Dramatic Declines of Montane Frogs in a Central African Biodiversity Hotspot.

Amphibian populations are vanishing worldwide. Declines and extinctions of many populations have been attributed to chytridiomycosis, a disease induced by the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). In Africa, however, changes in amphibian assemblages were typically attributed to habi...

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Main Authors: Mareike Hirschfeld, David C Blackburn, Thomas M Doherty-Bone, LeGrand Nono Gonwouo, Sonia Ghose, Mark-Oliver Rödel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4858272?pdf=render