The effects of multiple stressors on wetland communities: Pesticides, pathogens and competing amphibians

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-73

  Buck, Julia C ^a   Scheessele, Erin A ^a   Relyea, Rick A ^b   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian population decline; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Carbaryl; Competition; Mesocosm

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455166944     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02695.x     Document Type: Article

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