Partitioning the net effect of host diversity on an emerging amphibian pathogen

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1795, 2014, Pages

  Guilherme Becker, C ^a   Rodriguez, David ^a,b   Felipe Toledo, L ^c   Longo, Ana V ^a   Lambertini, Carolina ^c   Corrêa, Décio T ^c,d   Leite, Domingos S ^c   Haddad, Célio F B ^e   Zamudio, Kelly R ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Biodiversity; Dilution effect; Diversity disease relationship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; DILUTION; EMERGENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; HABITAT USE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 84908144615     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1796     Document Type: Article

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