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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"North American bats"”.
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Assessing threats to North American bats: impacts of white-nose syndrome and climate on reproduction and survival
Many cave-hibernating North American bat species currently face the threat of extinction due to the newly emergent wildlife disease, white-nose syndrome (WNS). WNS is a fungal disease that has been causing catastrophic declines of bat populations in the eastern United States and Canada since it …
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The external microbiome of bats: Effects of season, site, host species, and body region
… fungal disease that has been detrimental to North American bats for over 10 years, but few investigators have examined the natural microbiota living on these mammals. I explored the influence of season, geographic site, host species, and body region on the external microbiome of four …
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Shifting disease dynamics following the invasion of an emerging wildlife pathogen
… pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome in North American bats. My results revealed that species that contribute the most to pathogen transmission (i.e. the spread of pathogen to a new host) are also the species that experience the most severe disease and greatest mortality, which reduces …
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Assessment of Culverts and Bridges as Roosting Habitat for Perimyotis subflavus (tri-colored bat) and Disease Transmission Corridors for Pseudogymnoascus destructans
… fungal pathogen causing precipitous declines in North American bats due to the development of white-nose syndrome. Since 2006, 34 U.S. states and 7 Canadian provinces have confirmed the presence of <em>P. destructans</em>. Due to the rapid spread of <em>P. destructans </em>across the eastern …
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MICROBIAL COMMENSALS OF TRICOLORED BATS IN GEORGIA AND THEIR PROBIOTIC POTENTIAL
… is a fungal pathogen that has been spreading in North American bats since its initial discovery in 2006. <em>P. destructans</em> is the causative agent of white-nose syndrome (WNS), a disease leading to as much as a 90% decrease in some eastern United States bat populations, with select …
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Nutritional capability of and substrate suitability for Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causal agent of bat white-nose syndrome
… has caused nearly six million deaths in North American bats since its introduction into the United States in 2006. Current research has shown that caves can harbor P. destructans even after the infected bats are removed and bats no longer visit or inhabit previously infected caves. Our …
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Phylogenetic and Morphological Community Structure of North American Desert Bats
… gave results similar to phylogenetic data using North American desert bats as a model system. I found that PCS metrics were robust to moderate changes to phylogeny and that these metrics also trend in the same direction regardless of delimitation method. Bat communities tended to be made up of …