Spread of chytridiomycosis has caused the rapid global decline and extinction of frogs

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-134

  Skerratt, Lee Francis ^a   Berger, Lee ^a   Speare, Richard ^a   Cashins, Scott ^a   McDonald, Keith Raymond ^b   Phillott, Andrea Dawn ^a   Hines, Harry Bryan ^b   Kenyon, Nicole ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Decline; Extinction; Frogs; Global; Postulates

Indexed keywords

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; EXTINCT SPECIES; FROG; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES EXTINCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447136742     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0093-5     Document Type: Review

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