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Recent Publications (2014-present)

  • Walker F.M., J.R. Upton, D. Erickson, Z.A. Barrand, B. Brock, M. Valentine, E.L. Federman, E.M. Froehlich, L. Van Pelt, L. Hastings, D.E. Sanchez, D.L. Bergman, D.M. Engelthaler, and C.M. Hepp. 2024. Lyssa excreta: Defining parameters for fecal samples as a rabies virus surveillance method. PLOS ONE, 19(1):e0294122. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294122.
  • Westeen, E.P., J.G. Martinez-Fonseca, C. d’Orgeix, D.E. Sanchez, F.M. Walker, and E.J. Wang. 2023. Dietary niche partitioning of three Sky Island Sceloporus lizards as revealed through DNA metabarcoding. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10461.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10461.

  • Nsengimana, O., F.M. Walker,  I. Twizeyimana, M.C. Dusabe, P. Webala, D.E. Sanchez, C.J. Sobek, J.C. Tumushime, D. Ruhagazi, D. Ryumugabe, P. Uwanyirigira, C. Kayitanirwa, and R.A. Medellin. 2023.  Our good neighbors: Understanding ecosystem services provided by insectivorous bats in Rwanda. PLoS ONE 8(6): e0287536. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287536.

  • Sanchez, D.E., F.M. Walker, & C.L. Chambers. 2023. Rapid, post-glacial expansion of a cryptic North American bat (Euderma maculatum). PLoS ONE 18(5):e0274342. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274342.

