Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2914, USA.
Ecohealth. 2009 Sep;6(3):373-7. doi: 10.1007/s10393-009-0266-5. Epub 2009 Dec 29.
Relatively few studies of amphibian diseases have employed standard ecological experimental designs. We discuss what constitutes a well-designed ecological experiment and encourage their use in disease studies. We illustrate how well-designed experiments can be used to determine the effects of pathogens on amphibians and we illustrate how ancillary information, including that collected using molecular tools, can be used to enhance the value of such experiments.
相对较少的两栖动物疾病研究采用了标准的生态实验设计。我们讨论了什么构成了一个精心设计的生态实验,并鼓励在疾病研究中使用它们。我们举例说明了精心设计的实验如何用于确定病原体对两栖动物的影响,我们还举例说明了如何利用辅助信息(包括使用分子工具收集的信息)来提高此类实验的价值。