Low prevalence of chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in Amphibians of U.S. headwater streams

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Hossack, Blake R ^a,b   Adams, Michael J ^c   Campbell Grant, Evan H ^d   Pearl, Christopher A ^c   Bettaso, James B ^e   Barichivich, William J ^a   Lowe, Winsor H ^f   True, Kimberly ^e   Ware, Joy L ^g   Corn, Paul Stephen ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASCAPHUS MONTANUS; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; DICAMPTODONTIDAE; FUNGI; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 77952563302     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/09-058.1     Document Type: Article

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