| Autor: |
Damian Michael Menning, David Hume Ward, Sandy Wyllie‐Echeverria, George Kevin Sage, Megan Cathleen Gravley, Hunter Alexander Gravley, Sandra Looman Talbot |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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| Zdroj: |
Ecology and Evolution, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 2062-2073 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2045-7758 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/ece3.6039 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Migratory waterfowl vector plant seeds and other tissues, but little attention has focused on the potential of avian vectoring of plant pathogens. Extensive meadows of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in southwest Alaska support hundreds of thousands of waterfowl during fall migration and may be susceptible to plant pathogens. We recovered DNA of organisms pathogenic to eelgrass from environmental samples and in the cloacal contents of eight of nine waterfowl species that annually migrate along the Pacific coast of North America and Asia. Coupled with a signal of asymmetrical gene flow of eelgrass running counter to that expected from oceanic and coastal currents between Large Marine Ecosystems, this evidence suggests waterfowl are vectors of eelgrass pathogens. |
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