Dr. Sewall has presented at a national conference on the emerging bat disease known as white-nose syndrome. The National White-Nose Syndrome Workshop, which was convened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, brought together researchers and managers from across North America and beyond to share the latest findings on this emerging threat to native bat species and to the services they provide to ecosystems and people. The conference featured research presentations and meetings among working groups to guide and help implement the White-Nose Syndrome National Plan, an integrated plan to respond to this disease. Dr. Sewall’s presentation, entitled “Improved analysis of long-term monitoring data demonstrates marked regional declines of bat populations in the eastern United States” demonstrated that four hibernating bat species have undergone substantial regional-scale declines over the last 13 years. The presentation was co-authored by collaborators Thomas Ingersoll of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis and Sybill Amelon of the U.S. Forest Service. Drs. Sewall and Ingersoll were equal co-lead authors on the presentation.
To see an article closely related to this presentation, see a recent article by the same three co-authors at:
http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065907