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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"white-nose syndrome"”.
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Acoustic sampling considerations for bats in the post-white-nose syndrome landscape
… North America are either facing new threats from white-nose syndrome (WNS) and wind energy development or have already experienced precipitous declines. Accordingly, researchers and managers need to know how to best monitor bats to document population and distribution changes, as well as where to …
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Local impacts of White-nose Syndrome on the foraging ecology of insectivorous bats
… of PCR cycles may be reagent-dependent. </p> <p>White-nose Syndrome (WNS) has devastated the insectivorous bats of eastern North America, resulting in dramatic population declines and shifting foraging niches. In Chapter 3, I investigate the effects of WNS, as well as prescribed fire and insect …
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Changing Relationship Between Temperature and Pathogen Growth on Bats with White-nose Syndrome
… Our study investigated the disease dynamics of white-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) across a spatiotemporal gradient. We explored the relationship between bat roosting temperatures and Pd growth rates …
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Assessing threats to North American bats: impacts of white-nose syndrome and climate on reproduction and survival
… 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 first emerged in 2006. The fungal pathogen, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, infects the …
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Nutritional capability of and substrate suitability for Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causal agent of bat white-nose syndrome
… 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 …
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Ecology of northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) in a coastal setting after the introduction of White-nose Syndrome
… due to the introduction and rapid spread of White-nose Syndrome. This has prompted an urgent need for a greater understanding of their natural history in order to support the conservation of extant populations, particularly where forested day-roost and foraging habitats are being fragmented …
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Ecology of Mid-Atlantic bats after white-nose syndrome: communities, reproduction, and diet within an urban-to-rural gradient
White-nose syndrome (WNS) has reduced the abundance of many bat species within the United States' mid-Atlantic region, including the endangered Indiana (Myotis sodalis), threatened Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat) and other bats of conservation concern, such as Perimyotis subflavus …
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Assessing the Long-term Impacts of White-nose Syndrome on Bat Communities Using Acoustic Surveys at Fort Drum Military Installation
… in abundance and changing distribution of White-nose Syndrome (WNS)-affected bat species, increased reliance on acoustic monitoring is now the new "normal". As such, the ability to accurately identify individual bat species with acoustic identification programs has become increasingly …
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Assessing the effects of prescribed fire on foraging bats at Mammoth Cave National Park after the arrival of White-nose Syndrome
… may shift following population level impacts of White-nose Syndrome (WNS). Multiple bat species have experienced unprecedented population declines due to WNS, including federally listed Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat) and Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat). Specifically, the effect of …
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Assessing the impacts of white-nose syndrome induced mortality on the monitoring of a bat community at Fort Drum Military Installation
Since white-nose syndrome (WNS) arrived in the northeastern U.S. in 2006, several affected bat species have exhibited marked population declines (> 90%). For areas such as Fort Drum in northern New York that are subject to regulatory mandates because of the presence of the endangered Indiana bat …
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An Examination of White-Nose Syndrome Occurrence and Dispersal Patterns: Utilizing Global and Local Moran's I Analysis to Evaluate an Emerging Pathogen
… the spatio-temporal dispersal patterns of the White-Nose Syndrome currently affecting North American bat species is undertaken to further understand the disease transmission mechanism(s) of this emerging wildlife epidemic. White-Nose Syndrome has been responsible for in excess of five million …
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Spatial Ecology and Conservation Strategies for the Endangered Northern Long-Eared Bat (<i>Myotis septentrionalis</i>) in a Post-White-Nose Syndrome Landscape
… destructans</i>, the fungal pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS). Due to continued mortality, failed recruitment, and range fragmentation, effective species conservation would benefit from local and regional research related to habitat selection and suitability, seasonal activity, and …
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Investigating biometrics of Perimyotis subflavus in traditional and nontraditional hibernacula in the Southeastern United States as it relates to susceptibility to white-nose syndrome.
… declined significantly since the emergence of white-nose syndrome (WNS) and has been proposed for listing as “endangered” under the United States Endangered Species Act. Traditionally, bats use caves as hibernacula, but as anthropogenic impacts have increased so has the use of manmade …
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Potential environmental factors associated with the newly emerging bat white-nose syndrome in the northeastern United States: an exploratory modeling approach and case-control study
The emergence of mortality-causing bat White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) in the Northeastern United States during 2006 prompted an immediate need for research surrounding possible causation factors influencing its spread. Due to the mysterious nature of fungal pathogens, it has been very difficult to …
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Exploring the drivers and consequences of emerging infectious disease of wildlife
… by the emerging fungal pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome, Pseudogymnoascus destructans. In Chapter 2, I disentangle the effects of adaptive host traits and environmental influences in driving host population stabilization of the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), finding that …
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Seasonal activity patterns of bats in the Central Appalachians
… eastern United States: a fungal disease called White-nose Syndrome (WNS) and wind energy development. White-nose Syndrome has caused the death of millions of bats in North America, and multiple hibernating bat species are affected in the central Appalachians. Wind energy is one of the most …
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Arousal patterns, fungal loads, and wing damage in a surviving population of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)
… Tippy Dam in Michigan have shown resilience to white-nose syndrome (WNS), which is caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans. This study evaluated the impact of environment (temperature and moisture), pathogen virulence, and host susceptibility on survival. Host response was assessed …
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The external microbiome of bats: Effects of season, site, host species, and body region
<p>White-nose syndrome is a cutaneous 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 …
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Bats of the Monongahela National Forest
… bats, particularly by those species affected by white-nose syndrome.</p>
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Shifting disease dynamics following the invasion of an emerging wildlife pathogen
… an introduced fungal 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 …
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