Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats

J 2015

Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats

FRICK, Winifred, Sebastien PUECHMAILLE, Joseph HOYT, Barry NICKEL, Kate LANGWIG et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats

Authors

FRICK, Winifred (840 United States of America, guarantor), Sebastien PUECHMAILLE (276 Germany), Joseph HOYT (840 United States of America), Barry NICKEL (840 United States of America), Kate LANGWIG (840 United States of America), Jeffrey FOSTER (840 United States of America), Kate BARLOW (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Tomáš BARTONIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Dan FELLER (840 United States of America), Anne-Jifke HAARSMA (528 Netherlands), Carl HERZOG (840 United States of America), Ivan HORÁČEK (203 Czech Republic), Jeroen KOOIJ (578 Norway), Bart MULKENS (56 Belgium), Boyan PETROV (100 Bulgaria), Rick REYNOLDS (840 United States of America), Luisa RODRIGUES (620 Portugal), Craig STIHLER (840 United States of America), Gregory TURNER (840 United States of America) and Marm KILPATRICK (840 United States of America)

Edition

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Blackwell Science, 2015, 1466-822X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.840

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00080737

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12290

UT WoS

000355834900001

Keywords in English

macroecological patterns bats WNS

Abstract

V originále

Understanding macroecological patterns of species abundance and distributions are fundamental issues in ecology, but the causes of these patterns are still poorly known1-7. One difficulty is that species interactions, including infectious disease, may have caused precipitous population declines in the past and continue to suppress populations, but can be difficult to detect subsequently5,8-10. We studied the impacts of an emerging infectious disease on abundance and distributional patterns of its mammalian hosts. We used four decades of population monitoring data to compare sizes of 1,108 colonies of hibernating bats across Europe and North America before and after emergence of white-nose syndrome (WNS), a multi-host disease of hibernating bats that emerged in North America in 200611. Colony sizes before disease arrival in North America were four-fold larger than for ecologically and taxonomically similar species in Europe, even after accounting for habitat and climatic factors that could influence colony size. Seven years after its emergence, WNS had reduced North American bat colony sizes 10-fold until they were no longer significantly different than those in Europe, where the disease has likely been present for millennia12-15. White-nose syndrome has heavily impacted both rare and abundant species and resulted in local extinction of up to two-thirds of colonies of some North American bats. Our results suggest that disease emergence is an underappreciated driver of macroecological patterns of abundance and distribution.

Links

GAP506/12/1064, research and development project

Name: Adaptace netopýrů na plísňové onemocnění geomykózu

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

FRICK, Winifred, Sebastien PUECHMAILLE, Joseph HOYT, Barry NICKEL, Kate LANGWIG, Jeffrey FOSTER, Kate BARLOW, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Dan FELLER, Anne-Jifke HAARSMA, Carl HERZOG, Ivan HORÁČEK, Jeroen KOOIJ, Bart MULKENS, Boyan PETROV, Rick REYNOLDS, Luisa RODRIGUES, Craig STIHLER, Gregory TURNER and Marm KILPATRICK. Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats. Global Ecology and Biogeography. Blackwell Science, 2015, vol. 24, No 7, p. 741-749. ISSN 1466-822X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12290.

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FRICK, Winifred, Sebastien PUECHMAILLE, Joseph HOYT, Barry NICKEL, Kate LANGWIG, Jeffrey FOSTER, Kate BARLOW, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Dan FELLER, Anne-Jifke HAARSMA, Carl HERZOG, Ivan HORÁČEK, Jeroen KOOIJ, Bart MULKENS, Boyan PETROV, Rick REYNOLDS, Luisa RODRIGUES, Craig STIHLER, Gregory TURNER and Marm KILPATRICK. Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats. \textit{Global Ecology and Biogeography}. Blackwell Science, 2015, vol.~24, No~7, p.~741-749. ISSN~1466-822X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12290.

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