Climate change and fungal disease in amphibians
Many amphibian extinctions in recent decades were apparently caused by a fungal disease. But what underlies increased disease incidence? Has climate change made it easier for the fungus to spread? Or has the fungus been introduced in more places independently of climate change? A new data analysis shows that neither theory explains observed amphibian population declines well. Instead, a mix of factors may be responsible
Published: 2008
Author(s): Jason R. Rohr, Thomas R. Raffel, John M. Romansic, Hamish McCallum, & Peter J. Hudson
Title: Evaluating the links between climate, disease spread, and amphibian declines
Journal: PNAS 105: 17436-17441
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0806368105
A Panamanian golden frog. Image courtesy of Dave Pape and Wikipedia
