List of works - Benedikt R Schmidt

Absence of variation in body size of the alpine salamander between allotopic and syntopic populations in a contact zone with the fire salamander

Antifungal treatment of wild amphibian populations caused a transient reduction in the prevalence of the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Apparent survival of the salamander Salamandra salamandra is low because of high migratory activity

scientific article

Are invasive marsh frogs (Pelophylax ridibundus) replacing the native P. lessonae/P. esculentus hybridogenetic complex in Western Europe? Genetic evidence from a field study

Assessing habitat quality when forest attributes have opposing effects on abundance and detectability: A case study on Darwin’s frogs

scientific article published in 2019

Bufonid herpesvirus 1 (BfHV1) associated dermatitis and mortality in free ranging common toads (Bufo bufo) in Switzerland

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Climate and land-use changes reshuffle politically-weighted priority areas of mountain biodiversity

scientific article published in 2019

Climate change produces winners and losers: Differential responses of amphibians in mountain forests of the Near East

article

Compensatory recruitment allows amphibian population persistence in anthropogenic habitats

scientific article published on 12 September 2022

Context-dependent amphibian host population response to an invading pathogen

scientific article

Context‐dependent dispersal determines relatedness and genetic structure in a patchy amphibian population

scientific article published in 2021

Cryptic disease-induced mortality may cause host extinction in an apparently stable host-parasite system

scientific article published in 2017

Decision-making for mitigating wildlife diseases: From theory to practice for an emerging fungal pathogen of amphibians

scientific article published in 2018

Density-dependent performance of larval and juvenile toads: Implications for amphibian conservation

scientific article published in 2024

Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi.

scientific article

Differential response to abiotic conditions and predation risk rather than competition avoidance determine breeding site selection by anurans

article

Differentiation of movement behaviour in an adaptively diverging salamander population.

scientific article

Direct negative density-dependence in a pond-breeding frog population

scientific article published in 2015

Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

scientific article published on April 2017

Dynamics of host populations affected by the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

scientific article published on March 2017

Estimation of breeding probability can make monitoring data more revealing: a case study of amphibians

scientific article

Expanding Distribution of Lethal Amphibian Fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe

scientific article

Fine scale genetic structure in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) along a rural-to-urban gradient

scientific article published on 18 February 2021

First detection of the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivoransin Germany

article

Future of keeping pet reptiles and amphibians: towards integrating animal welfare, human health and environmental sustainability

scientific article published on 19 October 2017

Genetic attributes of midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) populations do not correlate with degree of species decline

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Genetic management of an amphibian population after a chytridiomycosis outbreak

Greater topoclimatic control of above- Versus belowground communities

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Heterogeneous responses of temperate-zone amphibian populations to climate change complicates conservation planning.

scientific article

Hypothesizing if responses to climate change affect herbicide exposure risk for amphibians

article

Imperfect detection and its consequences for monitoring for conservation

Interacting symbionts and immunity in the amphibian skin mucosome predict disease risk and probiotic effectiveness

scientific article

Laboratory tests of antifungal agents to treat tadpoles against the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Landscape effects on anuran pond occupancy in an agricultural countryside: barrier-based buffers predict distributions better than circular buffers

scientific article published in 2008

Life history tactics shape amphibians' demographic responses to the North Atlantic Oscillation.

scientific article

Linking habitat suitability to demography in a pond-breeding amphibian

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Low spatial autocorrelation in mountain biodiversity data and model residuals

scientific article published in 2021

Maintenance of biodiversity in vineyard-dominated landscapes: a case study on larval salamanders

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycoses in nature

scientific article

Mitigating amphibian disease: strategies to maintain wild populations and control chytridiomycosis ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 18 April 2011)

Multiple density-dependent processes shape the dynamics of a spatially structured amphibian population

scientific article published in 2018

On the analysis of monitoring data: Testing for no trend in population size

Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps

scientific article published on 27 April 2021

Phylogeography of the common toad (Bufo bufo, Lissamphibia: Anura) in Switzerland

article

Population position along the fast-slow life-history continuum predicts intraspecific variation in actuarial senescence

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Population size influences amphibian detection probability: implications for biodiversity monitoring programs

scientific article

Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines.

scientific article

Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines.

scientific article

Resistance to chytridiomycosis in European plethodontid salamanders of the genus Speleomantes

scientific article

Seasonal and Annual Survival of the SalamanderSalamandra salamandra salamandra

scientific article published in 2014

Sex-related differences in aging rate are associated with sex chromosome system in amphibians

Shifts in amphibian population dynamics in response to a change in the predator community

scientific article

Spatial capture-recapture analysis of artificial cover board survey data reveals small scale spatial variation in slow-worm Anguis fragilis density

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Spatial variation in abiotic and biotic factors in a floodplain determine anuran body size and growth rate at metamorphosis

scientific article published on 4 March 2010

The amphibian chytrid fungus in Bavarian populations of Alytes obstetricans: past absence, current presence, and metamorph mortality

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

article

The diversity of population responses to environmental change.

