Host species composition influences infection severity among amphibians in the absence of spillover transmission

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1432-1439

  Han, Barbara A ^a   Kerby, Jacob L ^b   Searle, Catherine L ^c   Storfer, Andrew ^d   Blaustein, Andrew R ^e  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium; Biodiversity; Chytridiomycosis; Community structure; Dilution effect; Disease risk; Diversity disease; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BOREAS;

EID: 84926418905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1385     Document Type: Article

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