Experimental examination of the effects of ultraviolet-B radiation in combination with other stressors on frog larvae

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 237-245

  Searle, Catherine Laura ^a   Belden, Lisa K ^b   Bancroft, Betsy A ^c   Han, Barbara A ^d   Biga, Lindsay M ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Rana cascadae; Temperature; UVB

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROG; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVA; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; LARVA; RANIDAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA CASCADAE;

EID: 77949774973     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1440-8     Document Type: Article

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