Refugia and connectivity sustain amphibian metapopulations afflicted by disease

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 853-863

  Heard, Geoffrey W ^a,b   Thomas, Chris D ^b   Hodgson, Jenny A ^c   Scroggie, Michael P ^d   Ramsey, David S L ^d   Clemann, Nick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Litoria raniformis; Amphibian; Chytrid; Colonisation; Conservation; Extinction; Microclimate; Pathogen; Reservoir host

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FROG; METAPOPULATION; MICROCLIMATE; PATHOGEN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANURA; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AUSTRALIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROCLIMATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYCOSES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84946414563     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12463     Document Type: Article

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