Publications
See ResearchGate or Google Scholar profiles for PDF versions of many of the listed articles below.
2024:
30. Bernard, R. F. and T. A. Minckley. 2024. Flying by the river side: Survey of bat distributions and environmental contexts along a 1000-mile river corridor, Green and Colorado Rivers, USA. Diversity and Distributions. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13842
29. Grant, E. H. C., B. A. Mosher, R. F. Bernard, A. D. Wright & R. E. Russell. 2024. Matching decision support modeling frameworks to disease emergence stages and associated management objectives. Conservation Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13085
2023:
28. Barrile, G. M., R. F. Bernard, R. C. Wilcox, J. A. Becker, M. E. Dillon, R. R. Thomas-Kuzilik, S. P. Bombaci, B. Garramon Merkle. 2023. Equity, Community, and accountability: Leveraging a department-level climate survey as a tool for action. PLoS ONE. 18(8): e0290065. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290065
27. Verant, M. L., R. F. Bernard. 2023. Chapter 16: White-nose syndrome in bats: conservation, management, and context-dependent decision making. In Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation. Eds. Jessup, D. A., R. W. Radcliffe. Johns Hopkins University Press.
26. Detweiler, L. W., R. F. Bernard. 2023. Wildlife use of anthropogenic structures: a comprehensive review of bridge use by bats. Acta Chiropterologica. 25:1 135-157. https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2023.25.1.008
25. Jackson, R. T., E. V. Willcox, & R. F. Bernard. 2023. Movement patterns of two bat species active during winter in the southeastern USA. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. https://doi.10.3996/JFWM-22-049
2022:
24. Grider, J., W. E. Thogmartin, E. H. Campbell Grant, R. F. Bernard, R. E. Russell. 2022. Early treatment of white-nose syndrome is necessary to stop population decline. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14254
23. Jackson, R. T., E. V. Willcox, J. M. Zobel, & R. F. Bernard. 2022. Emergence activity at hibernacula differs among four bat species affected by white-nose syndrome. Ecology and Evolution. 12:7 e9113. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9113
22. Jackson, R. T., E. V. Willcox, & R. F. Bernard. 2022. Winter torpor expression varies in four bat species with differential susceptibility to white-nose syndrome. Scientific Reports. 12:5688. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09692-x
2021:
21. Bernard, R. F., E. V. Willcox, R. T. Jackson, V. A. Brown, & G. F. McCracken. 2021. Feasting, not fasting: Winter diets of cave hibernating bats in the southeastern United States. Frontiers in Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00434-9
20. Bernard, R. F. & E. H. C. Grant. 2021. Rapid assessment indicates context-dependent mitigation for amphibian disease risk. Wildlife Society Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1198
2020:
19. Wright, A. D., R. F. Bernard, B. A. Mosher, K. M. O'Donnell, T. Braunagel, G. V. DiRenzo, J. E. Fleming, C. Shafer, A. B. Brand, E. F. Zipkin, & E. H. C. Grant. 2020. Moving from decision to action in conservation science. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108698
18. Bernard, R. F., E. V. Willcox, G. M. Carpenter, & W. H. Stiver. 2020. New record for the endangered Myotis grisescens (gray bat) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist. Link here.
17. Bernard, R. F., J. D. Reichard, J. T. H. Coleman, J. C. Blackwood, M. L. Verant, J. L. Segers, J. M. Lorch, J. P. White, M. S. Moore, A. L. Russell, R. A. Katz, D. L. Lindner, R. S. Toomey, G. G. Turner, W. F. Frick, M. J. Vonhoff, C. K. R. Willis, & E. H. C. Grant. 2020. Identifying research needs to inform white-nose syndrome management decisions. Conservation Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.220
16. Mosher, B. A., R. F. Bernard, J. Lorch, D. Miller, K. L. Richgels, L. White & E. H. C. Grant. 2020. Successful molecular detection studies require clear communication among diverse research partners. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2141
2019:
15. Bernard, R. F., J. Evans, N. Fuller, J. D. Reichard, J. T. H. Coleman, C. Kocer, & E. H. C. Grant. 2019. Different management strategies are optimal for combating disease in cave versus culvert hibernating bat populations. Conservation Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.106
14. Bernard, R. F. & E. H. C. Grant. 2019. Investigating canonical decision problems in managing emerging fungal diseases in wildlife. Society and Natural Resources. 32:9 1040-1055. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1610820
2018:
13. McCracken, G. F., R. F. Bernard, R. Wolf, J. Krauel, M. Gamba-Rios, D. Jones, A. Russell, & V. A. Brown. 2018. Rapid range expansion of the Brazillian free-tailed bats in the Southeastern US 2008-2016. Journal of Mammalogy. 99:2 312-320. doi:10.1093?jmammal/gyx188
2017:
12. Fagan, K. E., E. V. Willcox, L. T. Tran, R. F. Bernard, & W. H. Stiver. 2017. Roost selection by bats in buildings in the southeastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Management. 8:2 424-234. doi:10.10002/jwmg.21371
11. Brown, V. A., E. V. Willcox, K. E. Fagan, & R. F. Bernard. 2017. Identification of Southeastern bat species using non-invasive genetic sampling of individual guano pellets. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 8(2): e1944-687X. doi:10.3996/012017-JFWM-007
10. Bernard, R. F., E. V. Willcox, K. L. Parise, J. T. Foster, & G. F. McCracken. 2017. White-nose syndrome fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, on bats captured emerging from caves during winter in the southeastern United States. BMC Zoology. doi: 10.1186/s40850-017-0021-2
9. Bernard, R. F. and G. F. McCracken. 2017. Winter behavior of bats and the progression of white-nose syndrome in the southeastern United States. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2772
8. Lilley, T. M., C. A. Wilson, R. F. Bernard, E. V. Willcox, E. J. Vesterinen, Q. M. R. Webber, L. Kurpiers, J. M. Prokkola, I. Ejotre, K. A. Field, D. M. Reeder, & A. T. Pulliainen. 2017. Bats as a reservoir of endocarditis-causing Canadidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis in North America. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2016.2080
2016:
7. Carpenter, G. M., E. V. Willcox, & R. F. Bernard. 2016. Detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructions on free-flying male bats captured during summer in the Southeastern USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 52:4. 922-926. doi: 10.7589/2016-02-041
6. Bernard, R. F. and W. J. Mautz. 2016. Dietary overlap between invasive coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) and the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) on the Island of Hawaii. Biological Invasions. 18:20. doi: 10.1007/s10530-016-1232-0
5. Fagan, K. E., E. V. Willcox, R. F. Bernard, & W. H. Stiver. 2016. Myotis leibii (eastern small-footed bat) roosting in buildings of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Southeastern Naturalist. 15:2 N23-N27. doi: 10.1656/058.015.0214
2015:
4. Bernard, R. F., J. T. Foster, E. V. Willcox, K. L. Parise, & G. F. McCracken. 2015. Molecular detection of the causative agent of white-nose syndrome on Rafinesque's big-eared bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) and two species of migratory bats in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. doi: 10.7589/2014-08-202
2014:
3. Thames, D., R. Bernard, E. Willcox, R. Jackson, & J. Carr. 2014. Geographic distribution: Aneides aeneus. Herpetological Review. 45:4 650.
2. Carr, J. A., R. F. Bernard, & W. H. Stiver. 2014. Unusual bat behavior in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist. 13:2 N18-N21. doi: 10.1656/058.013.0211
1. Bernard, R. F., M. T. Patton, R. T. Jackson, & D. Thames. 2014. Consumption of a northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) by an American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in Tennessee. Bat Research News. 55: 1 7-8.