West Africa - A Safe Haven for Frogs? A Sub-Continental Assessment of the Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

A putative driver of global amphibian decline is the panzootic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). While Bd has been documented across continental Africa, its distribution in West Africa remains ambiguous. We tested 793 West African amphibians (one caecilian and 61 anuran species) fo...

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Main Authors: Penner, Johannes, Adum, Gilbert B., McElroy, Matthew T., Doherty-Bone, Thomas, Hirschfeld, Mareike, Sandberger, Laura, Weldon, Ché, Cunningham, Andrew A., Ohst, Torsten, Wombwell, Emma, Portik, Daniel M., Reid, Duncan, Hillers, Annika, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oduro, William, Plötner, Jörg, Ohler, Annemarie, Leaché, Adam D., Rödel, Mark-Oliver
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572032/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23426141
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056236
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