TY - T1 - Landscape structure and ecology influence the spread of a bat fungal disease SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/268047 T3 - A1 - Lilley, Thomas Mikael; Anttila, Jani Valtteri; Ruokolainen, Lasse A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - White-nose syndrome (WNS), affecting multiple North American bat species during the hibernation period, is a highly pathogenic disease caused by the psychrophilic fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). Because the fungal pathogen persists in the hibernation site environment independently of the hosts, previous theory on spatial disease dynamics cannot predict WNS epidemics. However, the ability to understand factors contributing to the spread of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in North America is c... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 1172 Environmental sciences; 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology; Chiroptera; dispersal; landscape structure; opportunistic pathogen; outside-host competition; White-nose syndrome; WNS; MYOTIS-LUCIFUGUS; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS-DESTRUCTANS; GEOMYCES-DESTRUCTANS; INFECTIOUS-DISEASE; HIBERNATING BAT; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; SPATIAL DYNAMICS; EMERGING DISEASE; SUMMER ACTIVITY; Chiroptera; dispersal; landscape structure; opportunistic pathogen; outside-host competition; White-nose syndrome; WNS; WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME; MYOTIS-LUCIFUGUS; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS-DESTRUCTANS; GEOMYCES-DESTRUCTANS; INFECTIOUS-DISEASE; HIBERNATING BAT; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; SPATIAL DYNAMICS; EMERGING DISEASE; SUMMER ACTIVITY N1 - PP - ER -