Thermal physiology, disease, and amphibian declines on the eastern slopes of the andes

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 509-517

  Catenazzi, Alessandro ^a   Lehr, Edgar ^b   Vredenburg, Vance T ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thermal maximum; Elevational gradient; Extinction; Frogs; Montane forest; Physiological ecology; Threatened species; Tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; ELEVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FROG; FUNGUS; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PATHOGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL ALTERATION;

ANDES;

ANIMAL; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MYCOSES; PERU; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896281618     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12194     Document Type: Article

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