Seasonal pattern of chytridiomycosis in common river frog (Amietia angolensis) tadpoles in the South African Grassland Biome

African Zoology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Conradie, Werner ^a,d   Weldon, Ché ^b   Smith, Kevin G ^c   Du Preez, Louis H ^b  

^a PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; stream flow; UNESCO; Vredefort Dome

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AMIETIA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA HECKSCHERI;

EID: 79956152044     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.046.0122     Document Type: Article

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