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

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Jul 19, 2010

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 ...

Subject

Amphibian

Biology

Panama

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