Temperature variability and moisture synergistically interact to exacerbate an epizootic disease.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is altering global patterns of precipitation and temperature variability, with implications for parasitic diseases of humans and wildlife. A recent study confirmed predictions that increased temperature variability could exacerbate disease, because of lags in host acclimation following temperature shifts. However, the generality of these host acclimation effects and the potential for them to interact with other factors have yet to be tested. Here, we report similar effects of host thermal acclimation (constant versus shifted temperatures) on chytridiomycosis in red-spotted newts (Notophthalmus viridescens). Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) growth on newts was greater following a shift to a new temperature, relative to newts already acclimated to this temperature (15°C ver

SUBMITTER: Raffel TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4308995 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature