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2024.
Reimer, J.P. and R.M.R. Barclay. 2024. Seasonal phenology of the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) at 60N. Ecosphere. doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4778
2023.
Blejwas, K., Beard, L., Buchanan, J., Lausen, C.L., Neubaum, D., Tobin, A., and Weller, T.J. 2023. Could white-nose syndrome manifest differently in Myotis lucifugus in Western versus Eastern regions of North America? A review of factors. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 59(3): 381–397. DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-22-00050
Mullet, T.C. and Burger, P. 2023. Landscape predictors and spatial distribution of little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) coastal foraging habitat along the Northern Gulf of Alaska. Polar Biology 46: 1203-1213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03194-w
Slough, B.G., Reid, D.G., Schultz, D.S., and Leung, M.C.-Y. 2023. Little brown bat activity patterns and conservation implications in agricultural landscapes in boreal Yukon, Canada. Ecosphere 2023;14:e4446. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4446
2022.
Davy, C.M., von Zuben, V., Kukka, P.M., Gerber, B.D., Slough, B.G. and Jung, T.S., 2022. Rapidly declining body size in an insectivorous bat is associated with increased precipitation and decreased survival. Ecological Applications, p.e2639.
Edwards, P.D., Boonstra, R., Bosson, C.O., Jane Harms, N., Kukka, P.M., Willis, C.K. and Jung, T.S., 2022. Effects of capture on stress-axis measures in endangered little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus). Journal of Mammalogy, 103(1), pp.91-99.
Fjelldal, M.A., Sørås, R. and Stawski, C., 2022. Universality of Torpor Expression in Bats. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 95(4), pp.326-339.
Slough, B.G., Lausen, C.L., Paterson, B., Hansen, I.J., Thomas, J.P., Kukka, P.M., Jung, T.S., Rae, J. and van de Wetering, D., 2022. New records about the diversity, distribution, and seasonal activity patterns by bats in Yukon and Northwestern British Columbia. Northwestern Naturalist, 103(2), pp.162-182.
2021.
Blejwas, K.M., Pendelton, G.W., Kohan, M.L., and Beard, L.O. 2021. The Milieu Souterrain Superficiel as hibernation habitat for bats: implications for white-nose syndrome. Journal of Mammalogy 102(4): 1110 - 1127.
Frafjord, K., 2021. The influence of night length: Activity of the northern bat Eptesicus nilssonii under conditions of continuous light in midnight sun compared to a southern population. BMC Zoology, 6(1), pp.1-11.
Hranac, C.R., Haase, C.G., Fuller, N.W., McClure, M.L., Marshall, J.C., Lausen, C.L., McGuire, L.P., Olson, S.H. and Hayman, D.T., 2021. What is winter? Modeling spatial variation in bat host traits and hibernation and their implications for overwintering energetics. Ecology and evolution, 11(17), pp.11604-11614.
Jochum, K., Savory, G., Reimer, J. and CEMML, A., 2021. Inventory of Threatened Bat Species on Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
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Mullet, T.C., Burger, P. and Griffin, K., 2021. Bats transit and forage over nearshore environments in the northern gulf of Alaska. Northwestern Naturalist, 102(2), pp.150-156.
Skåra, K.H., Bech, C., Fjelldal, M.A., van Der Kooij, J., Sørås, R. and Stawski, C., 2021. Energetics of whiskered bats in comparison to other bats of the family Vespertilionidae. Biology Open, 10(8), p.bio058640.
Snively, M.L., Pendleton, G.W., Christie, K.S. and Blejwas, K.M., 2021. Little brown myotis activity patterns in south-central Alaska. Northwestern Naturalist, 102(3), pp.216-231.
Thomas, J.P., Kukka, P.M., Benjamin, J.E., Barclay, R.M., Johnson, C.J., Schmiegelow, F.K. and Jung, T.S., 2021. Foraging habitat drives the distribution of an endangered bat in an urbanizing boreal landscape. Ecosphere, 12(3), p.e03457.
