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Selected Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taratut, D. J., J. P. Calabrese, A. L. Kutay, B. J. Sewall, and B. E. Overton in press.\u00a0 Natural and experimental fungal colonization of Lycorma delicatula<\/em> egg masses suggests reduced hatch success.\u00a0 Biocontrol Science and Technology<\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Gagnon, M. F., G. G. Turner, M. R. Scafini, K. A. Thomas, J. S. Johnson, B. E. Overton, and B. J. Sewall 2025.\u00a0 Long-term trends in the extent of white-nose syndrome infection in little brown myotis.\u00a0 Biological Conservation<\/em> 302: 110954. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Hauer, C. L., L. E. Powers, J. P. Doyle, J-D Lambrinos, J. C. Hovis, S. W. Henry, and B. J. Sewall 2025.\u00a0 Effects of shelterwood harvest and prescribed fire on site occupancy of bats in oak forest at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Journal of North American Bat Research <\/em>3:1-18.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Chmielewski, M. W., S. Naya, M. Borghi M., J. Cortese, A. R. Fernie, M. T. Swartz, K. Zografou, B. J. Sewall, and R. B. Spigler 2023. Phenology and foraging bias contribute to sex-specific foraging patterns in the rare declining butterfly Argynnis idalia idalia<\/em>. Ecology and Evolution<\/em> 13:e10287.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Chothe, S. K., P. Jakka, V. S. Boorla, S. Ramasamy, A. Gontu, R. H. Nissly, J. Brown, G. Turner, B. J. Sewall, D. M. Reeder, K. A. Field, J. B. Engiles, S. Amirthalingam, A. Ravichandran, L. LaBella, M. S. Nair, C. D. Maranas, S. V. Kuchipudi 2023.\u00a0 Little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus<\/em>) support the binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike and are likely susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection.\u00a0 Viruses<\/em>.\u00a0 15: 1103.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J., G. G. Turner, M. R. Scafini, M. F. Gagnon, J. S. Johnson, M. K. Keel, E. Anis, T. M. Lilley, J. P. White, C. L. Hauer, and B. E. Overton 2023.\u00a0 Environmental control reduces white-nose syndrome infection in hibernating bats.\u00a0 Animal Conservation 26:642-653. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ashton, G. V., A. L. Freestone, E. Duffy, M. E. Torchin, B. J. Sewall, B. Tracy, … [57 more coauthors] …, and G. M. Ruiz 2022.\u00a0 Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude.\u00a0 Science<\/em> 376: 1215-1219.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J., G. G. Turner, M. R. Scafini, and J. S. Johnson 2022.\u00a0 Cooling subterranean environments for climate adaptation and disease management: reply to Meierhofer et al.\u00a0 Conservation Biology<\/em> 36:e13928.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Zografou, K., G. C. Adamidis, B. J. Sewall, A. Grill 2022.\u00a0 Not too warm, not too cold:\u00a0 thermal treatments to slightly warmer or colder conditions from mother\u2019s origin can enhance performance of mountainous butterfly larvae.\u00a0 Biology <\/em>11:915.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Turner, G. G., B. J. Sewall, M. R. Scafini, T. M. Lilley, D. Bitz, and J. S. Johnson 2021.\u00a0 Cooling of bat hibernacula to mitigate white-nose syndrome. \u00a0Conservation Biology <\/em>36:e13803. \u00a0 \u00a0 pdf<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Freestone, A. L., M. E. Torchin, L. J. Jurgens, M. Bonfim, D. P. L\u00f3pez, M. F. Repetto, C. Schl\u00f6der, B. J. Sewall, and G. M. Ruiz 2021. Stronger predation intensity and impact on prey communities in the tropics. Ecology <\/em>102:e03428.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Zografou, K., M. T. Swartz, G. C. Adamidis, V. P. Tilden, E. N. McKinney, and B. J. Sewall 2021.\u00a0 Species traits affect phenological responses to climate change in a butterfly community.\u00a0 Scientific Reports<\/em> 11:3283.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Rea-Ireland, A. E., C. W. Smyth, D. L. Lindner, B. J. Sewall, and B. E. Overton 2020.\u00a0 Pseudogymnoascus palmeri<\/em> Rea-Ireland, Smyth, Lindner & Overton, sp. nov.<\/em> Fungal Planet<\/em> species description 1156.\u00a0 Persoonia<\/em> 45: 354-355.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Zografou, K., M. T. Swartz, V. P. Tilden, E. N. McKinney, J. A. Eckenrode, and B. J. Sewall 2020.\u00a0 Stable generalist species anchor a dynamic pollination network.\u00a0 Ecosphere<\/em> 11:\u00a0 e03225.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Lilley, T. M. I. W. Wilson, K. A. Field, D. M. Reeder, M. E. Vodzak, G. G. Turner, A. Kurta, A. S. Blomberg, S. Hoff, C. J. Herzog, B. J. Sewall, and S. Paterson 2020.\u00a0 Genome-wide changes in genetic diversity in a population of Myotis lucifugus<\/em> affected by white-nose syndrome.\u00a0 G3: Genes | Genomes |Genetics<\/em> 10: 1-14.\u00a0 [Online Early] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/a>
