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Body size influences energetic and osmoregulatory costs in frogs infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Sloughing maintains the skins integrity and critical functionality in amphibians. Given the behavioural, morphological and osmoregulatory changes that accompany sloughing, this process is likely to be physiologically costly. Chytridiomycosis, a cutaneous disease of amphibians caused by the fungus Ba...

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Autores principales: Wu, Nicholas C., Cramp, Rebecca L., Franklin, Craig E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5829222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29487313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22002-8