Differences in Fungal Disease Dynamics in Co-occurring Terrestrial and Aquatic Amphibians
| Autor: | Carla M. Sette, Andrew G. Zink, Vance T. Vredenburg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Amphibian
Batrachochytrium 040301 veterinary sciences Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 030231 tropical medicine Biodiversity California 0403 veterinary science Amphibians 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Abundance (ecology) biology.animal Animals Chytridiomycosis Ecosystem Batrachoseps gregarius Ecology biology 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification Chytridiomycota Mycoses Animal ecology Taricha Host-Pathogen Interactions Salamander |
| Zdroj: | EcoHealth. 17(3) |
| ISSN: | 1612-9210 |
| Popis: | The fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has devastated biodiversity and ecosystem health and is implicated as a driver of mass amphibian extinctions. This 100-year study investigates which environmental factors contribute to Bd prevalence in a fully terrestrial species, and determines whether infection patterns differ between a fully terrestrial amphibian and more aquatic host species. We performed a historical survey to quantify Bd prevalence in 1127 Batrachoseps gregarius museum specimens collected from 1920 to 2000, and recent data from 16 contemporary (live-caught) B. gregarius populations from the southwestern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA. We compared these results to Bd detection rates in 1395 historical and 1033 contemporary specimens from 10 species of anurans and 427 historical Taricha salamander specimens collected throughout the Sierra Nevada mountains. Our results indicate that Bd dynamics in the entirely terrestrial species, B. gregarius, differ from aquatic species in the same region in terms of both seasonal patterns of Bd abundance and in the possible timing of Bd epizootics. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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