Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7073, 2006, Pages 161-167

  Pounds, J Alan ^a   Bustamante, Martín R ^b   Coloma, Luis A ^b   Consuegra, Jamie A ^c   Fogden, Michael P L ^a   Foster, Pru N ^d,l   La Marca, Enrique ^e   Masters, Karen L ^f   Merino Viteri, Andrés ^b   Puschendorf, Robert ^g   Ron, Santiago R ^b,h   Sánchez Azofeifa, G Arturo ⁱ   Still, Christopher J ^j   Young, Bruce E ^k  

^a Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve and Tropical Science Center   (Costa Rica)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^f Council for International Educational Exchange ^*  (Costa Rica)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k NatureServe ^*  (Costa Rica)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; FUNGI; MARINE BIOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCES; PATHOLOGY;

EPIDEMIC DISEASE; GOLDEN TOAD; HARLEQUIN FROG; PATHOGENIC CHYTRID FUNGUS (BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS);

GLOBAL WARMING;

AMPHIBIAN; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPHIBIA; CLIMATE; COSTA RICA; EPIDEMIC; FROG; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ATELOPUS; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO PERIGLENES; FUNGI;

EID: 30544434293     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04246     Document Type: Review

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