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Microclimate limits thermal behaviour favourable to disease control in a nocturnal amphibian

Wouter Beukema, Frank Pasmans (UGent) , Sarah Van Praet (UGent) , Francisco Ferri‐Yáñez, Moira Kelly, Alexandra Laking, Jesse Erens (UGent) , Jeroen Speybroeck, Kris Verheyen (UGent) , Luc Lens (UGent) , et al.
(2020) ECOLOGY LETTERS. 24(1). p.27-37
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While epizootics increasingly affect wildlife, it remains poorly understood how the environment shapes most host-pathogen systems. Here, we employ a three-step framework to study microclimate influence on ectotherm host thermal behaviour, focusing on amphibian chytridiomycosis in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) infected with the fungal pathogenBatrachochytrium salamandrivorans(Bsal). Laboratory trials reveal that innate variation in thermal preference, rather than behavioural fever, can inhibit infection and facilitate salamander recovery under humidity-saturated conditions. Yet, a 3-year field study and a mesocosm experiment close to the invasiveBsalrange show that microclimate constraints suppress host thermal behaviour favourable to disease control. A final mechanistic model, that estimates range-wide, year-round host body temperature relative to microclimate, suggests that these constraints are rule rather than exception. Our results demonstrate how innate host defences against epizootics may remain constrained in the wild, which predisposes to range-wide disease outbreaks and population declines.
Keywords
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, chytridiomycosis, disease ecology, environmental context, host response, salamander, thermal ecology, thermoregulation, BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-SALAMANDRIVORANS, TEMPERATURE REGULATION, CLIMATE-CHANGE, INFECTION, FEVER, FIELD, CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS, ECOPHYSIOLOGY, DENDROBATIDIS, HYPOTHESIS

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Beukema, Wouter, et al. “Microclimate Limits Thermal Behaviour Favourable to Disease Control in a Nocturnal Amphibian.” ECOLOGY LETTERS, edited by Sonya Auer, vol. 24, no. 1, 2020, pp. 27–37, doi:10.1111/ele.13616.
APA
Beukema, W., Pasmans, F., Van Praet, S., Ferri‐Yáñez, F., Kelly, M., Laking, A., … Martel, A. (2020). Microclimate limits thermal behaviour favourable to disease control in a nocturnal amphibian. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 24(1), 27–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13616
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Beukema, Wouter, Frank Pasmans, Sarah Van Praet, Francisco Ferri‐Yáñez, Moira Kelly, Alexandra Laking, Jesse Erens, et al. 2020. “Microclimate Limits Thermal Behaviour Favourable to Disease Control in a Nocturnal Amphibian.” Edited by Sonya Auer. ECOLOGY LETTERS 24 (1): 27–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13616.
Chicago author-date (all authors)
Beukema, Wouter, Frank Pasmans, Sarah Van Praet, Francisco Ferri‐Yáñez, Moira Kelly, Alexandra Laking, Jesse Erens, Jeroen Speybroeck, Kris Verheyen, Luc Lens, and An Martel. 2020. “Microclimate Limits Thermal Behaviour Favourable to Disease Control in a Nocturnal Amphibian.” Ed by. Sonya Auer. ECOLOGY LETTERS 24 (1): 27–37. doi:10.1111/ele.13616.
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Beukema W, Pasmans F, Van Praet S, Ferri‐Yáñez F, Kelly M, Laking A, et al. Microclimate limits thermal behaviour favourable to disease control in a nocturnal amphibian. Auer S, editor. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 2020;24(1):27–37.
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W. Beukema et al., “Microclimate limits thermal behaviour favourable to disease control in a nocturnal amphibian,” ECOLOGY LETTERS, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 27–37, 2020.
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  title        = {{Microclimate limits thermal behaviour favourable to disease control in a nocturnal amphibian}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13616}},
  volume       = {{24}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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