Amphibian chytrid fungus broadly distributed in the Brazilian Atlantic rain forest

EcoHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-48

  De Queiroz Carnaval, Ana Carolina Oliveira ^a   Puschendorf, Robert ^b   Peixoto, Oswaldo Luiz ^c   Verdade, Vanessa Kruth ^d   Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Atlantic Forest; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Brazil; Museum specimen

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOME; BRAZIL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COLOSTETHUS; CROSSODACTYLUS CARAMASCHII; DENDROBATIDAE; FUNGI; HYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; THOROPA MILIARIS;

EID: 33644848397     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-0008-2     Document Type: Article

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