Publications

2024

38. Goldberg A.R., Langwig K.E., Marano J., Sharp A.K., Brown K., Ceci A., Kailing C., Kailing M., Briggs R., Roby C., Brown A.M.,Weger-Lucarelli J, Finkielstein C.V., Hoyt J.R. Widespread exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife communities. 2024 Nature Communications 15, 6210

37. Grimaudo A.T., Hoyt J.R., King R.A., Toomey R.S., Simpson C., Holliday C., Westrich B.J. , Silvis A., Super P.E., Turner G.G. , Kuczynska V., Meyer J.J. , Herzog C.J. , Hopkins S.R., Langwig K.E. 2024. Host population size and environmental conditions jointly determine the response of at-risk host populations to invading pathogens.  Biological Conservation 296, 110693

36. Blanvillain G., Lorch J., Joudrier N., Bury S., Cuenot T., Franzen M., Freiria F.M., Guiller G., Halpern B., Kolanek A., Kurek K, Lourdais O., Michon A., Musilová R., Schweiger S., Szulc B., Ursenbacher S., Zinenko O. and Hoyt J.R. 2024 Hotspots for snake fungal disease across Europe are maintained by host and pathogen identity. Communications biology 7(1) 440

35. Blanvillain G., Martínez-Freiría F., Hoyt J.R., Lorch J., and Martinez-Silvestre A. 2024 First detection of Paranannizziopsis sp. infection in wild European vipers. Emerging Infectious Diseases 30(5), 1000-1003

34. Joudrier N., Blanvillain G., Meier G., Hoyt J. R., Chèvre M., Dubey S., Origgi F., and Ursenbacher S. 2024 Unraveling the disease ecology of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola: high genetic variability and ecological basis of Snake Fungal Disease. Amphibia-Reptilia 45(1), 85-98

2023

33. Laggan N.A., K.L. Parise, J. P. White, H. Kaarakka, J. Redell, J. DePue, W. H. Scullon, J. T. Foster, A.M. Kilpatrick, K.E. Langwig and Hoyt, J.R. 2023 Host infection and disease-induced mortality modify contributions to the environmental reservoir.  Ecology 104(10) e4147

32. Ange-Stark, M., Parise, K.L., Cheng, T., Hoyt, J.R., Langwig, K.E., Frick, W.F., Kilpatrick, A.M., MacManes, M. and Foster, J.T. White-nose syndrome restructures bat skin microbiomes. In press Microbiology Spectrum

31. Hoyt, J.R., K.L. Parise, H. Kaarakka, J. Redell, J. DePue, W. H. Scullon, J. T. Foster, A.M. Kilpatrick, K.E. Langwig and J. P. White. 2023. Reducing environmentally mediated transmission to moderate impacts of an emerging wildlife disease. Journal of Applied Ecology 

30. Hicks, A.C., Darling, S., Flewelling, J., von Linden, R., Meteyer, C.U., Redell, D., White, J.P., Redell, J., Smith, R., Blehert, D. and Rayman, N., Hoyt J. R., Okoniewski J. C., Langwig K.E. 2023. Environmental transmission of Pseudogymnoascus destructans to hibernating little brown bats. Scientific Reports available at bioRxiv: 2021.07.01.450774 26.

29. Langwig, K.E., Kilpatrick, A.M., Kailing, M.J., Laggan, N., White, J.P., Kaarakka, H.M., Redell, J.A., DePue, J.E., Parise, K.L., Foster, J.T. and Hoyt, J.R. 2023. Shifting effects of host physiological condition following pathogen establishment. Biology Letters

28. Kailing, M.J., Hoyt, J.R., White, J.P., Kaarakka, H.M., Redell, J.A., Leon, A.E., Rocke, T.E., DePue, J.E., Scullon, W.H., Parise, K.L. and Foster, J.T., A.M. Kilpatrick, K.E. Langwig. Sex-biased infections scale to population impacts for an emerging wildlife disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290(1995), 20230040

2022

27. Grimaudo, A., J.R. Hoyt, S. Yamada, C. Herzog, A. Bennett, & K.E. Langwig. 2022. Host traits and environment interact to drive host-pathogen coexistence following pathogen invasion. Ecology Letters, 25(2), 483-497.

