Can differences in host behavior drive patterns of disease prevalence in tadpoles?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Venesky, Matthew D ^a,b   Kerby, Jacob L ^c   Storfer, Andrew ^d   Parris, Matthew J ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MESOCOSM; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TADPOLE; TOAD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FROGS AND TOADS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO FOWLERI; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MYCOSES;

EID: 80052850752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024991     Document Type: Article

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