Anna C Doty

• Ph.D.
• Professor (Assistant) at California State University, Sacramento

Wildfires are becoming increasingly severe and common in many parts of the world, yet their effects on certain taxa remain poorly studied. In November 2006, a major wildfire occurred in the Pilliga forests of north‐west New South Wales, Australia. This fire was severe and extensive, burning more than 120 000 ha. Prior to the fire, we conducted a st...

The development of new C‐320 electronic‐nose (e‐nose) methods for pre‐symptomatic detection of White‐Nose Syndrome (WNS) in bats has required efficacy studies of instrument capabilities to discriminate between major sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) derived from clinical samples. In this phase‐2 study, we further tested this e‐nose for c...

Background Climate change has caused several alterations in the frequency, intensity, and severity of wildfires globally, particularly in the western United States. Wildfire can dramatically change the microclimate experienced by animals who inhabit fire-prone areas, with implications for energy expenditure, particularly for heterothermic species....

Although it is known that southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans) nest in larger groups to offset the energetic costs of low temperatures, the influence of other variables on aggregation size remains relatively unknown. Therefore, the influence of environmental variables and individual characteristics of G. volans on nest box aggregation size...

Analysis of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions using electronic-nose (e-nose) devices has shown promise for early detection of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats. Tricolored bats, Perimyotis subflavus, from three separate sampling groups defined by environmental conditions, levels of physical activity, and WNS-disease status were captured tem...

Early detection of White-nose Syndrome (WNS) of bats within winter hibernacula is essential for applying effective and timely disease-control measures. Recent evidence suggests that analysis of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from bats over time using electronic-nose (e-nose) devices has potential for monitoring Pd-infection status and WN...

Detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using electronic-nose (e-nose) devices have shown promise for the early detection of White-nose Syndrome (WNS) in bats. Tricolored bats, Perimyotis subflavus (PESU), from three separate groups defined by environmental conditions, levels of physical activity, and WNS-disease status were temporarily capt...

We aim to summarise what is known about torpor use and patterns in Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) bats from temperate, tropical/subtropical and arid/semiarid regions and to identify whether and how they differ. ANZ bats comprise ~90 species from 10 families. Members of at least nine of these are known to use torpor, but detailed knowledge is curr...

Further investigations of new, noninvasive electronic methods for early White-Nose Syndrome (WNS)-disease diagnosis, based on e-nose VOC-detection of the disease itself, have provided new chemical evidence of metabolic differences in WNS-susceptible bat species. Development of improved methods for pre-symptomatic detection of WNS in bats using the...

Disease-suppression strategies are much more effective when diseases are detected at early stages, long before symptoms and signs develop. Relatively new disease-detection tools, electronic-nose (e-nose) devices, have been used successfully in the veterinary, agricultural and biomedical fields. E-nose instruments utilize multi-sensor arrays capable...

North American bats are experiencing declines in part due to anthropogenic impacts resulting in habitat loss and disturbance. In eastern deciduous forests, bats rely on forest resources for all or part of the year. Therefore, to promote conservation of bats, it is essential to determine whether current forest management techniques are compatible wi...

Devastation of both natural and human habitats due to wildfires is becoming an increasingly prevalent global issue. Fire-adapted and fire-prone regions, such as California and parts of Australia, are experiencing more frequent and increasingly destructive wildfires, accompanied by longer wildfire seasons. Further, wildfires are becoming more common...

Bat activity is influenced by fluctuating environmental variables. It may also be influenced by energetic pressures related to pregnancy, lactation, and emergence following winter inactivity. We evaluated nightly changes in relative bat activity at Royal National Park in response to Julian date, ambient temperature, precipitation, wind speed and mo...

Although wildfires are increasing globally, available information on how mammals respond behaviourally and physiologically to fires is scant. Despite a large number of ecological studies, often examining animal diversity and abundance before and after fires, the reasons as to why some species perform better than others remain obscure. We examine ho...

While torpor is a beneficial energy-saving strategy, it may incur costs if an animal is unable to respond appropriately to external stimuli, which is particularly true when it is necessary to escape from threats such as fire. We aimed to determine whether torpid bats, which are potentially threatened because they must fly to escape, can sense smoke...

Historical patterns of wildfires are being altered as a result of changing climate and therefore are becoming an increasingly pressing global issue. How small mammals deal physiologically with changes in landscape and food availability due to fire remains largely unknown, although recent studies on small heterothermic terrestrial mammals have shown...

Prescribed fires for fuel reduction affect wildlife in several ways. We observed a marked increase in superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) numbers after a controlled burn in Guy Fawkes River National Park, New South Wales, in April and May 2014. The fire occurred during the winter breeding season; however, congregations of males were often seen...

A recent push for wind energy development in South Africa has led to bat and avifaunal monitoring programs throughout the country. During the course of one year, three inspections per week (total 154 inspections) were made for evidence of bat and bird casualties at a pilot wind turbine in the Coega Industrial Development Zone, Port Elizabeth, Easte...