The amphibian chytrid fungus in Bavarian populations of Alytes obstetricans: Past absence, current presence, and metamorph mortality

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 319-326

  Böll, Susanne ^a   Tobler, Ursina ^b   Geiger, Corina C ^b   Hansbauer, Günter ^c   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^b,d  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

^d KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alytes obstetricans; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Skeletochronological phalanx cross sections

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; FROG; FUNGUS; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84876403764     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853812x651856     Document Type: Article

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