Presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in feral populations of Xenopus laevis in Chile

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1641-1646

  Solís, Rigoberto ^a   Lobos, Gabriel ^a   Walker, Susan F ^b   Fisher, Matthew ^b   Bosch, Jaime ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chile; Feral populations; Vector species; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EMERGENCE; EXTINCTION; FERAL ORGANISM; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CHILE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77952287142     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9577-2     Document Type: Article

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