Context-dependent symbioses and their potential roles in wildlife diseases

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1733, 2012, Pages 1457-1465

  Daskin, Joshua H ^a   Alford, Ross A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Conservation ecology; Mutualism; Symbiosis; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BACTERIUM; BAT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MEDICINE; SKIN; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 84857941837     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2276     Document Type: Review

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