Parasite transmission in complex communities: Predators and alternative hosts alter pathogenic infections in amphibians

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1247-1253

  Orlofske, Sarah A ^a   Jadin, Robert C ^a   Preston, Daniel L ^a   Johnson, Pieter T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Amphibian malformations; Biodiversity; Community ecology; Dilution effect; Global change; Infectious disease; Invasive species; Pseudacris regilla; Ribeiroia ondatrae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLATWORM; GLOBAL CHANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SALAMANDRIDAE; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; LARVA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SALAMANDRIDAE; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862283897     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1901.1     Document Type: Article

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