Environmental persistence but not per capita transmission rates of a chytrid fungus determines infection prevalence
S. L. Rumschlag, S. A. Roth, T. A. McMahon, J. R. Rohr, D. J. Civitello
The paper investigates how environmental factors affect the infection prevalence of the chytrid fungus Bd, finding that zoospore mortality, not transmission rates, drives variation in infection levels.
bioRxiv · Mar 17, 2021Ecology