High occupancy of stream salamanders despite high Ranavirus prevalence in a southern Appalachians watershed

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-189

  Rothermel, Betsie B ^a   Travis, Emilie R ^a   Miller, Debra L ^b,c   Hill, Robert L ^d   McGuire, Jessica L ^e   Yabsley, Michael J ^e  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d Atlanta Botanical Garden   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmognathus; disease surveillance; Eurycea; Gyrinophilus; monitoring; occupancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RIVER; UNITED STATES; URODELA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; ECOSYSTEM; GEORGIA; MYCOSES; NORTH CAROLINA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RANAVIRUS; RIVERS; URODELA;

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; DESMOGNATHUS; EURYCEA; FUNGI; GYRINOPHILUS; IRIDOVIRUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84879464496     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0843-5     Document Type: Article

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