Global warming and amphibian losses; The proximate cause of frog declines? (Reply)

J. Alan Pounds (), Martín R. Bustamante, Luis A. Coloma, Jamie A. Consuegra, Michael P. L. Fogden (), Pru N. Foster, Enrique La Marca, Karen L. Masters, Andrés Merino-Viteri, Robert Puschendorf, Santiago R. Ron, G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Christopher J. Still () and Bruce E. Young ()
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J. Alan Pounds: Golden Toad Laboratory for Conservation, Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve and Tropical Science Center
Martín R. Bustamante: Museo de Zoología, Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Luis A. Coloma: Museo de Zoología, Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Jamie A. Consuegra: Barnard College, Columbia University
Michael P. L. Fogden: Golden Toad Laboratory for Conservation, Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve and Tropical Science Center
Pru N. Foster: University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building
Enrique La Marca: Laboratorio de Biogeografía, Escuela de Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad de Los Andes, Apartado 116
Karen L. Masters: Council for International Educational Exchange
Andrés Merino-Viteri: Museo de Zoología, Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Robert Puschendorf: School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University
Santiago R. Ron: Museo de Zoología, Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa: University of Alberta
Christopher J. Still: University of California at Santa Barbara
Bruce E. Young: NatureServe, Plaza Colonial

Nature, 2007, vol. 447, issue 7144, E5-E6

Abstract: Abstract Alford et al.1 question the working model underlying our test2 for a link between global warming and amphibian disappearances, and Di Rosa et al.3 criticize our emphasis on a single proximate agent, the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Both teams report key pieces of the amphibian-decline puzzle and new evidence from different parts of the world that climate change is a factor in these losses. Here we show why our working model was appropriate and highlight the complexity of the imminent threat to species survival that results as global warming conspires with various other agents.

Date: 2007
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