Fig. 2: Geographic risk analyses for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) in the United States. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Geographic risk analyses for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) in the United States.

From: Broad host susceptibility of North American amphibian species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans suggests high invasion potential and biodiversity risk

Fig. 2

The top row shows salamander species richness (a), environmental suitability for Bsal (b) and mean predicted infection and mortality across host species at the county level (c, d). Invasion risk (e) was created by averaging environmental suitability (b) and mean predicted infection (c). Decline risk (f) is the average of b, c, and d; high scores indicate environmentally suitable areas where the host community includes species that are readily infected and experience Bsal-related mortality. Biodiversity risk (g) due to Bsal also takes species richness into consideration (i.e., is the average of a–d), and indicates where salamander diversity will be impacted most. Darker shades indicate greater risk.

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