Widespread occurrence of the chytrid fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on oregon spotted frogs (rana pretiosa)

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Pearl, Christopher A ^a   Bowerman, Jay ^b   Adams, Michael J ^a   Chelgren, Nathan D ^a  

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

^b Sunriver Nature Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Disease; Pacific Northwest; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; FROG; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MYCOSES; OREGON; PREVALENCE; RANIDAE; WASHINGTON;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA PRETIOSA;

EID: 77951024120     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-009-0237-x     Document Type: Article

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