The link between rapid enigmatic amphibian decline and the globally emerging chytrid fungus

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 358-372

  Lötters, Stefan ^a   Kielgast, Jos ^b   Bielby, Jon ^c   Schmidtlein, Sebastian ^d   Bosch, Jaime ^e   Veith, Michael ^a   Walker, Susan F ^f   Fisher, Matthew C ^f   Rödder, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Bioclimate; Chytridiomycosis; IUCN red list; MaxEnt; Species Distribution Model

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77957345986     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0281-6     Document Type: Article

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