Ancient behaviors of larval amphibians in response to an emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-250

  Han, Barbara A ^a   Bradley, Paul W ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Chytridiomycosis; Schooling; Tadpoles; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVA; PATHOGEN; THERMOREGULATION; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO BOREAS; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA AURORA; RANA CASCADAE;

EID: 56749107238     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0655-8     Document Type: Article

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