The demography of Atelopus decline: Harlequin frog survival and abundance in central Panama prior to and during a disease outbreak

Global Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 232-242

  McCaffery, Rebecca ^a   Richards Zawacki, Corinne L ^b   Lips, Karen R ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Bayesian state space model; Mark recapture; Panama; Population ecology; Streams

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ATELOPUS; ATELOPUS VARIUS; ATELOPUS ZETEKI; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFONIDAE; FUNGI; LYSAPSUS;

EID: 84937555508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.07.003     Document Type: Article

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