Chytridiomycosis in the direct-developing frogs of Puerto Rico

Penny F. Langhammer

Epidemiological theory normally does not predict host extinction from infectious disease because of a host density threshold below which pathogens cannot persist. However, host extinction can occur when a biotic…

Epidemiological theory normally does not predict host extinction from infectious disease because of a host density threshold below which pathogens cannot persist. However, host extinction can occur when a biotic or abiotic pathogen reservoir allows for density-independent transmission. Amphibians are facing global population decline and extinction from the emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dentrobatidis (Bd).

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Langhammer, Penny F. (Author)
Collins, James P. (Thesis advisor)
Brooks, Thomas M (Committee member)
Burrowes, Patricia A. (Committee member)
Anderies, John M (Committee member)
Escalante, Ananias A (Committee member)
Smith, Andrew T. (Committee member)
Arizona State University (Publisher)

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2013

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Field of study: Biology

Chytridiomycosis in the direct-developing frogs of Puerto Rico

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