Climate change and outbreaks of amphibian chytridiomycosis in a montane area of Central Spain; is there a link?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1607, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Bosch, Jaime ^a   Carrascal, Luís M ^a   Durán, Luis ^b   Walker, Susan ^c   Fisher, Matthew C ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Climate change; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION DECLINE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MADRID [SPAIN]; PENALARA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 34249908518     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3713     Document Type: Article

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