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  • Ontogenetic Shifts in Disease Response in Native and Invasive Anuran Species

    Creator:
    Urbina Gonzalez, Jenny Cecilia
    Abstract:
    This dissertation presents a different approach to understanding how amphibians are responding to disease through ontogeny. Although numerous efforts have been conducted to understand host responses to the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), studies have been restricted to distinct developmental stages. This dissertation provides information on host response to Bd across...
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    Dissertation
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    R, Ragan MA, Hyatt AD, McDonald KR, Hines HB, Lips KR, Marantelli G, Parkes H (1998

  • Disentangling the Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of the Amphibian Disease Chytridiomycosis

    Creator:
    Bradley, Paul W.
    Abstract:
    The ongoing worldwide loss of biodiversity has been described as a "biodiversity crisis," "the Anthropocene defaunation," and alternatively "an extinction spasm." More recently, many scientists have come to the conclusion that we are witnesses to Earth's sixth major mass extinction event, which has the potential to fundamentally alter basic ecological...
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    Dissertation
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    . Deanna H. Olson aided with the experimental design and interpretation of Chapter 2 and the experimental