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- Title
Global warming and amphibian losses; The proximate cause of frog declines? (Reply).
- Authors
Pounds, J. Alan; Bustamante, Martín R.; Coloma, Luis A.; Consuegra, Jamie A.; Fogden, Michael P. L.; Foster, Pru N.; La Marca, Enrique; Masters, Karen L.; Merino-Viteri, Andrés; Puschendorf, Robert; Ron, Santiago R.; Sánchez-Azofeifa, G. Arturo; Still, Christopher J.; Young, Bruce E.
- Abstract
Alford et al. question the working model underlying our test for a link between global warming and amphibian disappearances, and Di Rosa et al. criticize our emphasis on a single proximate agent, the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Both teams report key pieces of the amphibian-decline puzzle and new evidence from different parts of the world that climate change is a factor in these losses. Here we show why our working model was appropriate and highlight the complexity of the imminent threat to species survival that results as global warming conspires with various other agents.
- Subjects
GLOBAL warming; AMPHIBIANS; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM dendrobatidis; GREENHOUSE effect; CLIMATE change
- Publication
Nature, 2007, Vol 447, Issue 7144, pE5
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nature05942