Escape from the pond: Stress and developmental responses to ranavirus infection in wood frog tadpoles

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-146

  Warne, Robin W ^a   Crespi, Erica J ^a   Brunner, Jesse L ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Development; Dose effects; Emerging disease; Ranavirus; Stress response; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FROG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POND; STEROID; VIRAL DISEASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; IRIDOVIRUS; RANA SYLVATICA; RANAVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78751683296     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01793.x     Document Type: Article

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