Evidence of a chytrid fungus infection involved in the decline of the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) in protected areas of central Spain

Biological Conservation

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 331-337

  Bosch, J ^a   Martinez Solano I ^a   Garcia Paris M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chytridiomycosis; Decline; Midwife toad; Spain

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; TOAD;

SPAIN;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CHYTRIDIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 0035147539     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00132-4     Document Type: Article

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