Genetic evidence for a high diversity and wide distribution of endemic strains of the pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild Asian amphibians

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4196-4209

  Bataille, Arnaud ^a   Fong, Jonathan J ^a   Cha, Moonsuk ^a   Wogan, Guinevere O U ^b   Baek, Hae Jun ^a   Lee, Hang ^a   Min, Mi Sook ^a   Waldman, Bruce ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chytrid fungus; conservation; emerging infectious disease; endemism; frogs; host parasite co evolution; invasive species; population declines; prevalence; salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84882455505     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12385     Document Type: Article

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