An example of how biotic and abiotic factors can decrease the resiliency of wildlife against pathogens and disease, and how we can potentially use this information to help mitigate infectious wildlife disease.

The effects of infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (BD), a pathogen of amphibian hosts that causes chytridiomycosis, may be magnified under conditions of low food availability, which could induce lethal and sublethal effects on hosts that might otherwise be asymptomatic.