Early-life exposure to a herbicide has enduring effects on pathogen-induced mortality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1772, 2013, Pages

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Raffel, Thomas R ^a,b   Halstead, Neal T ^a   McMahon, Taegan A ^a   Johnson, Steve A ^c   Boughton, Raoul K ^d   Martin, Lynn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Developmental window; Glucocorticoids; Herbicide; Resistance; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; DRUG TOXICITY; HERBICIDE;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; HERBICIDE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STEROID; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ATRAZINE; BODY SIZE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DRUG EFFECTS; FLORIDA; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HERBICIDES; LARVA; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY;

EID: 84901026513     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1502     Document Type: Article

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