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Craig K. R. Willis

Craig K. R. Willis

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
8123
World Ranking
4450
National Ranking
298

Overview

Craig K. R. Willis is affiliated with the University of Winnipeg in Canada. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Genetics, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on topics including:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Rabies epidemiology and control

Craig K. R. Willis has published multiple papers related to bats and infectious diseases. Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • Disease recovery in bats affected by white-nose syndrome, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Transcriptional host-pathogen responses of Pseudogymnoascus destructans and three species of bats with white-nose syndrome, 2020, Virulence
  • Identifying research needs to inform white-nose syndrome management decisions, 2020, Conservation Science and Practice
  • Antifungal Potential of the Skin Microbiota of Hibernating Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) Infected With the Causal Agent of White-Nose Syndrome, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Environmental drivers of body size in North American bats, 2023, Functional Ecology

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Yvonne A. Dzal, Quinn E. Fletcher, Kaleigh J. O. Norquay, Cori L. Lausen, and Nicole A. S.-Y. Dorville.

Craig K. R. Willis commonly publishes in venues including the Journal of Experimental Biology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Scientific Reports, Journal of Mammalogy, and Royal Society Open Science.

Best Publications

  • A comparison of bats and rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic viruses: are bats special?

    Angela D. Luis;Angela D. Luis;David T. S. Hayman;Thomas J. O'Shea;Paul M. Cryan

  • Inoculation of bats with European Geomyces destructans supports the novel pathogen hypothesis for the origin of white-nose syndrome

    Lisa Warnecke;James M. Turner;Trent K. Bollinger;Jeffrey M. Lorch

  • Roost switching, roost sharing and social cohesion: forest-dwelling big brown bats, Eptesicus fuscus, conform to the fission–fusion model

    Craig K.R. Willis;R.Mark Brigham

  • Social thermoregulation exerts more influence than microclimate on forest roost preferences by a cavity-dwelling bat

    Craig K. R. Willis;R. Mark Brigham

  • Enrichment of beneficial bacteria in the skin microbiota of bats persisting with white-nose syndrome

    Virginie Lemieux-Labonté;Anouk Simard;Craig K. R. Willis;François-Joseph Lapointe

  • Context‐dependent conservation responses to emerging wildlife diseases

    Kate E. Langwig;Jamie Voyles;Mark Q. Wilber;Winifred F. Frick

  • Pathophysiology of white-nose syndrome in bats: a mechanistic model linking wing damage to mortality

    Lisa Warnecke;James M. Turner;Trent K. Bollinger;Vikram Misra

  • Deep, prolonged torpor by pregnant, free-ranging bats

    Craig K. R. Willis;R. Mark Brigham;Fritz Geiser

  • Changes in body condition of hibernating bats support the thrifty female hypothesis and predict consequences for populations with white-nose syndrome.

    Kristin A. Jonasson;Craig K. R. Willis

  • Evaporative Water Loss Is a Plausible Explanation for Mortality of Bats from White-Nose Syndrome

    Craig K. R. Willis;Allyson K. Menzies;Justin G. Boyles;Michał S. Wojciechowski

  • The diet of Myotis lucifugus across Canada: assessing foraging quality and diet variability

    Elizabeth L. Clare;William Oliver Christian Symondson;Hugh Broders;François Fabianek

  • Could localized warm areas inside cold caves reduce mortality of hibernating bats affected by white-nose syndrome?

    Justin G. Boyles;Craig K. R. Willis

  • Defining torpor in free-ranging bats: experimental evaluation of external temperature-sensitive radiotransmitters and the concept of active temperature

    C. K. R. Willis;R. M. Brigham

  • The importance of temporal heterothermy in bats

    Clare Stawski;Clare Stawski;C K R Willis;Fritz Geiser

  • PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ROOST SELECTION BY REPRODUCTIVE FEMALE HOARY BATS (LASIURUS CINEREUS)

    Craig K. R. Willis;R. Mark Brigham

  • White-Nose Syndrome in Bats

    Winifred F. Frick;Sébastien J. Puechmaille;Craig K. R. Willis

  • Hibernation energetics of free-ranging little brown bats

    Kristin A. Jonasson;Craig K. R. Willis

  • Long-distance movements of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

    Kaleigh J. O. Norquay;Felix Martinez-Nuñez;Jack E. Dubois;Kim M. Monson

  • Higher fat stores contribute to persistence of little brown bat populations with white‐nose syndrome

    Tina L. Cheng;Tina L. Cheng;Alexander Gerson;Marianne S. Moore;Jonathan D. Reichard

  • An energy-based body temperature threshold between torpor and normothermia for small mammals.

    Craig K. R. Willis

  • Hibernation phenology of Myotis lucifugus

    K. J. O. Norquay;C. K. R. Willis

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Mark Brigham
R. Mark Brigham University of Regina
Winifred F. Frick
Winifred F. Frick Bat Conservation International
Fritz Geiser
Fritz Geiser University of New England
Justin G. Boyles
Justin G. Boyles Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Robert M. R. Barclay
Robert M. R. Barclay University of Calgary
Paul M. Cryan
Paul M. Cryan United States Geological Survey
Erica Bree Rosenblum
Erica Bree Rosenblum University of California, Berkeley
David T. S. Hayman
David T. S. Hayman Massey University
A. Marm Kilpatrick
A. Marm Kilpatrick University of California, Santa Cruz
Christopher Turbill
Christopher Turbill University of Sydney

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