Survivorship in wild frogs infected with chytridiomycosis

EcoHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Kriger, Kerry M ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrid; Chytridiomycosis; Litoria wilcoxii; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FROG; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; JUVENILE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LITORIA LESUEURII; LITORIA WILCOXII; METAMORPHA;

EID: 33748992551     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-006-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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