Altitudinal distribution of chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) infection in subtropical Australian frogs

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1022-1032

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

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitudinal transect; Amphibian decline; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Disease ecology; Queensland

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METAMORPHOSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; TRANSECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LITORIA WILCOXII; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 55349104519     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01872.x     Document Type: Article

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