  • Garrett, N., J. Watkins, N.B. Simmons, M.B. Fenton, A.M. Obregon, D.E. Sanchez, E.M. Froelich, F.M. Walker, J.E. Littlefair, and E.L. Clare. 2023. Airborne eDNA documents a diverse and ecologically complex tropical mammal community, Environmental DNA. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.385.
  • Walker, F.M., D.E. Sanchez, E.M. Froehlich, E.L. Federman, J.A. Lyman, M.D. Owens, and K. Lear. 2022. Endangered nectar-feeding bat detected by environmental DNA on flowers. Animals 12:3075, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12223075.
  • Armstrong, A.J., F.M. Walker, C. Sanville, S. Martin, and J.M. Szewczak. 2022. Bat use of redwood tree hollows: from DNA to ecology. Animals 12:2950, https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/21/2950 .
  • Lyman, J., D.E. Sanchez, S. Hershauer, C.J. Sobek, C.L. Chambers, & F.M. Walker. 2022. Mammalian eDNA on herbaceous vegetation? Validating a qPCR assay for detection of an endangered rodent. Environmental DNA, 4, 1187–1197. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.331.
  • Prys-Jones, T.O., A.J. Abraham, I. Shaffer, C.J. Sobek, J.R. Upton, S.N. Hershauer, K. Wong, M. Marirosa, S. Menke, S. Sommer, T. Furstenau, J. Mead, F.M. Walker, V. Fofanov, and C.E. Doughty. 2022. Metagenomic analysis of coprolites from three late pleistocene megaherbivores from the southwestern United States. BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.06.490351.
  • Ragan, KA, F.M. Walker, L.E. Stevens, & J. Schipper. 2022. Advancing North: White-nosed coati (Nasua narica) Range Expansion in Arizona. BioRxiv, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.26.493663v1.
  • Martinez-Fonseca, J.G, R. Mau, F.M. Walker, A. Medina-Fitoria, K. Yasuda, and C.L. Chambers. 2022. Vampyrum spectrum (Phyllostomidae) Movement and prey revealed by radio-telemetry and DNA metabarcoding. PLoS ONE 17(4): e0265968, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265968.
  • Walker F.M., J.R. Upton, D. Erickson, Z.A. Barrand, B. Brock, M. Valentine, E.L. Federman, E.M. Froehlich, L. Van Pelt, L. Hastings, D.L. Bergman, D.M. Engelthaler, and C.M. Hepp. 2023. Lyssa excreta: Defining parameters for fecal samples as a rabies virus surveillance method. BioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.27.542586.
  • Walker, F.M., D.E. Sanchez, E.M. Froehlich, E.L. Federman, J.A. Lyman, M.D. Owens, and K. Lear. 2022. Endangered nectar-feeding bat detected by environmental DNA on flowers. Animals 12:3075, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12223075.
  • Garrett, N., J. Watkins, N.B. Simmons, M.B. Fenton, A.M. Obregon, D.E. Sanchez, E.M. Froelich, F.M. Walker, J.E. Littlefair, and E.L. Clare. 2023. Airborne eDNA documents a diverse and ecologically complex tropical mammal community, Environmental DNA. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.385.
  • Armstrong, A.J.; Walker, F.M.; Sobek, C.J.; Sanville, C.J.; Martin, S.L.; Szewczak, J.M. Bat Use of Hollows in California’s Old-Growth Redwood Forests: From DNA to Ecology. Animals 2022, 12, 2950. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12212950
  • Lyman, J., D.E. Sanchez, S. Hershauer, C.J. Sobek, C.L. Chambers, and F.M. Walker. 2022. Mammalian eDNA on herbaceous vegetation? Validating a qPCR assay for detection of an endangered rodent. Environmental DNA, 00, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.331.
  • Martínez-Fonseca JG, Mau R, Walker FM, Medina-Fitoria A, Yasuda K, et al. (2022) Vampyrum spectrum (Phyllostomidae) movement and prey revealed by radio-telemetry and DNA metabarcoding. PLOS ONE 17(4): e0265968. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265968
  • Walker, F.M., D.E. Sanchez, & C.M. Hepp. Menu à la MinION: DNA sequencing in the field for diet of large African mammals. PeerJ, in review.
  • Lyman, J., D.E. Sanchez, S. Hershauer, C.J. Sobek, C.L. Chambers, & F.M. Walker. Environmental DNA from New Mexico jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) detected on plants via a short fragment qPCR assay. Environmental DNA, in review.
  • Ragan, KA, F.M. Walker, L.E. Stevens, & J. Schipper. Advancing North: White-nosed coati (Nasua narica) Range Expansion in Arizona. Western North American Naturalist, in review.
  • Walker, F.M., C.J. Sobek, C.E. Platts, & C.L. Chambers. Relatedness and genetic structure of big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) maternity roosts in an urban-wildland interface with periodic rabies virus outbreaks. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57(2), DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00112.
  • Walker, F.M., J.R. Upton, C.J. Sobek, D. Taggart, & M. Gaughwin. 2020. Genetic monitoring of southern hairy-nosed wombats over two decades reveals that individuals can live for at least 18 years in the same warrens. Australian Mammalogy 43:22-29, doi:10.1071/AM20012.
  • Sobek, C.J. & F.M. Walker. 2020. Exploring the diet of the southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) via DNA metabarcoding. Australian Mammalogy 43:104-109, doi: 10.1071/AM20021.
  • Gaughwin, M., F.M. Walker, L. Woolford, J. Upton, C. Sobek, A. Johnson, & D. Taggart. 2020. Observations on the mortality of young southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons) in the Murraylands of South Australia. Australian Mammalogy 43:126-131, doi: 10.1071/AM20045.
  • Gaughwin, M., A. Horsup, C. Dickman, R. Wells, F.M. Walker, & D. Taggart. 2020. Variation in the sex-ratio of pouch-young and adult hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons and Lasiorhinus krefftii). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74:90-103, https://rdcu.be/b47zJ.
