A century of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Illinois amphibians (1888-1989)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 254-261

  Talley, Brooke L ^a,b   Muletz, Carly R ^c,e   Vredenburg, Vance T ^d   Fleischer, Robert C ^e   Lips, Karen R ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd); Chytridiomycosis; Emerging pathogen; Illinois; Southern leopard frog (Rana (Lithobates) sphenocephala)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; BIOASSAY; COEVOLUTION; COEXISTENCE; DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; LITHOBATES; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84920733529     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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