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Freestone, A. L., K. Papacostas, E. W. Carroll, G. M. Ruiz, M. E. Torchin, and B. J. Sewall 2020.\u00a0 Predation shapes invertebrate diversity in tropical but not temperate seagrass communities. \u00a0Journal of Animal Ecology <\/em>89: 323\u2013333.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Adamidis, G. C., M. T. Swartz, K. Zografou, and B. J. Sewall 2019.\u00a0 Prescribed fire maintains host plants of a rare grassland butterfly. \u00a0Scientific Reports <\/em>9: 16826.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Rea, A. E., C. W. Smyth, B. J. Sewall, and B. E. Overton 2019<\/i>.\u00a0 Pseudogymnoascus lindnerii<\/em> Rea, Smyth & Overton.\u00a0 Fungal Planet s<\/em>pecies description 1027.\u00a0 Persoonia <\/em>43: 392-393.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0pdf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Rea, A. E., C. W. Smyth, B. J. Sewall, and B. E. Overton 2019.\u00a0 Pseudogymnoascus turnerii <\/em>Rea, Smyth & Overton.\u00a0 Fungal Planet <\/em>species description 1028.\u00a0 Persoonia<\/em> 43: 394-395.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Hauer, C. L. , L. E. Powers, D. K. McNaughton, C. P. Paul, and B. J. Sewall 2019. Changes in a summer bat community in southeastern Pennsylvania. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science <\/em>93: 47-62. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Field, K. A., B. J Sewall, J. M. Prokkola, G. G. Turner, M. F. GagnonG<\/sup>, T. M. Lilley, J. P. White, J. S. Johnson, C. L. Hauer, and D. M. Reeder 2018.\u00a0 Effect of torpor on host transcriptomic responses to a fungal pathogen in hibernating bats.\u00a0 Molecular Ecology <\/em>27: 3727\u20133743.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Whiting, J. C., B. Doering, G. Wright, D. K. Englestead, J. A. Frye, T. Stefanic, and B. J. Sewall 2018. Long-term bat abundance in sagebrush steppe. Scientific Reports<\/em> 8:12288.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Reuter, K. E., B. J. Sewall, and E. Di Minin 2018.\u00a0 Drivers of present and lifetime natural resource use in a tropical biodiversity hotspot.\u00a0 Animal Conservation <\/em>21: 127-136.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Zografou, K., M. T. Swartz, V. P. Tilden, E. N. McKinney, J. A. Eckenrode, and B. J. Sewall, 2017.\u00a0 Severe decline and partial recovery of a rare butterfly on an active military training area.\u00a0 Biological Conservation 216:\u00a043-50.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Gudiel, A. A., S. C. Nieves, K. E. Reuter, and B. J. Sewall 2017.\u00a0 Troop sizes, population densities, and sex ratios of Eulemur coronatus<\/em> and Eulemur sanfordi<\/em> in Ankarana National Park.\u00a0 Lemur News <\/em>20: 12-14. \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Chothe, S.K., G. Bhushan, R. H. Nissly, Y-T. Yeh, J. Brown, G. Turner, J. Fisher, B. J. Sewall, D. M. Reeder, M. Terrones, B. M. JayaRao and\u00a0 S. V. Kuchipudi 2017.\u00a0 Avian and human influenza virus compatible sialic acid receptors in little brown bats.\u00a0 Scientific Reports<\/em> 7: 660. \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J., M. R. Scafini, and G. G. Turner 2016.\u00a0 Prioritization and management of Pennsylvania\u2019s bat hibernacula after pervasive contamination with the fungus causing white-nose syndrome. \u00a0Pages 209-235 in C. Butchkoski, D. Reeder, G. Turner, and H. P. Whidden, editors. Conservation and Ecology of Pennsylvania’s Bats<\/em>. Pennsylvania Academy of Science, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. \u00a0 \u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Johnson, J. J., M. R. Scafini, B. J. Sewall, and G. G. Turner 2016.