Proportion of individuals with anti-Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis skin bacteria is associated with population persistence in the frog Rana muscosa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 529-531

  Lam, Brianna A ^a   Walke, Jenifer B ^b   Vredenburg, Vance T ^c   Harris, Reid N ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal bacteria; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Herd immunity; Rana muscosa; Rana sierrae

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EXTINCTION; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; RANA MUSCOSA;

EID: 73649135312     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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