Assessing the Threat of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in the Albertine Rift: Past, Present and Future

Tracie A. Seimon; Samuel Ayebare; Robert Sekisambu; Emmanuel Muhindo; Guillain Mitamba; Eli Greenbaum; Michele Menegon; Fabio Pupin; Denise McAloose; Alyssa Ammazzalorso; Danny Meirte; Wilbur Lukwago; Mathias Behangana; Anton Seimon; Andrew J. Plumptre

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145841

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Assessing the Threat of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in the Albertine Rift: Past, Present and Future

Tracie A. Seimon ,

* E-mail: tseimon@wcs.org

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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Samuel Ayebare,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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Robert Sekisambu,

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Emmanuel Muhindo,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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Guillain Mitamba,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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Eli Greenbaum,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States of America
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Michele Menegon,

Affiliation Tropical Biodiversity Section, MUSE, The Science Museum of Trento, Trento, Italy
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Fabio Pupin,

Affiliation Tropical Biodiversity Section, MUSE, The Science Museum of Trento, Trento, Italy
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Denise McAloose,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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Alyssa Ammazzalorso,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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Danny Meirte,

Affiliation Department of African Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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Wilbur Lukwago,

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Mathias Behangana,

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Anton Seimon,

Current address: Dept. of Geography and Planning, Appalachian State University Boone, NC, United States of America

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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Andrew J. Plumptre

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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Assessing the Threat of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in the Albertine Rift: Past, Present and Future

Tracie A. Seimon,
Samuel Ayebare,
Robert Sekisambu,
Emmanuel Muhindo,
Guillain Mitamba,
Eli Greenbaum,
Michele Menegon,
Fabio Pupin,
Denise McAloose,
Alyssa Ammazzalorso

Published: December 28, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145841

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