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Fenton, A. , Daversa, D. R., Bosch, J. , Serrano, C., Manica, A., Garner, T. W. J. (2020). Chytrid fungus infection data in multi-host mesocosm communities. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/093d6938-39f5-414d-b638-7d18e6dc52d3
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Chytrid fungus infection data in multi-host mesocosm communities
Data were generated from a mesocosm experiment to determine the extent to which non-reservoir hosts impact the maintenance and transmission of infections from parasites supported by reservoir hosts. The three host species were salamanders, Tree frogs (Hyla meridiensis) and Spiny toads (Bufo spinosus). The infection used was Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd).
The experiment was executed in the late summer of 2017, at the Centre for Captive Breeding of Threatened Amphibians, located in Rascafria, Spain.
The experiment was executed in the late summer of 2017, at the Centre for Captive Breeding of Threatened Amphibians, located in Rascafria, Spain.
Publication date: 2020-06-29
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Temporal information
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2017-06-01 to 2017-09-30
Provenance & quality
The experiment quantified Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection dynamics in experimental host communities that varied in relative abundances of three host species that co-occur in the park: salamanders, Tree frogs (Hyla meridiensis), and Spiny toads (Bufo spinosus). There were five treatments total:
(i) control - 24 salamanders only;
(ii) 2 species with toads - 12 salamanders and 12 toads;
(iii) 2 species with frogs - 12 salamanders and 12 frogs;
(iv) 3 species non-random - 12 salamanders, 6 toads, and 6 frogs;
(v) 3 species random - relative abundances of salamanders, toads, and frogs chosen at random.
(i) control - 24 salamanders only;
(ii) 2 species with toads - 12 salamanders and 12 toads;
(iii) 2 species with frogs - 12 salamanders and 12 frogs;
(iv) 3 species non-random - 12 salamanders, 6 toads, and 6 frogs;
(v) 3 species random - relative abundances of salamanders, toads, and frogs chosen at random.
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7676-917X
Bosch, J.
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Serrano, C.
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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University of Liverpool, Institute of Zoology
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk