The two chytrid pathogens of amphibians in Eurasia-climatic niches and future expansion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate affects the thermal adaptation and distribution of hosts, and drives the spread of Chytridiomycosis-a keratin-associated infectious disease of amphibians caused by the sister pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidi (Bd) and B. salamandrivorans (Bsal). We focus on their climate-pathogen relationships in Eurasia, the only region where their geographical distributions overlap. Eurasia harbours invaded and native areas of both pathogens and the natural habitats where they co-exist, making it an ideal region to examine their environmental niche correlations. Our understanding of how climate change will affect their distribution is broadened by the differences in climate correlates and niche characteristics between Bd and Bsal in Asia and Europe. This knowledge has pot

SUBMITTER: Sun D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10294359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature