Epidemic disease decimates amphibian abundance, species diversity, and evolutionary history in the highlands of central Panama.

J Crawford, Andrew; R Lips, Karen; Bermingham, Eldredge

doi:10.1073/pnas.0914115107

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Epidemic disease decimates amphibian abundance, species diversity, and evolutionary history in the highlands of central Panama.

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Authors:

Andrew J Crawford

Karen R Lips

Eldredge Bermingham

Abstract

Amphibian populations around the world are experiencing unprecedented declines attributed to a chytrid fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Despite the severity of the crisis, quantitative analyses of the effects of the epidemic on amphibian abundance and diversity have been unavailable ...

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