Predicting the growth of the amphibian chytrid fungus in varying temperature environments.

ABSTRACT: Environmental temperature is a crucial abiotic factor that influences the success of ectothermic organisms, including hosts and pathogens in disease systems. One example is the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which has led to widespread amphibian population declines. Understanding its thermal ecology is essential to effectively predict outbreaks. Studies that examine the impact of temperature on hosts and pathogens often do so in controlled constant temperatures. Although varying temperature experiments are becoming increasingly common, it is unrealistic to test every temperature scenario. Thus, reliable methods that use constant temperature data to predict performance in varying temperatures are needed. In this study, we tested whether we could

SUBMITTER: Gajewski Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8717292 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature