Lack of Evidence for Epidemic Disease as an Agent in the Catastrophic Decline of Australian Rain Forest Frogs
Alford RA and Richards SJ. 1997. Lack of Evidence for Epidemic Disease as an Agent in the Catastrophic Decline of Australian Rain Forest Frogs. Conservation Biology. 11(4):1026-1029
Response to an aritcle citing "epidemic disease" as the cause of amphibian population declines in Australia. This article posits a lack of evidence to support this hypothesis.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Alford, Ross; Richards, Stephen
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Amphibia (Amphibians), Anura (Frogs, Epidemic disease, Hylidae (Tree Frogs, Hylids), Population Decline, Presence (Biodiversity), Taxa Links To References, Toads)