Publications by authors named "Elyse C Mallinger"
Article Synopsis
- White-nose syndrome, a fungal disease affecting cave-hibernating bats in North America, has led to millions of deaths and local extinctions since its detection in 2006 by depleting fat reserves and impairing immune responses during hibernation.
- An analysis of acoustic survey data from nine US National Parks between 2016 and 2020 showed that while hibernating species like little brown bats and northern long-eared bats saw a decline in their call abundance after the disease’s spread, migratory species like hoary bats and silver-haired bats experienced an increase.
- The study found that the reproductive success of bats may not be directly impacted by white-nose syndrome, as there were no significant changes in acoustic
