Ecology and impacts of white-nose syndrome on bats

JR Hoyt, AM Kilpatrick, KE Langwig - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The recent introduction of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (the fungal pathogen that causes
white-nose syndrome in bats) from Eurasia to North America has resulted in the collapse of …

Optimal hibernation theory

JG Boyles, JS Johnson, A Blomberg… - Mammal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hibernation has received considerable attention from physiologists and natural historians,
but theoretical and ecological treatments of hibernation are rarer. There is ample recent …

Higher fat stores contribute to persistence of little brown bat populations with white‐nose syndrome

TL Cheng, A Gerson, MS Moore… - Journal of Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The persistence of populations declining from novel stressors depends, in part, on their
ability to respond by trait change via evolution or plasticity. White‐nose syndrome (WNS) …

Instability waves in a subsonic round jet detected using a near-field phased microphone array

T Suzuki, T Colonius - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2006 - cambridge.org
We propose a diagnostic technique to detect instability waves in a subsonic round jet using
a phased microphone array. The detection algorithm is analogous to the beam-forming …

Pathogen dynamics during invasion and establishment of white‐nose syndrome explain mechanisms of host persistence

WF Frick, TL Cheng, KE Langwig, JR Hoyt, AF Janicki… - 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Disease dynamics during pathogen invasion and establishment determine the impacts of
disease on host populations and determine the mechanisms of host persistence. Temporal …

Shock leakage through an unsteady vortex-laden mixing layer: application to jet screech

T Suzuki, SK Lele - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2003 - cambridge.org
In an under-expanded supersonic jet, the interaction between shock-cell structure and
vortices in a mixing layer generates intense tonal noise, called jet screech. This noise …

Cooling of bat hibernacula to mitigate white‐nose syndrome

GG Turner, BJ Sewall, MR Scafini, TM Lilley… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
White‐nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease that has caused precipitous declines in
several North American bat species, creating an urgent need for conservation. We examined …

Continued preference for suboptimal habitat reduces bat survival with white-nose syndrome

SR Hopkins, JR Hoyt, JP White, HM Kaarakka… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Habitat alteration can influence suitability, creating ecological traps where habitat
preference and fitness are mismatched. Despite their importance, ecological traps are …

Effect of humidity on development of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causal agent of bat white-nose syndrome

CM Marroquin, JO Lavine, ST Windstam - Northeastern Naturalist, 2017 - BioOne
The invasive fungal pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS),
Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has decimated bat populations in the United States …

Persist or perish: Can bats threatened with extinction persist and recover from white-nose syndrome?

TL Cheng, AB Bennett, M Teague O'Mara… - Integrative and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Emerging mycoses are an increasing concern in wildlife and human health. Given the
historical rarity of fungal pathogens in warm-bodied vertebrates, there is a need to better …