Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 9031-9036

  Berger, Lee ^a,b   Speare, Rick ^a   Daszak, Peter ^c   Green, D Earl ^d   Cunningham, Andrew A ^e   Goggin, C Louise ^b   Slocombe, Ron ^f   Ragan, Mark A ^g   Hyatt, Alex D ^b   McDonald, Keith R ^h   Hines, Harry B ^h   Lips, Karen R ⁱ   Marantelli, Gerry ^j   Parkes, Helen ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Maryland Animal Health Laboratory   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^h DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

ⁱ SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Amphibian Research Centre   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AUSTRALIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDERMIS; FOREST; FROGS AND TOADS; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CHYTRIDIALES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13144266734     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.15.9031     Document Type: Article

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