Antifungal skin bacteria, embryonic survival, and communal nesting in four-toed salamanders, Hemidactylium scutatum

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 423-429

  Banning, Jenifer L ^a   Weddle, Anna L ^a   Wahl III, George W ^a   Simon, Mary Alice ^a   Lauer, Antje ^a,b   Walters, Robert L ^a   Harris, Reid N ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Fungal pathogen; Group living; Mutualism; Parental care

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AMPHIBIAN; BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO; FUNGUS; MUTUALISM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PATHOGEN; SKIN; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NESTING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SKIN; URODELA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEMIDACTYLIUM; HEMIDACTYLIUM SCUTATUM; MARIANNAEA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 43049116790     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1002-5     Document Type: Article

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