Temperature alters reproductive life history patterns in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal pathogen associated with the global loss of amphibians

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2241-2249

  Voyles, Jamie ^a,d   Johnson, Leah R ^b,c   Briggs, Cheryl J ^c   Cashins, Scott D ^d   Alford, Ross A ^d   Berger, Lee ^d   Skerratt, Lee F ^d   Speare, Rick ^d   Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Climate change; Emerging infectious disease; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877097748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.334     Document Type: Article

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