\u00a0 Hibernating bat species in Pennsylvania use colder winter habitats following the arrival of white-nose syndrome. \u00a0Pages 181-199 in C. Butchkoski, D. Reeder, G. Turner, and H. P. Whidden, editors. Conservation and Ecology of Pennsylvania’s Bats<\/em>. Pennsylvania Academy of Science, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. \u00a0 \u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Reuter, K. E., and B. J. Sewall 2016.\u00a0 Taboos and sustainability of tenrec hunting in Madagascar.\u00a0 Afrotherian Conservation<\/em> 12: 11-15. \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Gudiel, A. A., S. C. Nieves, K. E. Reuter, and B. J. Sewall\u00a02016.\u00a0 The effect of anthropogenic disturbance on non-native plant species in Madagascar.\u00a0 Journal of Tropical Ecology\u00a0<\/em>32: 543-554.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J., R. Young, W. J. Trewhella, K. M. Rodr\u00edguez-Clark, and E. F. Granek\u00a02016.\u00a0 Pteropus livingstonii<\/em>.\u00a0 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species <\/em>IUCN\u00a02016: e.T18732A22081502. \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J.\u00a02016.\u00a0 Rousettus obliviosus<\/em>.\u00a0 IUCN 2016.\u00a0 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species<\/em>. \u00a0IUCN 2016: e.T19757A101292795. \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ingersoll, T. E.*, Sewall, B. J.*, and Amelon, S. K. 2016. Effects of white-nose syndrome on regional population patterns of three hibernating bat species. Conservation Biology<\/em> 30: 1048-1059.\u00a0 DOI: 10.1111\/cobi.12690\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*equal co-lead authors<\/em><\/p>\n

Reuter, K. E., A. R. Wills, R. W. Lee, E. E. Cordes, and B. J. Sewall 2016.\u00a0 Using stable isotopes to infer the impacts of habitat change on the diets and vertical stratification of frugivorous bats in Madagascar.\u00a0 Public Library of Science One<\/em>. 11(4): e0153192. DOI:10.1371\/journal.pone.0153192. \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Reuter, K. E., H. Gilles, A. R. Wills, and B. J. Sewall 2016.\u00a0 The consumption of wild meat in Madagascar: drivers, popularity, and food security.\u00a0 Environmental Conservation<\/em>.\u00a0 43: 273-283.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Reuter, K. E., H. Randell, A. R. Wills, T. E. Janvier, T. R. Belalahy, and B. J. Sewall 2016.\u00a0 Capture, movement, trade, and consumption of mammals in Madagascar.\u00a0 Public Library of Science One<\/em>.\u00a0 11(2): e0150305.\u00a0 DOI:\u00a0 10.1371\/journal.pone.0150305 \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Reuter, K. E., H. Gilles, A.R. Wills, and B. J. Sewall 2016.\u00a0 Live capture and ownership of lemurs in Madagascar: extent, patterns, and conservation implications.\u00a0 Oryx<\/em> 50: 344\u2013354.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Czaja, R., A. R. Wills, S. Hanitrinianina, K. E. Reuter, and B. J. Sewall, 2015.\u00a0 Consumption of domestic cat in Madagascar: frequency, purpose, and health implications.\u00a0 Anthrozo\u00f6s<\/em> 28: 469-482.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Kirchgessner, M. L. and B. J. Sewall, 2015.\u00a0 The impact of environmental, social and animal factors on visitor viewing behaviors at big cat exhibits.\u00a0 Visitor Studies<\/em> 18: 150-167.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pdf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Salmona, J., M. A. Banks, T. N. Ralantoharijaona, F. Jan, E. Rasolondriabe, R. Zaranaina, A. Rakotonanahary, S. Wohlhauser, B. J. Sewall, and L. Chikhi, 2015.\u00a0 The value of the spineless monkey orange tree (Strychnos madagascariensis<\/em>) for conservation of northern sportive lemurs (Lepilemur milanoii<\/em> and L. ankaranensis<\/em>).\u00a0 Madagascar Conservation and Development<\/em> 10: 53-59. \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Wills, A. R., K. E. Reuter, A. A. Gudiel, B. P. Hessert, and B. J. Sewall, 2014.\u00a0 Barriers to student success in Madagascar.\u00a0 Global Education Review<\/em>. 1(4): 114-134. \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J., A. L. Freestone, J. Hawes, and E. Andriamanarina 2013.\u00a0 Size-energy relationships in ecological communities.\u00a0 Public Library of Science One<\/em> 8(8): e68657. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0068657 \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Ingersoll, T. E.*, B. J. Sewall*, and S. K. Amelon 2013.\u00a0 Improved analysis of long-term monitoring data demonstrates marked regional declines of bat populations in the eastern United States.\u00a0 Public Library of Science One<\/em> 8(6): e65907. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0065907 \u00a0 \u00a0 Link<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

