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  1. Seasonal pattern of chytridiomycosis in common river frog (<em>Amietia angolensis</em> ) tadpoles in the South African Grassland Biome

    Seasonal pattern of chytridiomycosis in common river frog (Amietia angolensis ) tadpoles in the South African Grassland Biome

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Werner Conradie --- Department of Herpetology, South Africa Ché Weldon --- Unit for Environmental Research: Zoology, North-West University, South Africa Kevin G. Smith --- Tyson Research Centre, Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A. Louis H. Du Preez --- Unit for Environmental Research: Zoology, North-West University, South Africa
    Environmental parameters such as temperature and rainfall influence the biology of amphibians and are likely to similarly influence the growth and prevalence of associated pathogens. Amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), causes an infectious disease, chytridiomycosis, in amphibians worldwide. Field...
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