| disease risk in temperate amphibian populations is higher at closed-canopy sites. | habitat loss and chytridiomycosis (a disease caused by the chytrid fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis - bd) are major drivers of amphibian declines worldwide. habitat loss regulates host-pathogen interactions by altering biotic and abiotic factors directly linked to both host and pathogen fitness. therefore, studies investigating the links between natural vegetation and chytridiomycosis require integrative approaches to control for the multitude of possible interactions of biological and envi ... | 2012 | 23118953 |