Evidence for disease-related amphibian decline in Colorado

Biological Conservation

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-365

  Muths, Erin ^a   Corn, Paul Stephen ^b   Pessier, Allan P ^c,e   Green, D Earl ^d  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Bufo boreas; Chytrid fungus; Colorado

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOAD;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS BOREAS; FUNGI; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037399585     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00239-2     Document Type: Article

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