Thermal mismatches explain how climate change and infectious disease drove widespread amphibian extinctions
Jeremy M. Cohen, David J. Civitello, Matthew D. Venesky, Taegan A. McMahon, Jason R. Rohr
The paper shows that rapid warming increased disease susceptibility in cold-adapted amphibians, supporting the thermal mismatch hypothesis as a driver of extinction.
bioRxiv · Jul 18, 2017 · PreprintEcology