  • Sumampow, T.C.P., M. Shekelle, P. Beier, F.M. Walker, & C.M. Hepp. 2020. Identifying genetic relationships among tarsier populations in the islands of Bunaken National Park and mainland Sulawesi. PLoS ONE 15(3): e0230014.
  • Considine, E. S. and C. L. Chambers. Bat assemblage and selection of maternity roosts following wildfire. Journal of Wildlife Management, in review.
  • Martínez-Fonseca, J. G., A. Medina-Fitoria, E. P. Westeen, and C. L. Chambers. 2020. Revised checklist of the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Nicaragua. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University. OP-369.
  • Medina-Fitoria, A., K. Williams-Guillen, C. Chambers, M. Chávez-Velásquez, and J. G. Martinez-Fonseca. 2020. Diversity of bats and use of habitat in the Volcan Masaya National Park, in the Nicaraguan Pacific. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología, nueva época 10(1):1-20.
  • Zahratka, J. L., C. L. Chambers, and J. G. Martinez-Fonseca. 2020. Thamnophis elegans vagrans (Baird & Girard 1853). Diet. Herpetological Review 51(2):361-362.
  • Starbuck, C. A., E. S. Considine, and C. L. Chambers. 2020. Water and elevation are more important than burn severity in predicting bat activity at multiple scales in a post-wildfire landscape. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231170.
  • Martínez-Fonseca, J. G., M. Chávez-Velásquez, K. Williams-Guillen, and C. L. Chambers. 2020. Bats use live fences to move between tropical dry forest remnants. Biotropica 52:5-10. DOI: 10.1111/btp.12751.
  • Walker, F.M., V.Y. Fofanov, A. Tobin, C.J. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez, & C.L. Chambers. 2019. A fecal sequel: testing the limits of a genetic assay for bat species identification. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0224969.
  • Tobin, A., R.J.M. Corbett, F.M. Walker, & C.L. Chambers. 2018. Time increases acceptance of bats to gates at abandoned mines in western United States. Journal of Wildlife Management, doi:10.1002/jwmg.21498.
  • Fofanov, V.Y., T.N. Furstenau, D.E. Sanchez, C.M. Hepp, J. Cocking, C.J. Sobek, N. Pagel, F.M. Walker & C.L. Chambers. 2018. Guano exposed: Impact of aerobic conditions on bat fecal microbiota. Ecology and Evolution, In press.
  • Foster, J., F.M. Walker, B. Reid, & D. Sanchez. 2018. Population genetics of an island invasion by Japanese Bush-Warblers in Hawaii. The Auk: Ornithological Advances 135:171-180.
  • Foster, J., F.M. Walker, B.D. Rannals, M.H. Hussain, K.P. Drees, R.V. Tiller, A.R. Hoffmaster, A. Al-Rawahi, P. Keim, & M. Saqib. 2018. African lineage Brucella melitensis isolates from Omani livestock. Frontiers in Microbiology 8: 2702. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02702
  • Johnson, S. A. and C. L. Chambers. 2017. Effects of ponderosa pine forest restoration on habitat for bats. Western North American Naturalist 77(3). In press.
  • Tobin, A. and C. L. Chambers. 2017. Mixed effects of gating subterranean habitat on bats – A review. Journal of Wildlife Management. In press.
  • Parker, T. J., C. L. Chambers, and R. L. Mathiasen. 2017. Dwarf mistletoe and breeding bird abundance in ponderosa pine forests. Western North American Naturalist 77(1):40-50.
  • Walker, F.M., C.H.D. Williamson, D.E. Sanchez, C.J. Sobek, and C.L. Chambers. 2016. Species from Feces: Order-wide identification of Chiroptera from guano and other non-invasive genetic samples. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0162342.
  • Chambers, C. L., S. A. Cushman, A. Medina-Fitoria, J. Martínez-Fonseca, and M. Chavez-Velasquez. 2016. Influences of scale on bat habitat relationships in a forested landscape in Nicaragua. Landscape Ecology 31:1299-1318.
  • Alpers, D., F.M. Walker, A.C. Taylor, P. Sunnucks, S. Bellman, B. Hansen, and B. Sherwin. 2016.  Evidence of subdivisions on evolutionary timescales in a large, declining marsupial distributed across a phylogeographic barrier. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0162789.
  • Barlow, AM., Worledge, L., Miller, H., Drees, KP., Wright, P., Foster, JT., Sobek, C., Borman, AM., and Fraser, M. 2015. First confirmation of Pseudogymnoascus destructans in British bats and hibernacula. Veterinary Record 177:73. DOI: 10.1136/vr.102923.
  • Chambers, CL, Vojta, CD, Mering, ED, and Davenport, B. 2015. Efficacy of Scent-Detection Dogs for Locating Bat Roosts in Trees and Snags. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39:780-787.
  • Medina-Fitoria, A., O. Saldaña, J. G. Martínez, Y. Aguirre, W. Silva, M. Chávez, M. Salazar, N. Carballo, O. Jarquín, R. A. González, L. Díaz, C. Chambers, F. Reid, R. Mies, K. Williams, J. M. Zolotoff, C. Molina, T. Pérez, J. Rodríguez, L. Gutiérrez, M. Fernández, R. Mendieta, y J. Pérez. 2015. Nuevos reportes sobre los murciélagos (Mammalia: Chiroptera) de Nicaragua, América Central, con la adición de siete nuevos registros de especies. Mastozoología Neotropical 22(1):43-54.
  • Starbuck, CA, Amelon, SK, and Thompson, FR. 2015. Relationships between bat occupancy and habitat and landscape structure along a savanna, woodland, forest gradient in the Missouri Ozarks. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39:20-30.
  • Walker, F.M., J.T. Foster, K.P. Drees, and C.L. Chambers. 2014. Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) microsatellite marker discovery using Illumina sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources, DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-0125-0.
  • Mering, E. D., and C. L. Chambers. 2014. Thinking outside the box: A review of artificial roosts for bats. Wildlife Society Bulletin 38:741-751.

