Persistence with chytridiomycosis does not assure survival of direct-developing frogs

EcoHealth

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-195

  Longo, Ana V ^a,b   Burrowes, Patricia A ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Eleutherodactylus; mark recapture; Puerto Rico; survival

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; FROGS AND TOADS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SURVIVAL; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL; TREES;

EID: 79954437540     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0327-9     Document Type: Article

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