Upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) as a threat to desert tortoise populations: A reevaluation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1255-1268

  Sandmeier, Franziska C ^a   Tracy, C Richard ^a   duPré, Sally ^b   Hunter, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Desert tortoise; Epidemiology; Natural antibody; Opportunistic; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DESERT; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; WILD POPULATION;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349266644     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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