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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Main Authors: 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: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2006
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413869/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16481617
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0506889103
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