Amphibian decline and extinction: What we know and what we need to learn

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian extinction; Biodiversity loss; Chytrid fungus; Decline; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION; FROG; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MYCOSES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 78650453790     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02307     Document Type: Article

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