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Differences in Fungal Disease Dynamics in Co-occurring Terrestrial and Aquatic Amphibians

verfasst von: Carla M. Sette, Vance T. Vredenburg, Andrew G. Zink

Erschienen in: EcoHealth | Ausgabe 3/2020

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Abstract

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.

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Titel: Differences in Fungal Disease Dynamics in Co-occurring Terrestrial and Aquatic Amphibians
verfasst von: Carla M. Sette
Vance T. Vredenburg
Andrew G. Zink
Publikationsdatum: 25.11.2020
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: EcoHealth / Ausgabe 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-020-01501-z

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