Baseline amphibian survey and sampling of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Icaco and Hormiga valleys, Patillas, Puerto Rico
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is the pathogen responsible for chytridiomycosis, a disease implicated in amphibian population declines around the world. In Puerto Rico, Bd has been shown to cause mortalities in endemic anurans of the genus Eleutherodactylus. In July 2014, we conducted visual-en...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2017-06-01
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Series: | Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology |
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Online Access: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/phyllo/article/view/134074 |