Applied Products

  • Searchable, sortable, and downloadable Species from Feces database of global bat species, taxonomy, geographic location, IUCN category, and the capability of the DNA mini-barcode assay.
  • Webinar: Immediate Post Wildfire Effects on Bats in the Southwest, for Southwest Fire Science Consortium and Southwest Section of The Wildlife Society (with Erin Saunders; September 2015).
  • Training video for track plating New Mexico meadow jumping mice: Tracking Big Feet (October 2016).
  • YouTube video: A Space in Time: Movements and Home Ranges of the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse

Recent Conferences (2015-present; *presenting author)

  • 2023 The Wildlife Society’s AZ-NM Joint Annual Meeting, Farmington, NM, USA – 3 presentations: 1) Best Student Poster: Detection of federally listed bat species under bridges through the use of fecal DNA. Authors: E.L. Federman*, S. Dulc, H. Gates, C.L. Lausen, E. Low, C. Olson, D.E. Sanchez, M.D. Owens, C.L. Chambers, and F.M. Walker; 2) Detection of the Threatened Northern Mexican Gartersnake Through Fecal and eDNA. Authors: M.D. Owens, E.L. Federman, D.E. Sanchez, M.Wicke, J. Black, R.A. Valencia, E. Nowak, and F.M. Walker; 3) Using environmental DNA to detect lesser long-nosed bats from agave flowers. Authors: A.L. Riley, D.E. Sanchez, K. Lear, and F.M. Walker.
  • 2022 Biennial Conference of Science and Management on the Colorado Plateau and Southwest Region, Flagstaff, AZ, USA – 2 posters: 1) Snake Snack: eDNA qPCR and DNA metabarcoding assays detect predation on and diet of threatened northern Mexican gartersnakes (Thamnophis eques megalops). Authors: Federman, E.L.*, D.E. Sanchez, M. Wicke, J. Black, R.A. Valencia, E. Nowak, and F.M. Walker; 2) Detection of federally listed bat species under bridges through the use of fecal DNA. Authors: Owens, M.D.*, S. Dulc, H. Gates, C.L. Lausen, E. Low, C. Olson, D.E. Sanchez, C.L. Chambers, and F.M. Walker.
  • 2022 International Bat Research Conference/North American Society for Bat Research, Austin, TX, USA – 2 presentations: 1) eDNA detection of Leptonycteris nivalis at flowering Agave using two sampling techniques. Authors: Zeyzus, J.A.*, D.E. Sanchez, E.L. Federman, K.M. Lear, H.F. Sahli, and F.M. Walker; 2) Detection of listed bat species under bridges through the use of fecal DNA. Authors: Chambers, C.L.*, C. Lausen, C. Olson, M.D. Owens, D.E. Sanchez, and F.M. Walker.
  • 2022 Arizona Biomedical Research Commission’s Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA – Toward new methods to track rabies virus in Arizona: non-traditional sample types for rabies virus detection and a tiled amplicon assay for phylogeography. Authors: Walker, F.M.*, C.M. Hepp, B. Brock, M. Valentine, J.R. Upton, L. Van Pelt, L. Hastings, D. Bergman, and D.M. Engelthaler.
  • 2022 The Wildlife Society’s AZ-NM Joint Annual Meeting, virtual – Snake Snack at Arizona’s Lake Roosevelt: eDNA qPCR and DNA metabarcoding assays to detect predation on and diet of threatened northern Mexican gartersnakes (Thamnophis eques megalops) . Authors: Emma L. Federman*, Daniel E. Sanchez, Marc Wicke, Jonathan Black, Ruth A. Valencia, Erika Nowak, and Faith M. Walker.
  • 2022 Northeastern Bat Working Group Annual Meeting, virtual – Development of an eDNA sampling protocol to detect bat presence. Authors: Julie A. Zeyzus*, Daniel E. Sanchez, Emma L. Federman, Kristen M. Lear, Heather F. Sahli, and Faith M. Walker.
  • 2021 The Wildlife Society’s AZ-NM Joint Annual Meeting, virtual – 2 posters: 1) The Rabie-C’s: Testing the capabilities of a molecular assay for non-invasive rabies virus surveillance. Jordyn Upton*, Crystal M. Hepp, and Faith M. Walker; 2) A Tail of Two Cities: Using microsatellite DNA to study gene flow in post-dam populations of common-side blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana). Jacque Lyman*, Tessa Corsetti, Jordyn Upton, Carol L. Chambers, and Faith M. Walker.
