Using occupancy models to understand the distribution of an amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 289-302

  Adams, Michael J ^a   Chelgren, Nathan D ^a   Reinitz, David ^b   Cole, Rebecca A ^b   Rachowicz, Lara J ^c   Galvan, Stephanie ^a   Mccreary, Brome ^a   Pearl, Christopher A ^a   Bailey, Larissa L ^d   Bettaso, Jamie ^e   Bull, Evelyn L ^f   Matthias, L E U ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; California, usa; Disease; Occupancy models; Oregon, usa; Rana spp

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELEVATION; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL TEST; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS;

CALIFORNIA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 77649164386     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2319.1     Document Type: Article

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