Epidemiologic analysis of factors associated with local disappearances of native ranid frogs in Arizona

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 375-383

  Witte, Carmel L ^a,b   Sredl, Michael J ^c   Kane, Andrew S ^a,d   Hungerford, Laura L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Case control methods; Frog decline; Risk factor analysis; Wildlife epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FROG; LOGISTICS; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FROG; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES EXTINCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASTACOIDEA; RANIDAE;

EID: 41849098071     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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