Mortality rates differ among amphibian populations exposed to three strains of a lethal ranavirus

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-448

  Schock, Danna M ^a,c   Bollinger, Trent K ^b   Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Host; Intraspecific variation; Pathogen; Ranavirus; Translocation

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM MAVORTIUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBENSI VIRUS; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM VIRUS; AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRIDOVIRUS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANITOBA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANAVIRUS; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 77957362865     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0279-0     Document Type: Article

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