Publications

Contributed Research Papers

Co-authors from the Broders lab are highlighted in bold 

  • Balzer, EW, Grottoli, AD, Phinney, LJ, Burns, LE, Vanderwolf, KJ, Broders, HG (2021). Capture Rate Declines of Northern Myotis in the Canadian Maritimes. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 1-6. doi:10.1002/wsb.1223.
  • Sunga, J, Webber, QMR., and Broders, HG (2021). Influence of number of individuals and observations per individual on an estimate of subgroup structure. ​PLOS ONE. 16​(6):e0252471. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252471.
  • Sunga J, Humber J, Rodrigues B, McGuire L, Broders HG. 2021. Long-distance movement over period of days by a female Myotis lucifugus in Newfoundland, Canada. Northeastern Naturalist.  28: 24-26. doi:10.1656/045.028.0214.
  • Cheng, T, Reichard J, Coleman J, Weller T, Thogmartin W, Reichert B, Bennett A, Broders HG, Campbell  J, Etchison K, Feller D, Geboy R, Hemberger T, Herzog C, Hicks A, Houghton S, Humber J, Kath J, King RA, Loeb S, Masse A, Morris K, Niederriter H, Nordquist G, Perry R, Reynolds R, Sasse B, Scaffini M, Stark R, Stihler C, Thomas S, Turner G, Webb S, Westrich B, Frick W.  2021. The scope and severity of white-nose syndrome on hibernating bats in North America.  Conservation Biology 1-12.  doi: 10.1111/cobi.13739
  • Pretorius M, Markotter W, Kearney T, Seamark E, Broders HG, Keith M.  2021. No evidence of pre-hibernation or pre-migratory body mass gain in Miniopterus natalensis in north-eastern South Africa.  Journal of Vertebrate Biology. 70: 20088.  doi: 10.25225/jvb.20088.
  • Becker D, Speer K, Korstian J, Volokhov D, Droke H, Brown A, Baijnauth C, Padgett-Stewart T, Broders HG, Plowright R, Rainwater T, Fenton B, Simmons N, Chumchal M. 2020. Disentangling interactions between mercury, immunity, and infection in a Neotropical bat community.  Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 879-889. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13809. 
  • Pretorius M, Cakenberge VV, Broders HG, Keith M.  2020. Temperature explains variation in seasonal temporal activity of Miniopterus natalensis more than moonlight or humidity.  Mammal Research 65:755-765
  • Pretorius M, Broders HG, Keith M. 2020. Threat analysis of modelled potential migratory routes for Miniopterus natalensis in South Africa. Austral Ecology. doi:10.1111/aec12940.
  • Pretorius M, Broders HG, Seamark E, Keith M. 2020. Climatic correlates of migrant Natal long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus natalensis) phenology in north-easten South Africa. Wildlife Research. 47:404-414. doi: 10.1071/WR19165
  • Banerjee A, Baid K, Byron T, Yip A, Ryan C, Raveendran Thampy P, Broders H, Faure P, and Mossman K. 2020. Seroprevalence in bats and detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in bat ectoparisites. Microorganisms. 8(3): 440. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8030440
  • Besler N, Broders HG. 2019. Combinations of reproductive, individual, and weather effects best explain torpor patterns among female little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus). Ecology and Evolution. 9:5158-5171. doi:10.1002/ece3.5091
  • Ryan CC, Burns LE, and Broders HG. 2019. Changes in underground roosting patterns to optimize energy conservation in hibernating bats. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 97(11): 1064–1070. NRC Research Press. doi:10.1139/cjz-2018-0340.
  • Oelbaum PJ, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Broders HG. 2019. Community structure of a Neotropical bat fauna as revealed by stable isotope analysis: Not all species fit neatly into predicted guilds. Biotropica. 51(5):719-730. doi.org/10.1111/btp.12700.
