Species diversity reduces parasite infection through crossgenerational effects on host abundance

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-64

  Johnson, Pieter T J ^a   Preston, Daniel L ^a   Hoverman, Jason T ^a   Henderson, Jeremy S ^b   Paull, Sara H ^a   Richgels, Katherine L D ^a   Redmond, Miranda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian malformations; Biodiversity loss; Disease ecology; Emerging disease; Epidemiology; Ribeiroia ondatrae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MESOCOSM; PARASITE INFESTATION; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAIL; TREMATODE; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAILS; TREMATODA; WETLANDS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; GASTROPODA; RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 84858664386     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0636.1     Document Type: Article

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