Temperature variability and moisture synergistically interact to exacerbate an epizootic disease

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1801, 2015, Pages

  Raffel, Thomas R ^a   Halstead, Neal T ^b   McMahon, Taegan A ^c   Davis, Andrew K ^d   Rohr, Jason R ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrid fungus; Global warming

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PARASITIC DISEASE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILD POPULATION;

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; GEORGIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HUMIDITY; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VETERINARY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; GEORGIA; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; LARVA; MYCOSES; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84922570164     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2039     Document Type: Article

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