  • Pretorius M, Kearney T, Keith M, Markotter W, Seamark E, Broders HG. 2018. Increased body mass supports energy compensation hypothesis in the breeding female Natal Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis. Acta Chiropterologica. 20:319-328. doi: 10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.2.004
  • Brigham RM, Broders HG, Toth CA, Reimer JP, Barclay RMR. 2018. Observations on the roosting and foraging behavior of woolly false vampire bats, Chropterus auritus, in Belize. Caribbean Naturalist.  47:1-7.
  • Talbot B, Vonhof M, Broders HG, Fenton B, Keyghobadi N.  2018. Host association influences variation at salivary protein genes in the bat ectoparasite Cimex adjunctus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.  doi: 10.1111/jeb.13265.
  • Becker DJ, Chumchal MM, Broders HG, Korstian JM, Clare EL, Rainwater TR, Platt SG, Simmons NB, Fenton MB.  2018. Mercury bioaccumulation in bats reflects dietary connectivity to aquatic food webs.  Environmental Pollution.  233: 1076-1085. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.010.
  • Talbot B, Vonhof M, Broders HG, Fenton B, Keyghobadi N. 2017. Host association and selection on salivary protein genes in bed bugs and related blood feeding ectoparasites.  Royal Society Open Science.  4:170446.
  • Talbot B, Vonhof M, Broders HG, Fenton B, Keyghobadi N.  2017. Comparative analysis of landscape effects on spatial genetic structure of the big brown bat and one of its cimicid ectoparasites.  Ecology and Evolution. 7:8210-8219.
  • Talbot B, Vonhof MJ, Broders HG, Fenton MB, Keyghobadi N. 2017. Population structure in two geographically sympatric and congeneric ectoparasites (Cimex adjunctus and Cimex lectularius) in the North American Great Lakes region.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 95: 901-907.
  • Talbot B, Vonhof M, Broders HG, Fenton B, Keyghobadi N. 2016. Range-wide genetic structure and demographic history in the bat ectoparasite Cimex adjunctus.  BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16:268.  doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0839-1. 
  • Patriquin KJ, Leonard M, Broders HG, Ford WM, Britzke ER, Silvis A. 2016. Weather as a proximate explanation for fission-fusion dynamics in female northern long-eared bats.  Animal Behaviour.  122:47-57.
  • Little ME, Burgess NM, Broders HG, Campbell LM. 2015. Distribution of mercury in archived fur from little brown bats across Atlantic Canada.  Environmental Pollution.  207:52-58.
  • Burns LE, Broders HG. 2015. Maximizing mating opportunities: higher autumn swarming activity in male versus female Myotis bats.  Journal of Mammalogy.  96:1326-1336. doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv.141.
  • Gallant AJ, Broders HG.  2015. Body condition explains little of the inter-individual variation in the swarming behaviour of adult male little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) in Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93:469-476. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2014-0249.
  • McLeod BA, Burns LE, Frasier TR, Broders HG. 2015. Effect of oceanic straits on gene flow in the recently endangered little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) in maritime Canada: implications for the spread of white-nose syndrome.  Canadian Journal of Zoology.  93:427-437.  doi: 10.1139/cjz-2014-0262.
  • Little ME, Burgess NM, Broders HG, Campbell LM. 2015. Mercury in little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) maternity colonies and its correlation with freshwater acidity in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Environmental Science and Technology 49:2059-2065. doi: 10.1021/es5050375.
  • Johnson LNL, McLeod BA, Burns LE, Arseneault K, Frasier TR, Broders HG.  2015. Population genetic structure within and among seasonal site types in the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) and the northern long-eared bat (M. septentrionalis). PLoS ONE 10(5):e0126309. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126309.
  • Burns LE, Broders HG. 2015.Who swarms with whom? Group dynamics of Myotis bats during autumn swarming. Behavioral Ecology 26:866-876.  doi:10.1093/beheco/arv017.
