Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and the Collapse of Anuran Species Richness and Abundance in the Upper Manu National Park, Southeastern Peru;Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis y el Colapso de la Riqueza de Especies y Abundancia de Anuros en el Parque Nacional del Manu, Sureste de Perú

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 382-391

  Catenazzi, Alessandro ^a   Lehr, Edgar ^b   Rodriguez, Lily O ^c   Vredenburg, Vance T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Elevational gradient; Extinction; Montane forest; Neotropics; Threatened species; Tropical andes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ELEVATION; ENDEMISM; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LEAF LITTER; MONTANE FOREST; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROGS AND TOADS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOSES; PERU; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE;

ANDES; MANU NATIONAL PARK; PERU;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 79952716626     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01604.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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