Natural stressors and disease risk: Does the threat of predation increase amphibian susceptibility to ranavirus?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 893-902

  Haislip, N A ^a,d   Hoverman, J T ^a,e   Miller, D L ^a,b,c   Gray, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anax sp.; Belostoma flumineum; Disease ecology; Emerging infectious disease; Frog virus 3; Hyla chrysoscelis; Inducible defense; Lithobates clamitans; Lithobates sylvaticus; Parasite; Phenotypic plasticity; Pseudacris feriarum; Ranavirus; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FROG; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; LARVA; MORTALITY; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VIRUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANAX; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; BELOSTOMA FLUMINEUM; FROG VIRUS 3; HYLA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; IRIDOVIRUS; LITHOBATES; PSEUDACRIS; PSEUDACRIS FERIARUM; RANA CLAMITANS; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 84863225984     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z2012-060     Document Type: Article

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