Factors related to the distribution and prevalence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Rana cascadae and other amphibians in the Klamath Mountains

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2913-2921

  Piovia Scott, Jonah ^a   Pope, Karen L ^b   Lawler, Sharon P ^a   Cole, Esther M ^a   Foley, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaxyrus boreas; Chytridiomycosis; Generalized linear mixed model; Pseudacris regilla; Taricha granulosa

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION RISK; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; HABITAT TYPE; INFECTIVITY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABILITY;

COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS; METAMORPHA; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA CASCADAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA; TARICHA GRANULOSA;

EID: 83555163868     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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