Disease dynamics vary spatially and temporally in a North American amphibian

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1910-1915

  Savage, Anna E ^a   Sredl, Michael J ^b   Zamudio, Kelly R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Emerging infectious disease; Lithobates yavapaiensis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION MODELING; RIPARIAN ZONE; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LITHOBATES;

EID: 79957630332     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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