Chytrid infection and post-release fitness in the reintroduction of an endangered alpine tree frog

Animal Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 153-162

  Brannelly, L A ^a   Hunter, D A ^b   Skerratt, L F ^a   Scheele, B C ^c   Lenger, D ^a   Mcfadden, M S ^d   Harlow, P S ^d   Berger, L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Capture mark recapture; Chytrid fungus; Chytridiomycosis; Conditional Arnason Schwarz model; Fitness; Infection; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; HYLIDAE; LITORIA VERREAUXII;

EID: 84939517147     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12230     Document Type: Article

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