Fields
Herpetology
Herpetology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of reptiles and amphibians, with urgent focus on the chytridiomycosis-driven amphibian extinction crisis.
Details
- Avg Funding
- $310K
- Key Technologies
- Environmental DNA SurveillanceMark-Recapture Population EstimatesThermal ImagingAcoustic Monitoring of AnuransPhylogenomics
- Subfields
- Amphibian Decline and ConservationReptile Functional MorphologyChytrid Fungus EpidemiologyThermoregulation PhysiologyHerpetofauna Biogeography
- Top Institutions
- University of California Berkeley MVZAmerican Museum of Natural HistorySmithsonian National MuseumAustralian National UniversityIUCN Amphibian Specialist Group