Pathogen reverses competition between larval amphibians

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2442-2448

  Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Competition; Hyla; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Pathogen mediated; Rana; Saprolegnia; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA REGILLA; OOMYCETES; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA CASCADAE; SAPROLEGNIA; SAPROLEGNIA FERAX;

EID: 0032874846     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2442:PRCBLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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