  • Segers JL, Broders HG. 2015.  Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope signatures in bat fur indicate swarming sites are catchment areas for bats from different summering areas.  PLoS ONE 10(4):e0125755.  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125755.
  • Burns LE, Segers JL, Broders HG.  2015.  Species composition and activity of bats in the northern boreal forest of south central Labrador, Canada.  Northeastern Naturalist.  22:32-40.
  • Burns LE, Frasier T,Broders HG.  2014.  Genetic connectivity among swarming sites in the wide ranging and recently declining little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus).  Ecology and Evolution 4:4130-4149.  doi: 10.1002/ece3/1266. 
  • Segers JL, Broders HG.  2014.Interspecific differences in the effects of forest fragmentation on bats. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92:665-673.  doi: 10.1139/cjz-2014-0040.
  • Randall J, Broders HG.  2014.  Identification and characterization of swarming sites used by bats in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Acta Chiropterologica 16:109-116.
  • Broders HG, Hearn R, Farrow LJ, Lawrence L, Forbes GJ.  2014.  Stable isotopes reveal that little brown bats are generalist predators and northern long-eared bats are specialists.  Acta Chiropterologica 16:315-325. doi: 10.3161/150811014X687279.
  • Burns LE, Broders HG. 2014. Correlates of dispersal extent predict population genetic structuring in bats.  Conservation Genetics doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0623-y.
  • Clare E, Symondson W, Broders H, Fabianek F, Frazer E, MacKenzie A, Boughen A, Hamilton R, Willis C, Martinez-Nunez F, Menzies A, Norquay K, Brigham Mark P, Joseph, Rintoul J, Barclay R, Reimer Jessik. 2014. The diet of Myotis lucifugusacross Canada: assessing foraging quality and diet variability. Molecular Ecology. 23: 3618--3632. doi:10.1111/mec.12542. 
  • Broders HG, Burns LE, McCarthy S.  2013. First records of the Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) from Labrador and Summer Distribution Records and Biology of Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) in Southern Labrador.  Canadian Field Naturalist 127:266-269.
  • Moseley M, Broders HG, Smith M, Burns LE. 2013.  Biology of Wisqoq Cave, a raccoon-inhabited cave in Nova Scotia.  Speleobiology Notes 5:66-73.
  • Segers JL, Irwin AE, Farrow LJ, Johnson LNL, Broders HG. 2013. First records of Lasiurus cinereus and L. borealis on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Northeastern Naturalist.  20:N14-N15.
  • Patriquin KJ, Palstra F, Leonard M, Broders HG. 2013. Female northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) that roost together are related.  Behavioral Ecology, 24: 949-954.  doi:10.1093/beheco/art012.
  • Burns LE, Broders HG, Frasier TR. 2012. Characterization of 11 tetranucleotide microsatellite loci for the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) based on in silico genome sequences.  Conservation Genetics Resources.  4:653-655. doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9615-8.
  • Park AC, Broders HG. 2012. Distribution and roost selection of bats on Newfoundland. Northeast Naturalist 19:165-176.
  • Broders HG, Coombs A, McCarron J. 2012.  Ectothermic responses of moose (Alces alces) to thermoregulatory stress on mainland Nova Scotia. Alces 48:45-52.
  • Kendall Mackenzie CS, Clough MJ, Broders HG, Tubrett M.  2011.  Chemical and structural composition of Atlantic Canadian moose (Alces alces) incisors with patterns of high breakage. Science of the Total Environment.  409:5483-5492.
  • Czenze Z, Broders HG.  2011. Ectoparasite community structure of two bats (Myotis lucifugus and M. septentrionalis) from the Maritimes of Canada.Journal of Parasitology Research.  doi:10.1155/2011/341535.
  • Farrow LJ, Broders HG. 2011. Loss of forest cover impacts the distribution of the forest-dwelling tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus).  Mammalian Biology 72(2):172-179. doi: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.04.004.
