A chytridiomycosis epidemic and a severe dry season precede the disappearance of Atelopus species from the Venezuelan Andes

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-402

  Lampo, Margarita ^a   Rodríguez Contreras, Argelia ^b,d   La Marca, Enrique ^b   Daszak, Peter ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c The Consortium for Conservation Medicine   (United States)

^d Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Climate change; Emerging diseases

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ATELOPUS; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LEPTODACTYLUS; MANNOPHRYNE;

EID: 34249885125     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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