Shiver Bd! New review on mitigation methods published

A team of amphibian conservation biologists led by Doug Woodhams (University of Zurich, Switzerland) published a review on methods how to mitigate the effects of Bd and chytridiomycosis. The review was published in the open access online journal Frontiers in Zoology:
http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/8/1/8/abstract

Austrian data comes online...

Marc Sztatecsny and Florian Glaser have published the first survey of Bd from Austria in the Herpetological Journal 21:87-90. 30% of sampled sites are positive for 9 species including Bombina bombina. The study detected Bd at the highest site in the European Alps to date at 1630 m a.s.l. in Alpine newts. This data is now publically available on www.bd-maps.eu and the global mapping site Bd-Maps.net

Opportunities to join RACE

If you would like to join RACE, here's an opportunity for funding! There are open calls for Marie Curie fellowships:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.PeopleDetailsCallPage&call_id=395

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.PeopleDetailsCallPage&call_id=396

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.PeopleDetailsCallPage&call_id=397

If you would like to join the RACE team, then please contact one of the RACE team leaders.

• Belgium -Dr Frank Pasmans (frank.pasmans@ugent.be)
• France - Professor Claude Miaud (claud.miaud@univ-savoie.fr), Dr Dirk Schmeller (dirk.schmeller@EcoEc-Moulis.cnrs.fr)
• Germany - Dr Klaus Henle (Klaus.Henle@ufz.de)
• Spain - Dr Jaime Bosch (bosch@mcnc.csic.es)
• Switzerland - Dr Benedikt Schmidt (benedikt.schmidt@ieu.uzh.ch) 
• UK - Dr Trent Garner (Trent.Garner@ioz.ac.uk) and Dr Matthew Fisher (matthew.fisher@imperial.ac.uk)