Do pathogens become more virulent as they spread? Evidence from the amphibian declines in Central America

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1766, 2013, Pages

  Phillips, Ben L ^a   Puschendorf, Robert ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Chytridiomycosis; Epidemiology; Hierarchical bayesian model; Host pathogen; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COEVOLUTION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; VIRULENCE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRULENCE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84894471145     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1290     Document Type: Article

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