Chytridiomycosis survey in wild and captive Mexican amphibians

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-26

  Frías Alvarez, Patricia ^a   Vredenburg, Vance T ^b   Familiar López, Mariel ^a   Longcore, Joyce E ^c   González Bernal, Edna ^a   Santos Barrera, Georgina ^a   Zambrano, Luis ^a   Parra Olea, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Mexico; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; PACHYMEDUSA DACNICOLOR; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 43449127771     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0155-3     Document Type: Article

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