Decline and extirpation of an endangered Panamanian stream frog population (Craugastor punctariolus) due to an outbreak of chytridiomycosis

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1636-1647

  Ryan, Mason J ^a,b   Lips, Karen R ^a   Eichholz, Michael W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Declines; Habitat; Mark recapture; Movement; Panama; Population

Indexed keywords

FROG; FUNGUS; GROWTH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; PATHOGEN; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SITE FIDELITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBPOPULATION; SURVIVAL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; PTYCHOHYLA;

EID: 44649175629     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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