Life-history trade-offs influence disease in changing climates: Strategies of an amphibian pathogen

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1627-1639

  Woodhams, Douglas C ^a,d   Alford, Ross A ^b   Briggs, Cheryl J ^c,e   Johnson, Megan ^b   Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Climate; Disease; Life history; Population decline; Temperature; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EQUATION; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; FUNGI; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549094818     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1842.1     Document Type: Review

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