| experimental infection of native north carolina salamanders with batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. | chytridiomycosis is an often fatal fungal disease of amphibians caused by batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. this disease has been implicated in the worldwide decline of many anuran species, but studies of chytridiomycosis in wild salamanders are limited. between august 2006 and december 2006, we tested wild amphibians in north carolina, usa (n=212) by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). we identified three pcr-positive animals: one rana clamitans and two plethodontid salamanders. we experimentally in ... | 2009 | 19617473 |
| the role of habitat in structuring halipegus occidualis metapopulations in the green frog. | the transmission dynamics of the trematode halipegus occidualis in its definitive host, rana clamitans, have been examined over a 5-yr period in a north carolina pond. the breeding season of green frogs coincides with the period of worm recruitment, during which time male frogs are territorial and females show strong site fidelity. this site fidelity allows inferences to be made regarding the suitability of a particular habitat for worm transmission based on frog infection intensities within tha ... | 1999 | 10207357 |