In a vulnerable position? Preliminary survey work fails to detect the amphibian chytrid pathogen in the highlands of Cameroon, an amphibian hotspot

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-118

  Doherty Bone, T M ^a,e   Bielby, J ^b   Gonwouo, N L ^c   LeBreton, M ^d   Cunningham, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Amphibians; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Biafran highlands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CAECILIA;

EID: 59049098433     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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