Climate change, chytridiomycosis or condition: An experimental test of amphibian survival

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 667-675

  Garner, Trenton W J ^a   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a   Fisher, Matthew C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Bufo bufo; Climate warming; Condition; Host parasite; Infection; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL WARMING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO BUFO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650762064     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02272.x     Document Type: Article

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