Imperfect pathogen detection from non-invasive skin swabs biases disease inference

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 380-389

  DiRenzo, Graziella V ^a,e   Campbell Grant, Evan H ^b   Longo, Ana V ^a   Che Castaldo, Christian ^c   Zamudio, Kelly R ^d   Lips, Karen R ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibians; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; chytrid; hierarchical Bayesian model; occupancy model; Panama

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041954685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12868     Document Type: Article

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