Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: Lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis research

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 4079-4097

  James, Timothy Y ^a   Toledo, L Felipe ^b   Rödder, Dennis ^c   da Silva Leite, Domingos ^b   Belasen, Anat M ^a   Betancourt Román, Clarisse M ^a   Jenkinson, Thomas S ^a   Soto Azat, Claudio ^j   Lambertini, Carolina ^b   Longo, Ana V ^d   Ruggeri, Joice ^e   Collins, James P ^f   Burrowes, Patricia A ^g   Lips, Karen R ^h   Zamudio, Kelly R ^d   Longcore, Joyce E ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^h Bldg 142   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

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Author keywords

Amphibian; Chytrid; Emerging infectious disease; Fungi; Immunogenetics; Species distribution model; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942367159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1672     Document Type: Article

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