First line of defence: The role of sloughing in the regulation of cutaneous microbes in frogs

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cramp, Rebecca L ^a   McPhee, Rebecca K ^a   Meyer, Edward A ^a   Ohmer, Michel E ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chytridiomycosis; Global climate change; Green tree frog; Immune system; Moulting; Skin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983503747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cou012     Document Type: Article

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