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Overview

Paul M. Cryan is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental and biological sciences, with significant work in ecology, infectious diseases, and public health. The scientist's expertise extends to several interconnected fields including ecological modeling and evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their main research topics include:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Avian ecology and behavior

Paul M. Cryan has frequently published in venues such as:

  • PeerJ
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Animals
  • Ecological Monographs

Co-authors most commonly collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Jeremy T. H. Coleman
  • Bethany Straw
  • Kevin J. Olival
  • David S. Blehert
  • Winifred F. Frick

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul M. Cryan include:

  • Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Assessing the risks posed by SARS-CoV-2 in and via North American bats - Decision framing and rapid risk assessment, 2020, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Behavioral patterns of bats at a wind turbine confirm seasonality of fatality risk, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Influencing Activity of Bats by Dimly Lighting Wind Turbine Surfaces with Ultraviolet Light, 2021, Animals
  • Historical effective population size of North American hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) and challenges to estimating trends in contemporary effective breeding population size from archived samples, 2021, PeerJ

The research contributions of Paul M. Cryan center on environmental science topics with emphasis on bat biology and ecology. They have also contributed to understanding the implications of SARS-CoV-2 transmission risks related to wildlife, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach crossing ecological, infectious disease, and public health domains.

Best Publications

  • Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture

    Justin G. Boyles;Paul M. Cryan;Gary F. McCracken;Thomas H. Kunz

  • 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

  • Experimental infection of bats with Geomyces destructans causes white-nose syndrome

    Jeffrey M. Lorch;Carol U. Meteyer;Melissa J. Behr;Justin G. Boyles

  • 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

  • SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF MIGRATORY TREE BATS (LASIURUS AND LASIONYCTERIS ) IN NORTH AMERICA

    Paul M. Cryan

  • Bat flight and zoonotic viruses.

    Thomas J. O’Shea;Paul M. Cryan;Andrew A. Cunningham;Anthony R. Fooks

  • Multiple mortality events in bats: a global review.

    Thomas J. O'Shea;Paul M. Cryan;David T.S. Hayman;Raina K. Plowright

  • Wing pathology of white-nose syndrome in bats suggests life-threatening disruption of physiology

    Paul M Cryan;Carol Uphoff Meteyer;Justin G Boyles;David S Blehert

  • Causes of Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines: Hypotheses and Predictions

    Paul M. Cryan;Robert M. R. Barclay

  • White-nose syndrome fungus (Geomyces destructans) in bats, Europe.

    Gudrun Wibbelt;Andreas Kurth;David Hellmann;Manfred Weishaar

  • Investigating and Managing the Rapid Emergence of White‐Nose Syndrome, a Novel, Fatal, Infectious Disease of Hibernating Bats

    Janet Foley;Deana Clifford;Deana Clifford;Kevin Castle;Paul M. Cryan

  • Behavior of bats at wind turbines.

    Paul. M. Cryan;P. Marcos Gorresen;Cris D. Hein;Michael R. Schirmacher

  • White-nose syndrome initiates a cascade of physiologic disturbances in the hibernating bat host

    Michelle L Verant;Carol U Meteyer;John R Speakman;Paul M Cryan

  • Ecology of zoonotic infectious diseases in bats: current knowledge and future directions

    D. T. S. Hayman;R. A. Bowen;P. M. Cryan;Gary F. McCracken

  • Migration of bats past a remote island offers clues toward the problem of bat fatalities at wind turbines

    Paul M. Cryan;Adam C. Brown

  • STABLE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF BAT HAIR AS EVIDENCE FOR SEASONAL MOLT AND LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATION

    Paul M. Cryan;Michael A. Bogan;Robert O. Rye;Gary P. Landis

  • 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

  • EFFECT OF ELEVATION ON DISTRIBUTION OF FEMALE BATS IN THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA

    Paul M. Cryan;Michael A. Bogan;J. Scott Altenbach

  • Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats.

    Kevin J. Olival;Paul M. Cryan;Brian R. Amman;Ralph S. Baric

  • Sex differences in the thermoregulation and evaporative water loss of a heterothermic bat, Lasiurus cinereus, during its spring migration.

    Paul M. Cryan;Blair O. Wolf

  • Mating Behavior as a Possible Cause of Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines

    Paul M. Cryan

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary F. McCracken
Gary F. McCracken University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David T. S. Hayman
David T. S. Hayman Massey University
Justin G. Boyles
Justin G. Boyles Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Craig K. R. Willis
Craig K. R. Willis University of Winnipeg
Thomas H. Kunz
Thomas H. Kunz Boston University
Rodrigo A. Medellín
Rodrigo A. Medellín National Autonomous University of Mexico
Robert M. R. Barclay
Robert M. R. Barclay University of Calgary
Kenneth J. Bagstad
Kenneth J. Bagstad United States Geological Survey
Richard A. Bowen
Richard A. Bowen Colorado State University
James L. N. Wood
James L. N. Wood University of Cambridge

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