  • 2020 The Wildlife Society’s AZ-NM Joint Annual Meeting, Prescott, AZ, USA – Detecting New Mexico meadow jumping mice using environmental DNA. Authors: S.N. Hershauer*, J.A. Lyman, D.E. Sanchez, C.J. Sobek, C.L. Chambers, and F.M. Walker. (Samantha, an undergraduate, won best student poster).
  • 2019 8th International Barcode of Life Conference, Trondheim, Norway, upcoming – 2 papers: 1) Menu à la MinION: Real-time DNA sequencing for diet of large African mammals. Authors: Faith M. Walker, Daniel E. Sanchez, and Crystal M. Hepp; 2) Salad within: a genetic survey of diet of the endangered New Mexico jumping mouse (Zapus luteus luteus); Authors: Daniel E. Sanchez, Austin Dikeman, Faith M. Walker, Viacheslav Y. Fofanov, and Carol L. Chambers.
  • 2019 The Wildlife Society’s AZ-NM Joint Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, USA – 2 papers: 1) Finding Gold in the Old: Projects of NAU’s Ancient DNA Lab. Authors: Samantha N. Hershauer*, Colin J. Sobek, Carol L. Chambers, and F. M. Walker; 2) Environmental DNA for ecological monitoring. Authors: Jacque Lyman*, Daniel E. Sanchez, Colin J. Sobek, Carol C. Chambers, Paul Keim, Abe Springer, Gregory Caporaso, and Faith M. Walker.
  • 2018 20th Anniversary Wombat Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia – 4 papers: 1) Revisiting wombat hair: molecularly tracking a burrowing marsupial through time. Authors: Upton J.R., F.M. Walker, C.J. Sobek, D. Taggart, and M. Gaughwin; 2) Square salads: Exploring the diet of the southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) via metabarcoding. Authors: C.J. Sobek* and F.M. Walker; 3) No place like home or home away: The use of warrens by southern hairy-nosed wombats in 1975-1977 and 2000-2002. Authors: M. Gaughwin*, F. Walker, G. Finlayson, and D. Taggart; 4) The sex-ratio of pouch-young and adult hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons and L. krefftii). Authors: M. Gaughwin*, A. Horsup, C. Dickman, R. Wells, F. Walker, and D. Taggart.
  • 2018 Arizona Native Plant Society, Tucson AZ, USA – Decoding diversity: Using genetics to identify native flora in Arizona. Authors: J. Lyman*, D. Sanchez, G. Billings, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers.
  • 2018 The Wildlife Society’s AZ-NM Joint Annual Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ, USA – 6 papers: Species From Feces (SFF) goes diet. Authors: C.L. Chambers* and F.M. Walker; Updates from the Bat Cave: The Next Generation of Investigations. Authors: C.J. Sobek*, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers; Fast food: Serving up the diet of the spotted bat by barcoding DNA in feces. Authors: S.N. Hershauer*, F.M. Walker, C. Lausen, and C.L. Chambers; The salad within: Herbivorous diet of the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse. Authors: D.E. Sanchez*, A.L. Dikeman, F.M. Walker, V. Horncastle, and C.L. Chambers; Tracking Escherichia coli infections of the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus). Authors: A.L. Dikeman*, D.E. Sanchez, V. Fofanov, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers; My nest is best: Analyzing nest composition of the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus). Authors: J. Lyman*, D.L. Dikeman, D.E. Sanchez, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers.
  • 2017 North American Society for Bat Research, Knoxville, TN, USA – Species from Feces goes diet: Nicaraguan bats reveal all. Authors: C.L. Chambers*, D. O’Rourke, J.T. Foster, J.G. Martinez-Fonseca, A. Medina-Fitoria, M. Chavez-Velasquez, and F.M. Walker.
  • 2017 The Wildlife Society’s 24th Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA – 2 papers: Salad Within: Genetically Identifying Diet of an Endangered Species. Authors: D.E. Sanchez*, A. Dikeman, F.M. Walker, V. Horncastle, and C.L. Chambers; Tracking Escherichia coli infections of the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus). Authors: A. Dikeman*, D.E. Sanchez, V.Y. Fofanov, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers.
