Factors associated with the catastrophic decline of a cloudforest frog fauna in Guatemala

 

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Författarna: Mendelson III, J R, Brodie, E D, Malone, J H, Acevedo, M E, Baker, M A, Smatresk, N J, Campbell, J A
Materialtyp: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Utgivningstid:2004
Beskrivning:Comparison of recent and historical surveys of frog populations in cloudforest habitat in Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala, indicated population declines and local extirpation of several species. Pathological exams of diseased tadpoles indicated infection by amphibian chytridiomycosis. The local habitat has been severely altered by recent establishment of large-scale leatherleaf fern production. Analysis of water chemistry at our study site suggested increased nitrogenation associated with the leatherleaf industry.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Organisation:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Språk:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15596
Länkar:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/15596
Access Level:acceso abierto
Nyckelord:amphibian decline
chytridiomycosis
guatemala
anura
plectrohyla
ptychohyla
leatherleaf fern
declinacion de anfibios
quitridiomicosis
helechos ornamentales