Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis not found in rainforest frogs along an altitudinal gradient of Papua New Guinea

0378017 - BC 2013 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Dahl, C. - Kiatik, I. - Baisen, I. - Bronikowski, E. - Fleischer, R. C. - Rotzel, N. C. - Lock, J. - Novotný, Vojtěch - Narayan, E. - Hero, J.-M.
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis not found in rainforest frogs along an altitudinal gradient of Papua New Guinea.
Herpetological Journal. Roč. 22, č. 3 (2012), s. 183-186. ISSN 0268-0130. E-ISSN 0268-0130
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : altitude * amphibians * Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 1.081, year: 2012

A survey confirming the absence of pathogenic fungus responsible for frog decline in neighbouring Australia. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a fungal pathogen often responsible for amphibian declines worldwide. We report here survey on Bd in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The survey for Bd was conducted along a rainforest altitudinal gradient from Madang (50 m a.s.l.) to Mt. Wilhelm (3700 m a.s.l.).
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0210008