeswoman for the wildlife agency, wrote in an email.

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Since late February, researchers from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Lincoln Park Zoo have been monitoring levels of cortisol (known as the stress hormone) in three species that have been reintroduced or restored by the forest preserve: wood frogs (designated as «in great need of conservation» in Illinois); spotted salamanders, a rare species for northeastern Illinois; and spring peepers, a frog species whose local populations are in decline.

Studies they have led since their initial discovery show that Bsal — probably introduced from Asia by the pet trade — has the potential to wipe out salamander populations across Europe.

The study quantified the rate of decline and also showed that sexually mature fire salamanders are much more likely than juveniles to get infected (probably during fights with rivals or mating), which prevents them from reproducing and makes the population less likely to recover.