26. Li A., Z. Li , W. Dai, K.L. Parise, H. Leng, L. Jin, K. Sun*, J.R. Hoyt* and J. Feng. 2022. Bacterial community dynamics on bats and the implications for pathogen resistance. Environmental Microbiology, 24(3), 1484-1498. *Co-corresponding author

2021

25. Hoyt, J.R., A.M. Kilpatrick, K.E. Langwig. Ecology and impacts of white-nose syndrome on bats. 2021. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 19(3), 196-210.

24. Li Z., A. Li, J.R. Hoyt, W. Dai, H. Leng, Y. Li, W. Li, S. Liu, L. Jin, K. Sun, J. Feng. Activity of bacteria isolated from bats against Pseudogymnoascus destructans in China. 2021. Microbial Biotechnology, 15(2), 469-481.

23. Langwig K.E., J.P. White, K.L. Parise, H.M. Kaarakka, J.A. Redell, J.E. DePue, W.H. Scullon, J.T. Foster, A.M. Kipatrick, J.R. Hoyt. 2021. Tradeoffs between mobility and infectiousness in the spatial spread of an emerging pathogen. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(5), 1134-1141.

22. Hopkins, S.R., J.R. Hoyt, J.P. White, H.M. Kaarakka, J.A. Redell, J.E. DePue, W.H. Scullon, A.M. Kilpatrick, and K.E. Langwig. 2021. Continued preference for suboptimal habitat reduces bat survival with white-nose syndrome. Nature Communications. 2(1), 1-9.

2020

21. Kilpatrick, A.M., J.R. Hoyt, R.A. King, H.M. Kaarakka, J. Redell, J.P. White, K.E. Langwig. 2020. Impact of censusing and research on wildlife populations. Conservation Science and Practice, 2(11), e264.

20. Hoyt, J.R., Langwig K.E., Sun K., Parise K.L., Wang Y., Huang X., Worledge L., Miller H., Görföl T., Boldogh S.A., Fukui D., Sakuyama M., Yachimori S., Sato A., Dalannast M., Jargalsaikhan A., Batbayar N., Yovel Y., Amichai E., Natradze I., Frick W.F., Foster J.T., Feng J. and Kilpatrick A.M. 2020. Environmental reservoir dynamics predict global infection patterns and population impacts for the fungal disease white-nose syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(13), 7255-7262.

2019

19. Hoyt, J.R., K.E. Langwig, J.P. White, H.M. Kaarakka, J.A. Redell, K.L. Parise, W.F. Frick, J.T. Foster, A.M. Kilpatrick. 2019. Field trial of a probiotic bacteria to protect bats from white-nose syndrome. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-9.

Press: Popular Science, Science News

2018

18. Hoyt, J.R., K.E. Langwig, J.P. White, H.M. Kaarakka, J. Redell, A. Kurta, J. DePue, W.H. Scullon, K.L. Parise, J.T. Foster, W.F. Frick, and A.M. Kilpatrick. 2018. Cryptic connections illuminate pathogen transmission within community networks. Nature, 563(7733), 710-713.

Press: JAMA, F1000 recommended, VT News

17. Xiao Y.H., L. Wang, J.R. Hoyt, T.L. Jiang, A.Q. Lin, J. Feng. 2018 Stereotypy and variability of social calls among clustering female big-footed myotis (Myotis macrodactylus). Zoological Research, 39(2), 114.

2017

16. Drees K. P., J. M. Lorch, S. J. Puechmaille, K.L. Parise, G. Wibbelt, J. R. Hoyt, K. Sun, A. Jargalsaikhang, M. Dalannast, J. Palmer, D. L. Lindner, A. M. Kilpatrick, T. Pearson, P. S. Keim, D. S. Blehert, J. T. Foster. 2017. Phylogenetics of a fungal invasion: Origins and widespread dispersal of white-nose syndrome. mBio, 8(6), e01941-17.

15. Frick, W.F., T.L. Cheng, K.E. Langwig, J.R. Hoyt, A.F. Janicki, K.L. Parise, J.T. Foster, A.M. Kilpatrick. 2017. Pathogen dynamics during invasion and establishment of white-nose syndrome explain mechanisms of host persistence. Ecology, 98(3), 624-631.

14. Cheng, T.L., H. Mayberry, L.P. McGuire, J.R. Hoyt, H. Nguyen, K.L. Parise, J.T. Foster, C.K.R. Willis, A.M. Kilpatrick, W.F. Frick. 2017. Efficacy of a probiotic bacterium to treat bats affected by the disease white-nose syndrome Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(3), 701-708.

