Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming
Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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As the Earth warms, many species are likely to disappear, often because of changing disease dynamics. Here we show that a recent mass extinction associated with pathogen outbreaks is tied to global warming. Seventeen years ago, in the mountains of Costa Rica, the Monteverde harlequin frog (
Atelopus
sp.) vanished along with the golden toad (<...
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Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_743557244
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_743557244
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0028-0836
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1476-4687,1476-4679
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10.1038/nature04246
