Journal article
The distribution and host range of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in New Zealand, 1930–2010
Stephanie D Shaw, Lee F Skerratt, Amanada Haigh, Ben D Bell, Lisa Daglish, Phillip J Bishop, Rachel Summers, Virginia Moreno, Sabine Melzer, Michel Ohmer, Sarah Herbert, Dianne Gleeson, Lucy Rowe, Richard Speare
Ecology | Wiley | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.1890/12-1994.1
Abstract
Chytridiomycosis caused by the fungal invasive pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) was first detected in 1999 in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the Australian introduced frog species Litoria raniformis. It was detected in wild native frogs in the critically endangered Leiopelma archeyi in 2001 on the Coromandel Peninsula and has been suggested as responsible for a mass decline (88%) in that population between 1994 and 2002. We report the current distribution, host species and prevalence, where known, of Bd in New Zealand, which is essential for conservation management of New Zealand native frogs (Leiopelma spp.). The data set is structured so that it can be readily added to the Austr..
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