A dilution effect in the emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

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

Volumn 108, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 16322-16326

  Searle, Catherine L ^a   Biga, Lindsay M ^a   Spatafora, Joseph W ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chytridiomycosis; Emerging infectious disease; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 80053629821     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108490108     Document Type: Article

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