scientific article

The relationships between habitat suitability, population size and body condition in a pond-breeding amphibian

scientific article published in 2018

The role of climate for the range limits of parapatric European land salamanders

scientific article published in 2013

The superpopulation approach for estimating the population size of 'prolonged' breeding amphibians: Examples from Europe

article

The transferability of distribution models across regions: an amphibian case study

article published in 2009

Thermal conditions predict intraspecific variation in senescence rate in frogs and toads

scientific article published in 2021

Using decision analysis to support proactive management of emerging infectious wildlife diseases

article

Variable rate of ageing within species: insights from Darwin’s frogs

scientific article published in 2022

Volunteer Conservation Action Data Reveals Large-Scale and Long-Term Negative Population Trends of a Widespread Amphibian, the Common Toad (Bufo bufo)

scientific article

Wildlife disease. Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

scientific article

Within- and among-population variation in chytridiomycosis-induced mortality in the toad Alytes obstetricans

scientific article

List of works by Benedikt R Schmidt

Absence of variation in body size of the alpine salamander between allotopic and syntopic populations in a contact zone with the fire salamander

Antifungal treatment of wild amphibian populations caused a transient reduction in the prevalence of the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Apparent survival of the salamander Salamandra salamandra is low because of high migratory activity

Are invasive marsh frogs (Pelophylax ridibundus) replacing the native P. lessonae/P. esculentus hybridogenetic complex in Western Europe? Genetic evidence from a field study

Assessing habitat quality when forest attributes have opposing effects on abundance and detectability: A case study on Darwin’s frogs

Bufonid herpesvirus 1 (BfHV1) associated dermatitis and mortality in free ranging common toads (Bufo bufo) in Switzerland

Climate and land-use changes reshuffle politically-weighted priority areas of mountain biodiversity

Climate change produces winners and losers: Differential responses of amphibians in mountain forests of the Near East

Compensatory recruitment allows amphibian population persistence in anthropogenic habitats

Context-dependent amphibian host population response to an invading pathogen

Context‐dependent dispersal determines relatedness and genetic structure in a patchy amphibian population

Cryptic disease-induced mortality may cause host extinction in an apparently stable host-parasite system

Decision-making for mitigating wildlife diseases: From theory to practice for an emerging fungal pathogen of amphibians

Density-dependent performance of larval and juvenile toads: Implications for amphibian conservation

Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi.

Differential response to abiotic conditions and predation risk rather than competition avoidance determine breeding site selection by anurans

Differentiation of movement behaviour in an adaptively diverging salamander population.

Direct negative density-dependence in a pond-breeding frog population

Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

Dynamics of host populations affected by the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

Estimation of breeding probability can make monitoring data more revealing: a case study of amphibians

Expanding Distribution of Lethal Amphibian Fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe

Fine scale genetic structure in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) along a rural-to-urban gradient

First detection of the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivoransin Germany

Future of keeping pet reptiles and amphibians: towards integrating animal welfare, human health and environmental sustainability

Genetic attributes of midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) populations do not correlate with degree of species decline

Genetic management of an amphibian population after a chytridiomycosis outbreak

Greater topoclimatic control of above- Versus belowground communities

Heterogeneous responses of temperate-zone amphibian populations to climate change complicates conservation planning.

Hypothesizing if responses to climate change affect herbicide exposure risk for amphibians

Imperfect detection and its consequences for monitoring for conservation

Interacting symbionts and immunity in the amphibian skin mucosome predict disease risk and probiotic effectiveness

Laboratory tests of antifungal agents to treat tadpoles against the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Landscape effects on anuran pond occupancy in an agricultural countryside: barrier-based buffers predict distributions better than circular buffers

Life history tactics shape amphibians' demographic responses to the North Atlantic Oscillation.

Linking habitat suitability to demography in a pond-breeding amphibian

Low spatial autocorrelation in mountain biodiversity data and model residuals

Maintenance of biodiversity in vineyard-dominated landscapes: a case study on larval salamanders

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycoses in nature

Mitigating amphibian disease: strategies to maintain wild populations and control chytridiomycosis ⬇️

Multiple density-dependent processes shape the dynamics of a spatially structured amphibian population

On the analysis of monitoring data: Testing for no trend in population size

Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps

Phylogeography of the common toad (Bufo bufo, Lissamphibia: Anura) in Switzerland

Population position along the fast-slow life-history continuum predicts intraspecific variation in actuarial senescence

Population size influences amphibian detection probability: implications for biodiversity monitoring programs

Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities

Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines.

Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines.

Resistance to chytridiomycosis in European plethodontid salamanders of the genus Speleomantes

Seasonal and Annual Survival of the SalamanderSalamandra salamandra salamandra

Sex-related differences in aging rate are associated with sex chromosome system in amphibians

Shifts in amphibian population dynamics in response to a change in the predator community

Spatial capture-recapture analysis of artificial cover board survey data reveals small scale spatial variation in slow-worm Anguis fragilis density

Spatial variation in abiotic and biotic factors in a floodplain determine anuran body size and growth rate at metamorphosis

The amphibian chytrid fungus in Bavarian populations of Alytes obstetricans: past absence, current presence, and metamorph mortality

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

The diversity of population responses to environmental change.

The relationships between habitat suitability, population size and body condition in a pond-breeding amphibian

The role of climate for the range limits of parapatric European land salamanders

The superpopulation approach for estimating the population size of 'prolonged' breeding amphibians: Examples from Europe

The transferability of distribution models across regions: an amphibian case study

Thermal conditions predict intraspecific variation in senescence rate in frogs and toads

Using decision analysis to support proactive management of emerging infectious wildlife diseases

Variable rate of ageing within species: insights from Darwin’s frogs

Volunteer Conservation Action Data Reveals Large-Scale and Long-Term Negative Population Trends of a Widespread Amphibian, the Common Toad (Bufo bufo)

Wildlife disease. Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

Within- and among-population variation in chytridiomycosis-induced mortality in the toad Alytes obstetricans