10.5061/DRYAD.22DT8
Borer, Elizabeth T.
University of Minnesota
Seabloom, Eric W.
University of Minnesota
Mitchell, Charles E.
University of North Carolina
Power, Alison G.
Cornell University
Data from: Local context drives infection of grasses by vector-borne
generalist viruses
Dryad
dataset
2016
Infection risk
Barley and cereal yellow dwarf virus
California grassland
Disease ecology
2016-11-01T13:40:38Z
2016-11-01T13:40:38Z
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01475.x
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Host characteristics commonly determine infection risk, but infection can
also be mediated by regional- or local-scale variation in the biotic and
abiotic environment. Experiments can clarify the relative importance of
these factors. We quantified drivers of infection by barley and cereal
yellow dwarf viruses (B/CYDV), a group of generalist, vector-borne grass
pathogens, at hierarchically nested spatial scales (105–1 m) by planting
individuals of six common grass species into five Pacific Coast grassland
sites spanning 7° of latitude (> 5000 total hosts) and applying a
factorial combination of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer. Infection
differed most among experimental blocks (102–103 m scale), suggesting that
local factors control infection risk; infection increased with cover of
long-lived hosts and phosphorus, but not nitrogen, fertilization. For
B/CYDV, local context more strongly predicts infection risk than host
species traits or regional context; such spatially nested experiments can
clarify the factors underlying variation in infection risk.
BigFert-Infection-Coordinates-WeightBigFert-BiomassBigFert-CoverBigFert-Plant-SurvivalBigFert-SoilsBigFert-Data-DescriptionsDescription of remaining data files. Additional publication associated with these data : Seabloom, Eric W., et al. "Richness and composition of niche-assembled viral pathogen communities." PLoS One 8.2 (2013): e55675.
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