Chytridiomycosis in wild frogs from Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras

EcoHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-181

  Puschendorf, Robert ^a,c   Castañeda, Franklin ^a   McCranie, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Honduras; Pico Bonito National Park

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAUNA; FROG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONDURAS; INFECTION RATE; LETHARGY; MYCOSIS; NATIONAL PARK; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES ENDEMICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; RANA MACULATA;

EID: 33749033317     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-006-0026-8     Document Type: Review

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