High environmental niche overlap between the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and invasive bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) enhance the potential of disease transmission in the Americas

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 178-184

  Rödder, Dennis ^a   Schulte, Ulrich ^b   Toledo, Luís Felipe ^c  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Carrier; Emerging infectious disease; Environmental tolerance; Host pathogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879448032     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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