Island provides a pathogen refuge within climatically suitable area

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2583-2592

  Stockwell, Michelle P ^a   Bower, Deborah S ^a   Bainbridge, Loren ^a   Clulow, John ^a   Mahony, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Conservation; Infectious; Litoria aurea

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; REFUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; LITORIA AUREA;

EID: 84942363305     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0946-0     Document Type: Article

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