Widespread occurrence of an emerging pathogen in amphibian communities of the Venezuelan Andes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2898-2905

  Sánchez, Dinora ^a   Chacón Ortiz, Andrés ^a,b   León, Fabiola ^a   Han, Barbara A ^c   Lampo, Margarita ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DEL TÁCHIRA   (Venezuela)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Dendropsophus meridensis; Lithobates catesbeianus; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; NATIVE SPECIES; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; REAL TIME; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPORE; VULNERABILITY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 53649099021     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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