A5084026597- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Marine animal studies overview
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Educational Practices and Sociocultural Research
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
Carleton University
2023-2024
Texas Tech University
2018-2022
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
2021
Emerging infectious diseases can have substantial impacts on wildlife health, but also provide an opportunity to understand how populations respond novel selective pressures. White-nose syndrome (WNS) has decimated some of bats in eastern North America, vary among species. We counted 11 hibernacula Ontario, Canada, before and after WNS arrived, compared the relative abundance 5 bat species captured pre-WNS (1966–1968 2007–2009) post-WNS (2017–2019) during swarming at one these hibernacula....
The degree to which Grinnellian and Eltonian niche characteristics influence species distribution may depend on latitude. Tropical regions are environmentally stable resource-rich, whereas temperate comparatively less (e.g., environmental filtering). Moreover, phylogenetic conservatism could distributions by inhibiting the ability for colonize different locations. Herein, we examine relationships between characteristics, passerine distributions, across latitudinal gradient. We used climatic...
Identifying biological processes that structure natural communities has long interested ecologists. Community may be determined by various processes, including differential responses of species to environmental characteristics, regional-level spatial influences such as dispersal, or stochasticity generated from ecological drift. Few studies have used the metacommunity paradigm (interacting linked dispersal) investigate avian community composition along an urban gradient, yet a theoretical...
Alloparental care has been reported in over 120 mammalian species. Here, we describe the first observed cases of induced alloparental Seba's short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) at Macaregua cave (Santander, Colombia). As a part reproductive study, specimens C. perspicillata were sampled between June and August 2015. During two separate occasions, willingness lactating females to accept carry abandoned pups, after put female non-parental pup together. Additional data is needed...
Bats commonly use highway infrastructure as day- or night-roosts. Nonetheless, little is known regarding how regularly bats these structures whether they do so only on a seasonal basis. We surveyed 13 parallel box beam bridges along 15 km of State Highway 17 in Jeff Davis County, Texas monthly for 12 months to examine seasonality day-roost use. using bridges, ranked based abundance, were: Tadarida brasiliensis , Myotis velifer M. californicus/ciliolabrum yumanensis Antrozous pallidus, and...
Increasing urbanization over the last century has resulted in a greater abundance of invasive species. Invasive feral pigeons (Columba livia) damage critical urban infrastructure and pose risks to human health. Universities, including Texas Tech University (TTU), located Lubbock, Texas, have difficulty decreasing adverse effects caused by pigeons. Assessing reliable estimates population demographics is an important first step understanding managing damaging pigeon populations. Our goal was...