Population estimates of Dendrobates tinctorius (anura: Dendrobatidae) at three sites in French Guiana and first record of chytrid infection

Phyllomedusa

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-70

  Courtois, Elodie A ^a   Pineau, Kevin ^b   Villette, Benoit ^b   Schmeller, Dirk S ^a   Gaucher, Philippe ^c  

^a Moulis   (France)

^b Association Reserve Naturelle Tresor   (French Guiana)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; CMR; Neotropics; Picture identification

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW RECORD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 84864936149     PISSN: 15191397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v11i1p63-70     Document Type: Article

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