Corrigendum to "Distribution and environmental limitations of an amphibian pathogen in the Rocky Mountains, USA" [Biological Conservation 141 (2008) 1484-1492] (DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2008.03.011);Distribution and environmental limitations of an amphibian pathogen in the Rocky Mountains, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1484-1492

  Muths, Erin ^a   Pilliod, David S ^b   Livo, Lauren J ^c  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Boreal toad; Climate change; Rocky Mountains; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE; TOAD;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS BOREAS; FUNGI;

EID: 44649113054     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.09.012     Document Type: Erratum

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