Wetland characteristics influence disease risk for a threatened amphibian

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 650-662

  Heard, Geoffrey W ^a   Scroggie, Michael P ^b   Clemann, Nick ^b   Ramsey, David S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrid fungus; Disease; Litoria raniformis; Management; Mark recapture; Risk factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; SURVIVORSHIP; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; RISK FACTOR; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MYCOSES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; RISK FACTORS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84903526793     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0389.1     Document Type: Article

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