Bd on the beach: High prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the lowland forests of Gorgona Island (Colombia, South America)

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 298-302

  Flechas, Sandra Victoria ^a   Sarmiento, Carolina ^a,b   Amézquita, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Atelopus; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Gorgona Island; Lowland rainforests; Prevalence of infection

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; COLOMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; TREE;

ALTITUDE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COLOMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PACIFIC ISLANDS; TREES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ATELOPUS; ATELOPUS ELEGANS; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 84871923747     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0771-9     Document Type: Article

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