Coincident mass extirpation of neotropical amphibians with the emergence of the infectious fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 9502-9507

  Cheng, Tina L ^a   Rovito, Sean M ^b   Wake, David B ^b   Vredenburg, Vance T ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chytridiomycosis; Emerging infectious disease; Epizootic

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; COSTA RICA; GUATEMALA; HISTOLOGY; MASS EXTINCTION; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COSTA RICA; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GUATEMALA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MEXICO; MUSEUMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO PERIGLENES;

EID: 79959332232     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105538108     Document Type: Article

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