See my photo on the cover of Physiological and Comparative Biology, November/December 2010

RESEARCH 

Immune function, body composition, and genetic correlates of white-nose syndrome

White-nose syndrome in bats: death by starvation

Population dynamics of bats after major population declines

Physiological and behavioral ecology of Brazilian free-tailed bats

Wing damage and active season body condition of bats affected with white-nose syndrome

Patterns and timing of migration in bats

Ecosystem services of Brazilian free-tailed bats

PUBLICATIONS

Reichard, J.D., S. Fellows, A. J. Frank and T. H. Kunz. 2010. Thermoregulation during flight: body temperature and sensible heat transfer in free-ranging Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83: 885-897.

Reichard, J.D., S. Prajapati, S. Austad, C. Keller, and T.H. Kunz. 2010. Thermal windows on Brazilian free-tailed bats facilitate thermoregulation during prolonged flight. Integrative and Comparative Biology 50: 358-370.

Bowlin, M.S., I.A. Bisson, P. Marra, J. Shamoun-Baranes, C. Guglielmo, T.H. Kunz, J.D. Reichard, D. Wilcove, M. Wikelski, N. Sapir, A. Hedenström, and S. Åkesson. Submitted. 2010. Grand challenges in migration biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology 50: 261-279.

Reichard, J.D., and T.H. Kunz. 2009. White-nose syndrome inflicts lasting injuries to the wings of little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus). Acta Chiropterologica 11: 457-464.

Willis, C.K.R., R.M.R. Barclay, J.G. Boyles, R.M. Brigham, V. Brack Jr., D. L. Waldien, and J.D. Reichard. 2009. Bats are not birds and other problems with Sovacool’s (2009) analysis of animal fatalities due to electricity generation. Energy Policy doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2009.08.034.

Reichard, J.D., L.E. Gonzalez, C.M. Casey, L.C. Allen, N.I. Hristov, and T.H. Kunz. 2009. Evening emergence behavior and seasonal dynamics in large colonies of Brazilian free-tailed bats. Journal of Mammalogy 90:1478-1486.

Betke, M., D. Hirsh, N.C. Makris, G.F. McCracken, M. Procopio, N.I. Hristov, J.D. Reichard, J. Horn, A. Bagchi, C. J. Cleveland, and T.H. Kunz. 2008. Thermal imaging reveals significantly smaller Brazilian free-tailed bat colonies than previously estimated. Journal of Mammalogy 89:18-24.

 PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW OR PREPARATION

Reichard, J.D., C.M. Casey, L.E. Gonzalez, L.C. Allen, and T.H. Kunz. Foraging energetics and the redistribution of nutrients by bats. Submitted to Ecology.

Reichard, J.D., M.S. Moore, C.C. Kang, L.M. Nichols, T.D. Murtha and T.H. Kunz. Patterns of fat accumulation and depletion in little brown bats affected by white-nose syndrome.

Reichard, J.D., and T.H. Kunz. Stable isotopes reveal partial migration and seasonal roost fidelity in large maternity colonies of Brazilian free-tailed bats in south-central Texas.

Moore, M.S., J.D. Reichard, T.D. Murtha, B. Zahedi, R.M. Fallier, and T.H. Kunz Alterations in complement protein activity of hibernating little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) affected by White-nose Syndrome.

Muñoz-Garcia, A., J.D. Reichard, J. Ro, T.H. Kunz, and J.B. Williams. Cutaneous water loss and lipids of the stratum corneum in two sympatric species of bats.