Extremely Low Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Frog Populations from Neotropical Dry Forest of Costa Rica Supports the Existence of a Climatic Refuge from Disease

EcoHealth

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 593-602

  Zumbado Ulate, Héctor ^a,b   Bolaños, Federico ^a   Gutiérrez Espeleta, Gustavo ^a   Puschendorf, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Biodiversidad de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; chytridiomycosis; climatic refuges; Craugastor ranoides; tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

ANIMAL; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENT; FOREST; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTS; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84925352530     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0967-2     Document Type: Article

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