2020.
Jung, T.S., 2020. Bats in the changing boreal forest: response to a megafire by endangered little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus). Ecoscience, 27(1), pp.59-70.
Slough, B.G. and Jung, T.S., 2020. Little brown bats utilize multiple maternity roosts within foraging areas: implications for identifying summer habitat. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 11(1), pp.311-320.
2019.
Thomas, J.P., Reid, M.L., Jung, T.S. and Barclay, R.M., 2019. Site occupancy of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) in response to salvage logging in the boreal forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 451, p.117501.
Norris, J., Jung, T.S., Kukka, P.M., Slough, B.G., and Aitken. K.E.H. 2019. Beyond exit counts: using a mark-recapture approach to estimate the size of a meta-colony of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus). Poster presentation: Conference: Yukon Biodiversity Forum (March 2019, Whitehorse, Yukon). (Poster link)
Thomas, J.P. and Jung, T.S., 2019. Life in a northern town: rural villages in the boreal forest are islands of habitat for an endangered bat. Ecosphere, 10(1), p.e02563.
2018.
Faust, J. L. 2018. Master's Thesis: Bat activity and distribution in coastal southcentral Alaska: Copper River Delta. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I. (2091485385).
Hueffer, K. and Murphy, M., 2018. Rabies in Alaska, from the past to an uncertain future. International journal of circumpolar health, 77(1), p.1475185.
Kaupas, L.A. and Barclay, R.M., 2018. Temperature-dependent consumption of spiders by little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus), but not northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), in northern Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 96(3), pp.261-268.
Shively, R., Barboza, P., Doak, P. and Jung, T.S., 2018. Increased diet breadth of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) at their northern range limit: a multimethod approach. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 96(1), pp.31-38.
Wetzler, G.C. and Boyles, J.G., 2018. The energetics of mosquito feeding by insectivorous bats. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 96(4), pp.373-377.
2017.
Michaelsen, T.C., 2017. Spatial distribution of bats (Chiroptera) in valleys at northern latitudes in Europe. Folia Zoologica, 66(3), pp.196-202.
Shively, R. and Barboza, P., 2017. Range and roosting ecology of the little brown bat, myotis lucifugus, in interior and northern Alaska. Northwestern Naturalist, 98(2), pp.122-131.
2016.
Boyles, J.G., McGuire, L.P., Boyles, E., Reimer, J.P., Brooks, C.A., Rutherford, R.W., Rutherford, T.A., Whitaker Jr, J.O. and McCracken, G.F., 2016. Physiological and behavioral adaptations in bats living at high latitudes. Physiology & Behavior, 165, pp.322-327.
Kaupas, L. 2016. Master's thesis: Roosting Behaviour and Thermoregulation of the Northern Long-Eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) Near the Northern Extent of its Range. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27692
Michaelsen, T.C., 2016. Summer temperature and precipitation govern bat diversity at northern latitudes in Norway. Mammalia, 80(1), pp.1-9.
2014.
Blejwas, K.M., 2014. Acoustic monitoring provides first records of Hoary Bats (Lasiurus cinereus) and delineates the distribution of Silver-haired Bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans) in Southeast Alaska. Northwestern Naturalist, 95(3), pp.236-250.
2013.
Reimer, J. 2013. Master's thesis: Under the midnight sun: behavioural adaptations of the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) at 60°N latitude. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27111
2009.
Randall, L. 2009. Master's thesis: The effect of forest disturbance on bats of the southwestern Yukon. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3066
2008.
Talerico, J. M. 2008. Master's thesis: The behaviour, diet and morphology of the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) near the northern extent of its range in Yukon Canada. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14939
1990's.
Parker, D.I., Lawhead, B.E. and Cook, J.A., 1997. Distributional limits of bats in Alaska. Arctic, pp.256-265.
Whitaker Jr, J.O. and Lawhead, B., 1992. Foods of Myotis lucifugus in a maternity colony in central Alaska. Journal of Mammalogy, pp.646-648.