Hanging out with the cool frogs: Do operative and body temperatures explain population response to disease?
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a fungal pathogen causing amphibian population declines. Bd has a narrow thermal tolerance and requires moisture to survive. Differences in frog biology, pathogen biology or temperature and moisture conditions may determine population response to disease. Po...
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OpenSIUC
2009
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| Online Access: | https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/40 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=theses |