*equal co-lead authors<\/em><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J., A. L. Freestone, M. F. E. Moutui, N. Toilibou, I. Sa\u00efd, D. Attoumane, S. M. Toumani, and C. M. Iboura 2011.\u00a0 Reorienting systematic conservation assessment for effective conservation planning.\u00a0 Conservation Biology<\/em> 25: 688-696. \u00a0 \u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J., A. L. Freestone, M. F. E. Moutui, N. Toilibou, I. Sa\u00efd, D. Attoumane, S. M. Toumani, and C. M. Iboura 2011.\u00a0 Comoros Community Forest Reserves Plan for Livingstone\u2019s Flying Fox, Rainforest Biodiversity, and the Comorian People<\/em>.\u00a0 Comoros Forest Reserves Project and Action Comores Anjouan, Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Union of the Comoros, 86 pp.<\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J., E. F. Granek, M. F. E. Moutui, W. J. Trewhella, P. F. Reason, K. M. Rodr\u00edguez-Clark, I. Sa\u00efd, J. B. Carroll, W. Masefield, N. Toilibou, M. V\u00e9ly, F. ben Mohadji, A. T. C. Feistner, and S. Wells 2007.\u00a0 Conservation Action Plan for Livingstone\u2019s Flying Fox: A Strategy for an Endangered Species, a Diverse Forest, and the Comorian People<\/em>. \u00a0Action Comores and Union of the Comoros, Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Union of the Comoros.\u00a0 52 pp. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Trewhella, W. J., K. M. Rodr\u00edguez-Clark, N. Corp, A. Entwistle, S. R. T. Garrett, E. F. Granek, K. L. Lengel, M. J. Raboude, P. F. Reason, and B. J. Sewall 2005. \u00a0Environmental education as a component of multidisciplinary conservation programs:\u00a0 lessons from conservation initiatives for critically endangered fruit bats in the western Indian Ocean. \u00a0Conservation Biology<\/em> 19: 75-85. \u00a0 \u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J., E. F. Granek, and W. J. Trewhella 2003.\u00a0 <\/em>The endemic Comoros Islands fruit bat Rousettus obliviosus<\/em>: \u00a0ecology, conservation, and Red List status.\u00a0 Oryx <\/em>37: 344-352. \u00a0 \u00a0 pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sewall, B. J. and E. F. Granek 2000.\u00a0 Fruit bats of the Comoros.\u00a0 Pages 42-43 in Roby, D. and M. B. Dossar. National Strategy and Plan of Action for Biological Diversity<\/em>.\u00a0 Ministry of the Environment.\u00a0 Moroni, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros. [In French].<\/p>\n

Granek, E. F., B. J. Sewall, C. Moser, J. Talbot, J. McGann, and M. Myers (editors), 1999.\u00a0 Environmental Education Guide:\u00a0 A Resource for Teachers of All Grade Levels<\/em>.\u00a0 United States Peace Corps, United States Agency for International Development, Benin Ministry of Education, Benin Ministry of the Environment, Cotonou: Benin (West Africa).\u00a0 255 pages.\u00a0 [In French].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Selected Publications Taratut, D. J., J. P. Calabrese, A. L. Kutay, B. J. Sewall, and B. E. Overton in press.\u00a0 Natural and experimental fungal colonization of Lycorma delicatula egg masses suggests reduced hatch success.\u00a0 Biocontrol Science and Technology.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":727,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-708","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/bjsewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/bjsewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/bjsewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/bjsewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/bjsewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/bjsewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1237,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/bjsewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/bjsewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}