Publications

ectoparasite associations of bats from central pennsylvania.	between april and october 1997, 689 bats representing seven species were captured at pennsylvania's canoe creek state park. each bat was sampled for ectoparasitic arthropods, and four species were collected from 13.2% of the host individuals. ectoparasites include the bat flea myodopsylla insignis (rothschild), the wing mite spinturnix americanus (banks), the bed bug cimex adjunctus barber, and the soft tick ornithodoros kelleyi cooley & kohls. prevalence, relative density, and mean intensity we ...	2003	14765658
white-nose syndrome and wing damage index scores among summer bats in the northeastern united states.	white-nose syndrome (wns) adversely affects millions of bats hibernating in caves of the eastern united states. beginning in 2009, the us fish and wildlife service supported use of a wing damage index (wdi) scoring system (scale of 0 to 3, or no damage to severe) to assess wing damage of bats captured during summer. based on bat captures at 459 mist net sites in pennsylvania, new york, maryland, virginia, and new jersey, usa, we questioned whether wdi scores varied by species group, date, and di ...	2011	21269995
genetic structure of little brown bats (myotis lucifugus) corresponds with spread of white-nose syndrome among hibernacula.	until recently, the little brown bat (myotis lucifugus) was one of the most common bat species in north america. however, this species currently faces a significant threat from the emerging fungal disease white-nose syndrome (wns). the aims of this study were to examine the population genetic structure of m. lucifugus hibernating colonies in pennsylvania (pa) and west virginia (wv), and to determine whether that population structure may have influenced the pattern of spread of wns. samples were ...	2014	24591103
molecular detection of candidatus bartonella mayotimonensis in north american bats.	candidatus bartonella mayotimonensis was detected in 2010 from an aortic valve sample of a patient with endocarditis from iowa, the united states of america. the environmental source of the potentially new endocarditis-causing bartonella remained elusive. we set out to study the prevalence and diversity of bat-associated bartonella in north america. during 2015, mist nets and harp traps were used to capture 92 bats belonging to two species: little brown myotis (myotis lucifugus le conte 1831, n ...	2017	28165925