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ArticleJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2020

On the Fly: Tritrophic Associations of Bats, Bat Flies, and Fungi.

Michiel D de Groot, Iris Dumolein, Thomas Hiller, Attila D Sándor, Tamara Szentiványi, Menno Schilthuizen, M Catherine Aime, Annemieke Verbeken, Danny Haelewaters

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Article in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 7 countries.

Michiel D de GrootResearch Group Evolutionary Ecology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333CR Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0406-1076
Iris DumoleinResearch Group Mycology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9337-5578
Thomas HillerEcology of Tropical Agricultural Systems, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 13, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4044-9956
Attila D SándorDepartment of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Mănăștur 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8852-8341
Tamara SzentiványiPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, 1395 S. Knoles Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8123-0374
Menno SchilthuizenResearch Group Evolutionary Ecology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333CR Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6229-0347
M Catherine AimeDepartment of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8742-6685
Annemieke VerbekenResearch Group Mycology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Danny HaelewatersResearch Group Mycology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6424-0834
Ghent University · BENaturalis Biodiversity Center · NLNorthern Arizona University · USSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute · PAState Street (United States) · USUniversity of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca · ROUniversity of Hohenheim · DE

Funding

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Summer Research Travel Grant (D.H.)German Research Foundation SPP 1596 Grant TS 81/6-1 (T.H.)Harvard University Herbaria Fernald Fund (D.H).Mycological Society of America Graduate Fellowship (D.H.)Mycological Society of America Robert W. Lichtwardt Student Research Award (D.H.)National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary) 132794 (A.D.S.)New National Excellence Programme ÚNKP 19-4-ÁTE-10 (A.D.S.)Research Foundation-Flanders Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship 1206620N (D.H.)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Research Fellowship (T.H.)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Short-Term Research Fellowship (D.H.)USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch project 1010662 (M.C.A.)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parasitism is one of the most diverse and abundant modes of life, and of great ecological and evolutionary importance. Notwithstanding, large groups of parasites remain relatively understudied. One particularly unique form of parasitism is hyperparasitism, where a parasite is parasitized itself. Bats (Chiroptera) may be parasitized by bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea), obligate blood-sucking parasites, which in turn may be parasitized by hyperparasitic fungi, Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniomycetes). In this study, we present the global tritrophic associations among species within these groups and analyze their host specificity patterns. Bats, bat flies, and Laboulbeniales fungi are shown to form complex networks, and sixteen new associations are revealed. Bat flies are highly host-specific compared to Laboulbeniales. We discuss possible future avenues of study with regard to the dispersal of the fungi, abiotic factors influencing the parasite prevalence, and ecomorphology of the bat fly parasites.

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bat fliesChiropterafood webshost specificityhyperparasitesLaboulbenialesparasites

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PMID33322768
PMCPMC7770572
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