Selecting for Tolerance against Pathogens and Herbivores to Enhance Success of Reintroduction and Translocation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 586-592

  Venesky, Matthew D ^a   Mendelson, Joseph R ^b,c   Sears, Brittany F ^a   Stiling, Peter ^a   Rohr, Jason R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Cactoblastis cactorum; Cactus moth; Captive breeding; Chytridiomycosis; Non native species; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FITNESS; FUNGUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PERSISTENCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REINTRODUCTION; SELECTION; TOLERANCE; TRANSLOCATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CACTACEAE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOTHS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CACTACEAE; CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM; FUNGI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84863993488     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01854.x     Document Type: Article

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