Infectious disease and amphibian population declines

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-150

  Daszak, Peter ^a   Cunningham, Andrew A ^b   Hyatt, Alex D ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Conservation medicine; Emerging diseases; Global change; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE; GLOBAL CHANGE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037337826     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2003.00016.x     Document Type: Review

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