Experimental evidence for American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) susceptibility to chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-171

  Gervasi, Stephanie S ^a   Urbina, Jenny ^a   Hua, Jessica ^b   Chestnut, Tara ^a   Relyea, Rick ^b   Blaustein, Andrew ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

boreas; chytrid; rana; resistance; tolerance; vector

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS; FUNGI; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84879459715     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0832-8     Document Type: Article

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