  • 2017 Biennial Conference of Science & Management on the Colorado Plateau and Southwest Region, Flagstaff, AZ, USA (Session Chair) – 6 papers: A fecal sequel: Limits of detection of a genetic assay for species identification from guano. Authors: F.M. Walker*, V.Y. Fofanov, A. Tobin, C. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez, and C.L. Chambers; NAU’s Ancient DNA Lab: Successes with paleogenetics and environmental DNA. Authors: C.J. Sobek*, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers; Genetic identification of bat diet in Nicaragua. Authors: C.L. Chambers*, D. O’Rourke, J.T. Foster, J.G. Martinez-Fonseca, A. Medina-Fitoria, M. Chavez-Velasquez, and F.M. Walker; The role of bats in driving the biodiversity of shallow subterranean habitats (abandoned mines) of the Colorado Plateau. Authors: V.Y. Fofanov*, F.M. Walker, D.E. Sanchez, C.J. Sobek, and C.L. Chambers; Salad Within: Genetically Identifying Diet of an Endangered Species. Authors: D.E. Sanchez*, A. Dikeman, F.M. Walker, V. Horncastle, and C.L. Chambers; Tracking Escherichia coli infections of the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus). Authors: A. Dikeman*, D.E. Sanchez, V.Y. Fofanov, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers.
  • 2017 Microbiome Bioinformatics with QIIME 2 Workshop, Las Vegas, NV, USA – 2 papers: Effects of exposure on bat guano microbiome. Authors: T.N. Furstenau, N.S. Pagel, D. Sanchez, C. Chambers, F.M. Walker, and V.Y. Fofanov; Preemptive establishment of baseline bat microbiome. Authors: N.S. Pagel, A. Tobin, D. Sanchez, C. Sobek, T.N. Furstenau, F.M. Walker, C. Chambers, and V.Y. Fofanov.
  • 2017      The Wildlife Society’s AZ-NM Joint Annual Meeting, Farmington, NM, USA – 3 papers: A fecal sequel: Putting a DNA mini-barcode assay to the tests of time and dilution. Authors: F.M. Walker*, V.Y. Fofanov, A. Tobin, C. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez, and C.L. Chambers; Identifying bats via environmental DNA in water. Authors: C. Sobek*, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers; Varied herbaceous diet of the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse revealed by DNA metabarcoding. D.E. Sanchez*, A.L. Dikeman, F.M. Walker, V. Horncastle, C.L. Chambers; ITS2 good to be true: an optimal metabarcoding approach for diet analysis of endangered herbivores. Authors: A.L. Dikeman, D.E. Sanchez, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers.
  • 2017     Western Bat Working Group, Fort Collins, CO, USA – How rare? Limits of detection of a genetic assay for species identification from guano. Authors: F.M. Walker, V.Y. Fofanov, A. Tobin, C.J. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez*, and C.L. Chambers.
  • 2016      The Wildlife Society’s 23rd Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC, USA: Reducing risks while maintaining a working landscape: Livestock grazing in endangered mouse habitat. Authors: C.L. Chambers*, V.Y. Fofanov, V. Horncastle, J. Springer, S. Tuttle, and F.M. Walker.
  • 2016      North American Society for Bat Research, San Antonio, TX, USA – 3 papers: How rare? Limits of detection of a genetic assay for species identification from guano. Authors: F.M. Walker*, V.Y. Fofanov, A. Tobin, C.J. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez, and C.L. Chambers; Identifying bats via eDNA in water. Authors: C.J. Sobek*, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers; Once upon a time in Mexico: prehistoric habitat suitability of the spotted bat. Authors: D.E. Sanchez*, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers.
  • 2016      International Bat Research Conference, Durban, South Africa (Developed Conservation Genetics session and served as Session Chair) – 2 papers: Gobs of guano: upping the ante for bat species identification from feces. Authors: Walker, F.M.*, V. Fofanov, A. Tobin, C.J. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez, & C.L. Chambers; DNA tales of scooping poop and swabbing mobs: Application of genomics to better understand bats. Authors: C.L. Chambers*, F.M. Walker, and V.Y. Fofanov.
  • 2016      The Wildlife Society Joint Annual Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ, USA – 4 papers: Beyond the bat – bats as drivers of bacterial biodiversity in abandoned mines of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Authors: V. Fofanov*, C.M. Hepp, F.M. Walker, C.J. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez, and C.L. Chambers; The diverse world of the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse. Authors: C.L. Chambers*, J. Springer, K. Phillips, V. Horncastle, F.M. Walker, J. Frey, and V. Fofanov. From Mexico to Canada: prehistoric habitat suitability of the spotted bat. Authors: D.E. Sanchez*, F.M. Walker, and C.L. Chambers. Bat species identification from guano. Authors: F.M. Walker, C.J. Sobek*, D.E. Sanchez, and C.L. Chambers.
  • 2015      North American Society for Bat Research Annual Symposium, Monterrey, CA, USA: Species from Feces: Reliably identifying global bat species with a DNA mini-barcode assay. Authors: Walker*, F.M., C. Williamson, C.J. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez, & C.L. Chambers.
  • 2015      6th International Barcode of Life Conference, Guelph, Canada – 2 papers: Species from Feces: Reliably identifying global bat species with a DNA mini-barcode assay. Authors: Walker, F.M., C. Williamson, C.J. Sobek*, D.E. Sanchez, & C.L. Chambers; Bats as drivers of bacterial biodiversity across multiple trophic levels of subterranean biomes. Authors: Fofanov, V.Y.*, C.M. Hepp, D.E. Sanchez, C.J. Sobek, C.L. Chambers, and F.M. Walker.
  • 2015      Biennial Conference of Science & Management on the Colorado Plateau, Flagstaff, AZ, USA – 3 papers: Species from Feces: A tool for genetically identifying bats globally. Authors: Walker, F.M.*, C. Williamson, C.J. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez, & C.L. Chambers; Two thousand years on the Colorado Plateau: Spotted bat genetic diversity revealed by contemporary, historical, and ancient DNA. Authors: Walker, F.M., C.J. Sobek, D.E. Sanchez, R.C. Fleischer, M. Campana, J.T. Foster, and C.L. Chambers*; Bats as drivers of bacterial biodiversity across multiple trophic levels of subterranean biomes. Authors: Fofanov*, V, C.M. Hepp, D.E. Sanchez, C.J. Sobek, C.L. Chambers, and F.M. Walker.
  • 2015      American Society of Microbiology, Regional Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ – Paper, Bats drive microbial communities in subterranean habitats. Authors: V. Fofanov, C.M. Hepp, D.E. Sanchez*, C.J. Sobek, C.L. Chambers, & F.M. Walker. Poster, Identification and classification of Brucella species causing human disease in Turkey.  Authors: Bayer, B., F.M. Walker, J.T. Foster, Y. Özsürekci, S. Kiliç, P. Keim, & D. Wagner.
  • 2015      North American Joint Bat Working Group, Saint Louis, MO – Paper, Species from Feces: A tool to genetically identify bats.  Authors: Walker, F.M.*, C. Williamson, D. Sanchez, C. Sobek, & C.L. Chambers.
  • 2015      The Wildlife Society Joint Annual Meeting, Las Cruces, NM – 2 papers: Species from Feces: A tool to genetically identify bats. Authors: Walker, F.M.*, C. Williamson, C. Sobek, D. Sanchez, & C.L. Chambers; A DNA sequencing approach for characterizing microbial and bat species composition in mines from guano. Authors: V. Fofanov, F. M. Walker, D. Sanchez*, C. Sobek, & C.L. Chambers.

Conference Posters for Download

 Predicting habitat use by bats to protect them and inform wind energy development

 How Rare? Limits of Detection of a Genetic Assay for Species Identification from Guano

Identifying Bats via Environmental DNA in Water

Absence of Genetic Relatedness within Maternity Colonies of Big Brown Bats in Flagstaff: Implications for Rabies Transmission

Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) microsatellite marker discovery using Illumina paired-end genomic sequencing

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