Comment on “Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity”
Authors
Max R. Lambert, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Molly C. Womack, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Allison Q. Byrne, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Obed Hernandez-Gomez, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Dominican University of CaliforniaFollow
Clay F. Noss, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Andrew P. Rothstein, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Davis C. Blackburn, 4 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville
James P. Collins, 5 School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe
Martha L. Crump, Department of Biology and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan
Michelle S. Koo, 3 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Priya Nanjappa, Conservation Science Partners
Louise Rollins-Smith, 9 Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Vance T. Vrendenburg, 3 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Erica B. Rosenblum, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Department
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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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