Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection patterns among Panamanian amphibian species, habitats and elevations during epizootic and enzootic stages

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-202

  Brem, Forrest M R ^a,b   Lips, Karen R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Elevation; Habitat; Panama; Population

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELEVATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MYCOSES; PANAMA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 54549099055     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01960     Document Type: Article

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