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 habitat change. We conducted a retrospective study utilizing field surveys from 2004–2012 of the anuran faunas on two mountains in western Cameroon, a hotspot of African amphibian diversity.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/dramatic-declines-montane-frogs-central-african-biodiversity-hotspot
[2] http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155129
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mareike-hirschfeld
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-c-blackburn
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/thomas-m-doherty-bone-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/frogs
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amphibians
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cameroon
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species