Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats

Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA, Zoology Institute, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, 17489 Greifswald, Germany, UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, Groupe Chiroptères de Midi-Pyrénées (CREN-GCMP), Toulouse, France, Center for Integrated Spatial Research, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA, Bat Conservation Trust, Quadrant House, 250 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5RD, UK, Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, CZ 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Appalachian Laboratory, Wildlife and Heritage Service, 301 Braddock Rd., Frostburg, MD 21532, USA, Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Wildlife Diversity Unit, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233, USA, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ 128 44 Praha, Czech Republic, Norwegian Zoological Society, PB 102 Blindern, 0314 Oslo, Norway, Vleermuizenwerkgroep Natuurpunt VZW, Coxiestraat 11, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium, National Museum of Natural History, Tsar Osvoboditel 1, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 517 Lee Highway, Verona, VA 24482, USA, Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Av. da República 16-16B, 1050-191 Lisboa, Portugal, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Section, Elkins, WV 26241, USA, Wildlife Diversity Division, Pennsylvania Game Commission, 2001 Emerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 16669, USA ABSTRACT