Museum Science: use of collections to investigate amphibian declines

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Recent paper from Cheng et al in PNAS on using museum collections of formalin-preserved amphibia to investigate chytrid epidemics.  Commentary from Lips.  Linked in terms of techniques to Barry Clarke's work in the NHM. References/....more

Lips, K R Museum collections: Mining the past to manage the future PNAS June 7, 2011 vol. 108 no. 23 9323-9324

Cheng, T L et al. Coincident mass extirpation of neotropical amphibians with the emergence of the infectious fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis PNAS June 7, 2011 vol. 108 no. 23 9502-9507

Soto-Azat C, Clarke BT, Fisher MC, Walker SF, Cunningham AA (2009) Non-invasive sampling methods for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in archived amphibians. Dis Aquat Organ 84:163–166. 

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