Focus on hyperparasites: Biotic and abiotic traits affecting the prevalence of parasitic microfungi on bat ectoparasites

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F22%3A00555367" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/22:00555367 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12310/22:43904712

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.795020/pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.795020/pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.795020" target="_blank" >10.3389/fevo.2022.795020</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Focus on hyperparasites: Biotic and abiotic traits affecting the prevalence of parasitic microfungi on bat ectoparasites

Original language description

The tritrophic association of bats, bat flies, and Laboulbeniales microfungi is a remarkably understudied system that may reveal patterns applicable to community ecology theory of (hyper)parasites. Laboulbeniales are biotrophic microfungi, exclusively associated with arthropods, with several species that are specialized on bat flies, which themselves are permanent ectoparasites of bats. Several hypotheses were tested on biotic and abiotic traits that may influence the presence and prevalence of hyperparasitic Laboulbeniales fungi on bat flies, based on southeastern European data. We found a wide distribution of fungal infection on bat flies, with underground-dwelling bats hosting more Laboulbeniales-infected flies compared to crevice-dwelling species. Bat host behavior, sociality, roost selection (underground versus crevice), bat fly sex, and season all have significant effects on the prevalence of fungal infection. Laboulbeniales infections are more common on bat flies that are infecting bat species with dense and long-lasting colonies (Miniopterus schreibersii, Myotis myotis, Myotis blythii), which roost primarily in underground sites. Inside these sites, elevated temperature and humidity may enhance the development and transmission of Laboulbeniales fungi. Sexual differences in bat hosts’ behavior also have an effect on fungal infection risk, with densely roosting female bat hosts harboring more Laboulbeniales-infected bat flies.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA21-06446S" target="_blank" >GA21-06446S: Do entomopathogenic fungi drive arthropod diversity gradients via host negative density dependence?</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

ISSN

2296-701X

e-ISSN

2296-701X

Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

FEB 17

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

795020

UT code for WoS article

000765071500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85125752897