Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a novel pathogen approaching endemism in central California

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Padgett Flohr, Gretchen E ^a   Hopkins II, Robert L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Co kriging; Natural history collections; Pseudacris regilla; R. boylii; R. catesbeiana; Rana draytonii

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; ENDEMISM; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; FROG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; RANIDAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA AURORA DRAYTONII; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 61349151161     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02003     Document Type: Article

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