Nothing a hot bath won't cure: Infection rates of amphibian chytrid fungus correlate negatively with water temperature under natural field settings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Forrest, Matthew J ^a   Schlaepfer, Martin A ^b,c  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RANA YAVAPAIENSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; HEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

WATER;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HOT TEMPERATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 83755164010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028444     Document Type: Article

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