Within- and among-population variation in chytridiomycosis-induced mortality in the toad Alytes obstetricans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Tobler, Ursina ^a   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SKIN FLORA; TOAD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROGS AND TOADS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77953380674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010927     Document Type: Article

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