Lips, Karen R.; Brem, Forrest; Brenes, Roberto; Reve, John D.; Alford, Ross A.; Voyles, Jamie; Carey, Cynthia; Livo, Lauren; Pessier, Allan P.; Collins, James P.
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006-02)
Pathogens rarely cause extinctions of host species, and there are few examples of a pathogen changing species richness and diversity of an ecological community by causing local extinctions across a wide range of species. ...