Body mass and hibernation microclimate may predict bat susceptibility to white-nose syndrome

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume11
dc.contributor.authorHaase CG
dc.contributor.authorFuller NW
dc.contributor.authorDzal YA
dc.contributor.authorHranac CR
dc.contributor.authorHayman DTS
dc.contributor.authorLausen CL
dc.contributor.authorSilas KA
dc.contributor.authorOlson SH
dc.contributor.authorPlowright RK
dc.date.available2021-01
dc.date.available2020-11-06
dc.date.issued7/01/2021
dc.description.abstractIn multihost disease systems, differences in mortality between species may reflect variation in host physiology, morphology, and behavior. In systems where the pathogen can persist in the environment, microclimate conditions, and the adaptation of the host to these conditions, may also impact mortality. White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emerging disease of hibernating bats caused by an environmentally persistent fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans. We assessed the effects of body mass, torpid metabolic rate, evaporative water loss, and hibernaculum temperature and water vapor deficit on predicted overwinter survival of bats infected by P. destructans. We used a hibernation energetics model in an individual-based model framework to predict the probability of survival of nine bat species at eight sampling sites across North America. The model predicts time until fat exhaustion as a function of species-specific host characteristics, hibernaculum microclimate, and fungal growth. We fit a linear model to determine relationships with each variable and predicted survival and semipartial correlation coefficients to determine the major drivers in variation in bat survival. We found host body mass and hibernaculum water vapor deficit explained over half of the variation in survival with WNS across species. As previous work on the interplay between host and pathogen physiology and the environment has focused on species with narrow microclimate preferences, our view on this relationship is limited. Our results highlight some key predictors of interspecific survival among western bat species and provide a framework to assess impacts of WNS as the fungus continues to spread into western North America.
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dc.format.extent506 - 515
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dc.identifier.citationECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2021, 11 (1), pp. 506 - 515
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.7070
dc.identifier.elements-id436553
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/17832
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons, Ltd
dc.relation.isPartOfECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
dc.subjectbats
dc.subjectdisease
dc.subjectevaporative water loss
dc.subjecthibernation energetics
dc.subjectmicroclimate
dc.subjectPseudogymnoascus destructans
dc.subjectwhite&#8208
dc.subjectnose syndrome
dc.subject.anzsrc0602 Ecology
dc.subject.anzsrc0603 Evolutionary Biology
dc.titleBody mass and hibernation microclimate may predict bat susceptibility to white-nose syndrome
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences/School of Veterinary Science
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