Amphibian chytrid prevalence in an amphibian community in arid Australia

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-81

  Ocock, Joanne F ^a   Rowley, Jodi J L ^b,c   Penman, Trent D ^d   Rayner, Thomas S ^e   Kingsford, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84877750406     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0824-8     Document Type: Article

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