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Disease Risk in Temperate Amphibian Populations Is Higher at Closed-Canopy Sites

Habitat loss and chytridiomycosis (a disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis - Bd) are major drivers of amphibian declines worldwide. Habitat loss regulates host-pathogen interactions by altering biotic and abiotic factors directly linked to both host and pathogen fitness...

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Autores principales: Becker, C. Guilherme, Rodriguez, David, Longo, Ana V., Talaba, Amanda L., Zamudio, Kelly R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23118953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048205