Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and chytridiomycosis in anuran amphibians of Colombia

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Ruiz, Angélica ^a   Rueda Almonacid, José Vicente ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Threatened Species Program   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Colombia; Population decline

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DEMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COLOMBIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIALES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 43449136449     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0159-z     Document Type: Article

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