| coincident mass extirpation of neotropical amphibians with the emergence of the infectious fungal pathogen batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. | amphibians highlight the global biodiversity crisis because ∼40% of all amphibian species are currently in decline. species have disappeared even in protected habitats (e.g., the enigmatic extinction of the golden toad, bufo periglenes, from costa rica). the emergence of a fungal pathogen, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd), has been implicated in a number of declines that have occurred in the last decade, but few studies have been able to test retroactively whether bd emergence was linked to e ... | 2011 | 21543713 |