Chytridiomycosis and amphibian population declines continue to spread eastward in panama

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 268-274

  Woodhams, Douglas C ^a   Kilburn, Vanessa L ^b,c   Reinert, Laura K ^d   Voyles, Jamie ^e   Medina, Daniel ^c   Ibáñez, Roberto ^c,f,g   Hyatt, Alex D ^h   Boyle, Donna G ^h   Pask, James D ^d   Green, David M ^b   Rollins Smith, Louise A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^g Estafeta Universitaria   (Panama)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Emerging disease; Panama; Population declines

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BIOLOGY; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FUNGUS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BRUGMANSIA VERSICOLOR;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PANAMA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 64049092868     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0190-0     Document Type: Article

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