13. Langwig, K.E., J.R. Hoyt, K.L. Parise, Frick, W.F., J.T. Foster, A.M. Kilpatrick. 2017. Resistance in persisting bat populations after white-nose syndrome invasion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B,372(1712), 20160044.

2016

12. Langwig, K.E., W.F. Frick, K.L. Parise, J.R. Hoyt, T.H. Kunz, J.T. Foster, A.M. Kilpatrick. 2016. Drivers of variation in species impacts for a multi-host fungal disease of bats. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371(1709), 20150456.

11. Jiang T., X. Huang, H. Wu, H. Lin, J. R. Hoyt, R. Müller, J. Feng. 2016. Autumn flight activity of the Greater Horseshoe bat at hibernacula. Animal Biology, 66(2), 119-131.

10. Hoyt, J.R.*, K.E. Langwig*, K. Sun, G. Lu, K.L. Parise, T. Jiang, S. Yang, W.F. Frick, J.T. Foster, J. Feng, A.M. Kilpatrick. 2016. Host persistence or extinction from emerging infectious disease: insights from white-nose syndrome in endemic and invading regions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283(1826), 20152861. * Co-first authors

Press: BBC, The Scientist, National Wildlife Federation

9. Hoyt J.R., Sun K., Parise K.L., Lu G., Langwig K.E., Jiang T., Frick W.F., Kilpatrick A.M., Foster J.T., Feng J. 2016 Widespread Bat white-nose syndrome fungus in northeastern China. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(1), 140-142.

Press: Newsweek, UCSC, Michigan Public Radio

2015

8. Langwig K.E.*, Hoyt J.R.*, Parise K.L., Kath J., Kirk D., Frick W.F., Foster J.T., Kilpatrick A.M. Disease dynamics of white-nose syndrome invasion, Midwest USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21(6), 1023-26.* Co-first authors

7. Li S., Sun K., Lu G., Lin A., Jiang T., Hoyt J.R., Jin L., Feng J. 2015. Mitochondrial genetic differentiation and morphological difference of Miniopterus fuliginosus and Miniopterus magnater in China and Vietnam. Ecology and Evolution. 5(6), 1214-1223.

6. Hoyt, J.R., T.L. Cheng, K.E. Langwig, M.H. Hee, W.F. Frick, and A.M. Kilpatrick. 2015 Bacteria isolated from bats inhibit the growth of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative agent of white-nose syndrome. PLoS One, 10(4), e0121329.

Press:  Quirks and Quarks, Discovery News

5. Langwig, K.E., Voyles, J., Wilber, M.Q., Frick, W.F., Murray, K., Bolker, B.M., Collins, J.P., Hoyt, J.R., Willis, C.W., Cheng, T.L., Fisher, M., Lindner, D., McCallum, H., Puschendorf, R., Rosenblum, E.B., Toothman, M., Briggs, C.J., Kilpatrick, A.M. 2015. Context-dependent conservation responses to wildlife disease. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13(4), 195–202.

4. Wilbert, TR, Woollett D.A., Whitelaw A., Dart J., Hoyt J.R., Galen S., Ralls K., Mead D.E., and Maldonado J.E. 2015. Non-invasive baseline genetic monitoring of the endangered San Joaquin Kit Fox on a photovoltaic solar farm. Endangered Species Research, 27(1), 31-41.

3. Frick, W.F., Puechmaille S.J., Hoyt J.R., Nickel B.A., Langwig K.E., Foster J.T., Barlow K.E., Bartonička T., Feller D., Haarsma A.J., Herzog C., Horáček I., van der Kooij J., Mulkens B., Petrov B., Reynolds R., Rodrigues L., Stihler C.W., Turner G.G., Kilpatrick A.M. 2015. Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(7), 741-749.

2. Langwig, K.E., Frick W.F., Reynolds R., Parise K.L., Drees K.P., Hoyt J.R., Cheng T.L., Kunz, T.H, Foster J.T., and Kilpatrick, A.M. 2015. Host and pathogen ecology drive the seasonal dynamics of a fungal disease, white-nose syndrome. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282(1799), 20142335.

1. Hoyt, J.R., Langwig, K.E., Okoniewski, J., Frick, W.F., Stone, W.B., Kilpatrick, A.M. 2014. Long-term persistence of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative agent of white-nose syndrome, in the absence of bats. Ecohealth, 12(2), 330-333.

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