Environmental gradients explaining the prevalence and intensity of infection with the amphibian chytrid fungus: The host's perspective

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 513-517

  Rödder, Dennis ^a,b   Veith, M ^b   Lotters S ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australia; Batrachochytrium dendrobatids; Chytridiomycosis; Climaticenvelope; Litoria lesueuri complex; MaxEnt

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNGUS; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

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

EID: 58049100953     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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