  • Ball MC, Finnegan LA, Nette A, Broders HG, Wilson PJ.  2010 Wildlife forensics: “Supervised” assignment testing can complicate the association of suspect cases to source populations. Forensic Science International: Genetics. doi: 101016/j.fsigen.2010.02.002.
  • Poissant JA, Broders HG, Quinn GQ.  2010. Use of lichen as a roosting substrate by Perimyotis subflavus, the tricolored bat, in Nova Scotia.  Ecoscience 17:372-378.
  • Clough M, Kendall C, Broders HG. 2010.  The spatial variation of extreme tooth breakage in an herbivore and potential age structure effects.  Annales Zoologici Fennici 47:261-271.
  • Patriquin KJ, Leonard ML, Broders HG, Garroway CJ. 2010 The social networks of female northern long-eared bats, Myotis septentrionalis, vary with reproductive season and age.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64:899-913.   DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0905-4. 
  • Poissant JA, Broders HG. 2010. Differentiation of two Myotis species (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) at Hayes Cave, Nova Scotia, based on echolocation call characteristics.  Nova Scotia Institute of Science 45:55-63.
  • Henderson LE, Farrow LJ, Broders HG. 2009. Summer distribution and status of the bats of Prince Edward Island.   Northeastern Naturalist 16:131-140.
  • Poissant JA, Broders HG. 2008. Ectoparasite prevalence in Myotis lucifugus and Myotis septentrionalis during fall migration at Hayes Cave, Nova Scotia.  Northeastern Naturalist 15:515-522.
  • Henderson LE, Farrow LJ, Broders HG. 2008 Intra-specific effects of forest loss on the distribution of the forest-dependent northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis).  Biological Conservation 141:1819-1828.
  • Henderson LE, Broders HG. 2008. Movements and resource selection of the northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) in a forest-agriculture landscape. Journal of Mammalogy 89:952-963.
  • Garroway CJ, Broders HG. 2008 Day-roost characteristics of northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) in relation to female reproductive status.  EcoScience. 15:89-93.
  • Garroway CJ, Broders HG. 2007 Nonrandom association patterns at northern long-eared bat maternity roosts.  Canadian Journal of Zoology. 85:956-964.
  • Garroway CJ, Broders HG. 2007 Adjustment of reproductive investment and offspring sex ratio in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in relation winter weather severity.   Journal of Mammalogy.  88:1305-1311.
  • Clough M, Zentilli M., Broders HG, Nette A,   2006.  Elemental composition of incisors in Nova Scotia moose: evaluation of a population with abnormal incisor breakage.  Alces  42:55-64.
  • Broders HG, Forbes G, Woodley S, Thompson I. 2006.  Range extent and stand selection for roosting and foraging in forest-dwelling northern long-eared bats and little brown bats in the Greater Fundy Ecosystem, New Brunswick. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1174-1184.
  • Garroway CJ, Broders HG.  2005. The quantitative effects of population density and winter weather on the body condition of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 83:1246-1256.
  • Broders HG, Forbes GJ. 2004. Interspecific and intersexual variation in roost site selection of Myotis septentrionalis and M. lucifugus. Journal of Wildlife Management. 68:602-610.
  • Broders HG, Findlay CS, Zheng L. 2004. The effects of clutter on echolocation call structure of Myotis septentrionalis and M. lucifugus. Journal of Mammalogy 85:273-281.
  • Broders HG. 2003. Another quantitative measure of bat species activity and sampling intensity considerations for the design of ultrasonic monitoring studies. Acta Chiropterologica 5:235-241.
  • Broders HG, Quinn GM, Forbes GJ. 2003. Species status, and the spatial and temporal patterns of activity of bats in southwest Nova Scotia, Canada. Northeastern Naturalist 10:383-398.
  • Broders HG, Mahoney SP, Montevecchi WA, Davidson WS. 1999. Population genetic structure and the effect of founder events on the genetic variability of moose (Alces alces) in Canada. Molecular Ecology. 8:1309-1315.