dc.contributorCornell Univ
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.contributorUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico
dc.contributorUniv Estadual Paulista
dc.contributorUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.creatorGruendler, Michael C.
dc.creatorToledo, Luis Felipe
dc.creatorParra-Olea, Gabriela
dc.creatorHaddad, Celio F. B.
dc.creatorGiasson, Luis O. M.
dc.creatorSawaya, Ricardo J. [UNIFESP]
dc.creatorPrado, Cynthia P. A.
dc.creatorAraujo, Olivia G. S.
dc.creatorZara, Fernando J.
dc.creatorCenteno, Fernanda C.
dc.creatorZamudio, Kelly R.
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T14:17:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-04T18:22:52Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T14:17:49Z
dc.date.available2023-09-04T18:22:52Z
dc.date.created2016-01-24T14:17:49Z
dc.date.issued2012-01-24
dc.identifierDiseases of Aquatic Organisms. Oldendorf Luhe: Inter-research, v. 97, n. 3, p. 173-184, 2012.
dc.identifier0177-5103
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/34535
dc.identifier10.3354/dao02413
dc.identifierWOS:000299419800001
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8613900
dc.description.abstractChytridiomycosis, an infectious disease of amphibians, is caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and has been linked to declining amphibian populations worldwide. the susceptibility of amphibians to chytridiomycosis-induced population declines is potentially influenced by many factors, including environmental characteristics, differences among host species and the growth of the pathogen itself. We investigated the effects of elevation and breeding habitat on Bd prevalence and individual infection intensity (zoospore loads) in 3 anuran assemblages of the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil. Bd infection intensity was strongly influenced by elevation and breeding habitat, but we found no evidence of an interaction between those 2 variables in explaining the number of zoospores sampled from individual frogs. in contrast, Bd infection odds were predicted by elevation and by an interaction between elevation and breeding habitat, such that frogs had a higher probability of Bd infection in lotic habitats at low elevations. Our results indicate that Bd persists across a wide variety of habitats and elevations in the Atlantic Coastal Forest. Prevalence and infection intensity of Bd are highest at high elevations where overall environmental conditions for Bd are most favorable. in addition, at low elevations amphibian host habitat choice is also an important determinant of infection. Our study highlights the need to investigate interacting variables of host ecology and the environment simultaneously.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherInter-research
dc.relationDiseases of Aquatic Organisms
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.subjectFrog
dc.subjectChytridiomycosis
dc.subjectAtlantic Coastal Forest
dc.titleInteraction between breeding habitat and elevation affects prevalence but not infection intensity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Brazilian anuran assemblages
dc.typeArtigo


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