Do Frogs Get Their Kicks on Route 66? Continental U.S. Transect Reveals Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Lannoo, Michael J., Petersen, Christopher, Lovich, Robert E., Nanjappa, Priya, Phillips, Christopher, Mitchell, Joseph C., Macallister, Irene
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2011
• Subjects: Research Article; Oceana; Pendleton; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141021; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21811576; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022211

The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been devastating amphibians globally. Two general scenarios have been proposed for the nature and spread of this pathogen: Bd is an epidemic, spreading as a wave and wiping out individuals, populations, and species in its path; and Bd is end...