Chytrid fungus infections in laboratory and introduced Xenopus laevis populations: Assessing the risks for U.K. native amphibians

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 380-388

  Tinsley, Richard C ^a   Coxhead, Peter G ^b   Stott, Lucy C ^a   Tinsley, Matthew C ^c   Piccinni, Maya Z ^b   Guille, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African clawed frog; Chytrid fungus (Bd); Emerging infectious disease (EID); Global spread of pathogens; Invasive species; Threats to native species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COEXISTENCE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; NATIVE SPECIES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO; FUNGI; TRITURUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84924193791     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.034     Document Type: Article

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