No evidence for precipitous declines of harlequin frogs (Atelopus) in the Guyanas

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-180

  Luger, Martina ^a   Garner, Trenton W J ^b   Ernst, Raffael ^c   Hödl, Walter ^a   Lötters, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Extinction; Population monitoring

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ATELOPUS; ATELOPUS HOOGMOEDI; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LYSAPSUS;

EID: 56249102126     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520802239531     Document Type: Article

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