EFFECTS OF THE FUNGAL PATHOGEN BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS ON THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF TADPOLES OF ANDEAN WATER FROGS
Amphibian diversity has declined, in part, due to the infectious disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Andean water frogs in the genus Telmatobius are particularly vulnerable to the disease and the genus has been extirpated from Ecuador and in A...
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2019
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