Absence of invasive chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in native Fijian ground frog (Platymantis vitiana) populations on Viwa-Tailevu, Fiji Islands

Acta Herpetologica

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Narayan, Edward ^a   Molinia, Frank ^b   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bd; Biosecurity; Chytridiomycosis; Conservation; Infection; Platymantis vitiana

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; PLATYMANTIS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84857099972     PISSN: 18279635     EISSN: 18279643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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