Infectious disease as a driver of declines and extinctions

Infectious disease is an important driver of extinctions and population declines. With a few exceptions, such as the fungal disease chytridiomycosis in frogs, disease is probably underestimated as a cause of both local and global extinction because it often co-occurs with other more overt drivers of...

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Main Authors: Hamish McCallum, Johannes Foufopoulos, Laura F. Grogan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2024-01-01
Series:Cambridge Prisms: Extinction
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2755095824000019/type/journal_article