Browsing by Author "Bolek, Matthew"
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Acoustic and Netting Surveys of Western Ozark Highlands Bats with Habitat Suitability Models for Three Threatened and Endangered Species
Ritchie, Anna Rachel (2017-12-01)Bats in the United States and Canada are experiencing major population declines because of white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease that kills bats hibernating in caves. First discovered in New York in 2006, WNS has ... -
Amphibian Blood Parasites and Their Potential Vectors in the Great Plains of the United States
Shannon, Ryan Patrick (2016-07-01)Between May 2014 and August 2015, 200 larval, newly metamorphosed and adult amphibians from 5 families and 9 species were examined for blood protozoa, leeches and leech hematomas from five locations in north central Oklahoma. ... -
Emerging parasitic infections vectored by brown dog ticks in North America
Lineberry, Megan W. (2022-07)The research conducted in this dissertation provides a better understanding of the prevalence and geographic distribution of emerging and zoonotic organisms transmitted by brown dog ticks throughout the United States. In ... -
Hidden in plain sight: Morphological and genetic diversity of blood protozoa from North American amphibians
Shannon, Ryan Patrick (2022-12)Blood parasites represent an incredibly diverse subset of parasites that infect all major groups of vertebrates and are transmitted by numerous blood feeding invertebrates. However, quantifying blood parasite diversity is ... -
Parasite Community Structure in 5 Species of Damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from Teal Ridge, Stillwater Oklahoma.
Wiles, Crystal Marie (Oklahoma State University, 2013-12-01)Few ecological studies exist on parasite community structure in insects and compared to other invertebrate and vertebrate groups, insects have been largely ignored in studies on parasite community structure. This is ...