Seasonality of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in direct-developing frogs suggests a mechanism for persistence

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Longo, Ana V ^a   Burrowes, Patricia A ^a   Joglar, Rafael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Climate disease synergy; Eleutherodactylus; Seasonal patterns

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DROUGHT; ELEVATION; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONALITY; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; MYCOSES; PUERTO RICO; SEASONS;

CARIBBEAN NATIONAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS PORTORICENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 78149482412     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02054     Document Type: Article

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