Fungi as mediators linking organisms and ecosystems
Fungi form a major and diverse component of most ecosystems on Earth. They are both
micro and macroorganisms with high and varying functional diversity as well as great …
micro and macroorganisms with high and varying functional diversity as well as great …
Ecosystem services provided by bats
TH Kunz, E Braun de Torrez, D Bauer… - Annals of the New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem services are the benefits obtained from the environment that increase human
well‐being. Economic valuation is conducted by measuring the human welfare gains or …
well‐being. Economic valuation is conducted by measuring the human welfare gains or …
Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health
The past two decades have seen an increasing number of virulent infectious diseases in
natural populations and managed landscapes. In both animals and plants, an …
natural populations and managed landscapes. In both animals and plants, an …
Experimental infection of bats with Geomyces destructans causes white-nose syndrome
White-nose syndrome (WNS) has caused recent catastrophic declines among multiple
species of bats in eastern North America,. The disease's name derives from a visually …
species of bats in eastern North America,. The disease's name derives from a visually …
Potential for spread of the white-nose fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) in the Americas: use of Maxent and NicheA to assure strict model transference
Emerging infectious diseases can present serious threats to wildlife, even to the point of
causing extinction. White-nose fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) is causing an …
causing extinction. White-nose fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) is causing an …
Inoculation of bats with European Geomyces destructans supports the novel pathogen hypothesis for the origin of white-nose syndrome
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emerging disease of hibernating bats associated with
cutaneous infection by the fungus Geomyces destructans (Gd), and responsible for …
cutaneous infection by the fungus Geomyces destructans (Gd), and responsible for …
Phylogenetic evaluation of Geomyces and allies reveals no close relatives of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, comb. nov., in bat hibernacula of eastern North …
AM Minnis, DL Lindner - Fungal biology, 2013 - Elsevier
White-nose syndrome (WNS) of bats, caused by the fungus previously known as Geomyces
destructans, has decimated populations of insectivorous bats in eastern North America …
destructans, has decimated populations of insectivorous bats in eastern North America …
Temperature-Dependent Growth of Geomyces destructans, the Fungus That Causes Bat White-Nose Syndrome
ML Verant, JG Boyles, W Waldrep Jr, G Wibbelt… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emergent disease estimated to have killed over five
million North American bats. Caused by the psychrophilic fungus Geomyces destructans …
million North American bats. Caused by the psychrophilic fungus Geomyces destructans …
Wing pathology of white-nose syndrome in bats suggests life-threatening disruption of physiology
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is causing unprecedented declines in several species of North
American bats. The characteristic lesions of WNS are caused by the fungus Geomyces …
American bats. The characteristic lesions of WNS are caused by the fungus Geomyces …
A world review of fungi, yeasts, and slime moldes in caves
KJ Vanderwolf, D Malloch, DF McAlpine - 2013 - digitalcommons.usf.edu
We provide a review of fungi, yeasts, and slime molds that have been found in natural
solution caves and mines worldwide. Such habitats provide frequent roost sites for bats, and …
solution caves and mines worldwide. Such habitats provide frequent roost sites for bats, and …