Contaminant exposure as an additional stressor to bats affected by white-nose syndrome: current evidence and knowledge gaps

AB Cable, EV Willcox, C Leppanen - Ecotoxicology, 2022 - Springer
Bats are exposed to numerous threats including pollution and emerging diseases. In North
America, the fungal disease white-nose syndrome (WNS) has caused declines in many bat …

Winter torpor expression varies in four bat species with differential susceptibility to white-nose syndrome

RT Jackson, EV Willcox, RF Bernard - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Studies examining the overwintering behaviors of North American hibernating bats are
limited to a handful of species. We deployed temperature-sensitive transmitters on four …

Feasting, not fasting: winter diets of cave hibernating bats in the United States

RF Bernard, EV Willcox, RT Jackson, VA Brown… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - Springer
Temperate bat species use extended torpor to conserve energy when ambient temperatures
are low and food resources are scarce. Previous research suggests that migratory bat …

Integrating mortality risk and the adaptiveness of hibernation

T Constant, S Giroud, VA Viblanc, ML Tissier… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Low mortality rate is often associated with slow life history, and so far, has mainly been
assessed through examinations of specific adaptations and lifestyles that limit mortality risk …

White-nose syndrome dramatically altered the summer bat assemblage in a temperate Southern Appalachian forest

JM O'Keefe, JL Pettit, SC Loeb, WH Stiver - Mammalian Biology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract White-nose syndrome (WNS), an epizootic disease caused by an invasive fungus,
threatens bat populations across North America. WNS-induced changes in summer bat …

Winter behavior of bats and the progression of white‐nose syndrome in the southeastern United States

RF Bernard, GF McCracken - Ecology and evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the winter behavior of bats in temperate North America can provide insight
into how bats react to perturbations caused by natural disturbances such as weather, human …

Immune responses in hibernating little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) with white-nose syndrome

TM Lilley, JM Prokkola, JS Johnson… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease responsible for decimating many bat
populations in North America. Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the psychrophilic …

Molecular Detection of the Causative Agent of White-nose Syndrome on Rafinesque's Big-eared Bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) and Two Species of Migratory Bats in …

RF Bernard, JT Foster, EV Willcox… - Journal of wildlife …, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causal agent of white-nose syndrome (WNS), is
responsible for widespread mortality of hibernating bats across eastern North America. To …

Winter habitats of bats in Texas

MB Meierhofer, JS Johnson, SJ Leivers, BL Pierce… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Few studies have described winter microclimate selection by bats in the southern United
States. This is of particular importance as the cold-adapted fungus, Pseudogymnoascus …

Survival of hibernating little brown bats that are unaffected by white-nose syndrome: Using thermal cameras to understand arousal behavior

HJ Gmutza, RW Foster, JM Gmutza, GG Carter, A Kurta - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
White-nose syndrome is a fungal disease that has decimated hibernating bats from multiple
North American species. In 2014, the invasive fungus arrived at a hibernaculum of little …