Title: Riding the Wave: Reconciling the Roles of Disease and Climate Change in Amphibian Declines.
Authors: Lips, Karen R; Diffendorfer, Jay; Mendelson, Joseph R; Sears, Michael W
Abstract: The spread of chytrid fungus, rather than climate change, best explains amphibian declines in Central and South America, based on an analysis of observed epidemics with predictable spatiotemporal patterns in four of five mountain ranges.
Subjects: CENTRAL America; SOUTH America; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CLIMATE change; EPIDEMICS; MOUNTAINS
Publication: PLoS Biology, 2008, Vol 6, Issue 3, pe72
ISSN: 1544-9173
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060072

Riding the Wave: Reconciling the Roles of Disease and Climate Change in Amphibian Declines.

Lips, Karen R; Diffendorfer, Jay; Mendelson, Joseph R; Sears, Michael W