Author Archives: Brent Sewall

Dr. Sewall has published a new article clarifying how body size influences energy use in ecological communities.  The article, published in the journal PLOS One, provides a field test of community ecology theory relating animal body size with energy use … Continue reading →

Dr. Sewall has won a competitive grant to investigate a disease of hibernating bats known as white-nose syndrome, which has spread to colonies in dozens of states and several Canadian provinces, causing severe die-offs of many bat colonies in the … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Dr. Sewall has published a new article demonstrating marked population declines in four bat species of the eastern United States.  The article, published in the journal PLOS One, shows that over the past 13 years, a once-common bat species known as … Continue reading →

Dr. Sewall has won a competitive grant awarded through the Temple University Faculty Senate.  The grant provides support for Dr. Sewall’s ongoing research on community ecology.  The grant focuses on improving theoretical and empirical understanding of mutualistic networks, the sets … Continue reading →