Seasonal ecology and behavior of an endangered rainforest frog (Litoria rheocola) threatened by disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Roznik, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Alford, Ross A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LITORIA; LITORIA RHEOCOLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; VEGETATION; WINTER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANURA; ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LITORIA RHEOCOLA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; SEASONS;

EID: 84930629110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127851     Document Type: Article

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