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. 2020 Mar 20;367(6484):eaay1838.
doi: 10.1126/science.aay1838.

Comment on "Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity"

Max R Lambert  1 , Molly C Womack  2   3 , Allison Q Byrne  2   4 , Obed Hernández-Gómez  2 , Clay F Noss  2   4 , Andrew P Rothstein  2   4 , David C Blackburn  5 , James P Collins  6 , Martha L Crump  7   8 , Michelle S Koo  4 , Priya Nanjappa  9 , Louise Rollins-Smith  10   11 , Vance T Vredenburg  4   12 , Erica B Rosenblum  2   4
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Comment on "Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity"

Max R Lambert et al. Science. .

Abstract

Scheele et al (Reports, 29 March 2019, p. 1459) bring needed attention to the effects of amphibian infectious disease. However, the data and methods implicating the disease chytridiomycosis in 501 amphibian species declines are deficient. Which species are affected, and how many, remains a critical unanswered question. Amphibians are imperiled; protective actions require public support and robust science.

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    Scheele BC, Pasmans F, Skerratt LF, Berger L, Martel A, Beukema W, Acevedo AA, Burrowes PA, Carvalho T, Catenazzi A, De la Riva I, Fisher MC, Flechas SV, Foster CN, Frías-Álvarez P, Garner TWJ, Gratwicke B, Guayasamin JM, Hirschfeld M, Kolby JE, Kosch TA, La Marca E, Lindenmayer DB, Lips KR, Longo AV, Maneyro R, McDonald CA, Mendelson J 3rd, Palacios-Rodriguez P, Parra-Olea G, Richards-Zawacki CL, Rödel MO, Rovito SM, Soto-Azat C, Toledo LF, Voyles J, Weldon C, Whitfield SM, Wilkinson M, Zamudio KR, Canessa S. Scheele BC, et al. Science. 2020 Mar 20;367(6484):eaay2905. doi: 10.1126/science.aay2905. Science. 2020. PMID: 32193294

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  • Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity.
    Scheele BC, Pasmans F, Skerratt LF, Berger L, Martel A, Beukema W, Acevedo AA, Burrowes PA, Carvalho T, Catenazzi A, De la Riva I, Fisher MC, Flechas SV, Foster CN, Frías-Álvarez P, Garner TWJ, Gratwicke B, Guayasamin JM, Hirschfeld M, Kolby JE, Kosch TA, La Marca E, Lindenmayer DB, Lips KR, Longo AV, Maneyro R, McDonald CA, Mendelson J 3rd, Palacios-Rodriguez P, Parra-Olea G, Richards-Zawacki CL, Rödel MO, Rovito SM, Soto-Azat C, Toledo LF, Voyles J, Weldon C, Whitfield SM, Wilkinson M, Zamudio KR, Canessa S. Scheele BC, et al. Science. 2019 Mar 29;363(6434):1459-1463. doi: 10.1126/science.aav0379. Science. 2019. PMID: 30923224

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