Linking manipulative experiments to field data to test the dilution effect

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 557-565

  Venesky, Matthew D ^a,c   Liu, Xuan ^b   Sauer, Erin L ^a   Rohr, Jason R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Chytridiomycosis; Dilution effect; Disease ecology; Species richness; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO; BUFO TERRESTRIS; GASTROPHRYNE; GASTROPHRYNE CAROLINENSIS; HYLA; HYLA CINEREA;

ANIMAL; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MYCOSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84898544048     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12159     Document Type: Article

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