Emerging Infectious Disease and the Loss of Biodiversity in a Neotropical Amphibian Community

Pathogens rarely cause extinctions of host species, and there are few examples of a pathogen changing species richness and diversity of an ecological community by causing local extinctions across a wide range of species. We report the link between the rapid appearance of a pathogenic chytrid fungus...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2006-02, Vol.103 (9), p.3165-3170
Hauptverfasser:	Lips, Karen R., Brem, Forrest, Brenes, Roberto, Reeve, John D., Alford, Ross A., Voyles, Jamie, Carey, Cynthia, Livo, Lauren, Pessier, Allan P., Collins, James P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amphibia Amphibians Amphibians - physiology Animal Diseases - epidemiology Animal populations Animals Anura Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Biodiversity Biological Sciences Caudata Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - veterinary Depopulation Ecology Endangered & extinct species Extinct species Frogs Infectious diseases Models, Biological Mortality Mycoses - epidemiology Mycoses - veterinary Panama - epidemiology Pathogens Population Dynamics Product category rules Reptiles & amphibians Species Species extinction Time Factors Tropical Climate
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