Retreat sites of rain forest stream frogs are not a reservoir for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in northern Queensland, Australia

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-12

  Rowley, Jodi J L ^a   Skerratt, Lee F ^a   Alford, Ross A ^a   Campbell, Ruth ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian chytrid fungus; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Disease transmission; Environmental reservoir; Frogs

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; FROG; FUNGUS; RAINFOREST; REFUGE; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LITORIA LESUEURII; PTYCHOHYLA;

EID: 33947413976     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao074007     Document Type: Article

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