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Lambert MR, Womack MC, Byrne AQ, Hernández-Gómez O, Noss CF, Rothstein AP, Blackburn DC, Collins JP, Crump ML, Koo MS, Nanjappa P, Rollins-Smith L, Vredenburg VT, Rosenblum EB. Comment on "Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity". Science (New York, N.Y.). 2020 Dec 20;367(367).
Abstract
Scheele (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.