Bromeliad pools may briefly shelter the fungus behind amphibian disease
Bromeliad water tanks may provide short-lived aquatic habitats for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the fungus that causes amphibian chytrid disease. Researchers detected the fungus in 11.3% of sampled bromeliads and found it in 23.0% of sampled amphibians, with amphibian prevalence linked to elevation, rainfall and temperature.
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