Reichert, B.E., A.R. Sovie, B.J. Udell, K.M. Hart, R.R. Borkhataria, M. Bonneau, R. Reed, R. McCleery. 2017. Urbanization may limit impacts of an invasive predator on native mammal diversity. Diversity and Distributions. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12531/full
Brian Reichert, Ph.D.
Brian is an ecologist at the Fort Collins Science Center, where he serves as Coordinator of the North American Bat Monitoring Program.
Biography
Brian is an ecologist at the Fort Collins Science Center. He serves as Coordinator of the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) providing overall leadership and direction of NABat across international boundaries. Brian’s research interests have focused on using a combination of field methodologies and statistical modeling to improve our understanding of the spatial dynamics of wildlife populations in response to habitat loss and land-use change.
Education
- Ph.D. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, 2014
- M.S. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, 2009
- B.S. Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2005
Professional Experiece
- 2017-present: Ecologist and NABat Coordinator, USGS Fort Collins Science Center, Trust Species & Habitats, Fort Collins, CO
- 2014-2016: Postdoctoral Associate, The Fletcher Landscape and Spatial Ecology Lab, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- 2007-2014: Graduate Research Assistant, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- 2006-2007: Supervisor/Field Biologist, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Kenansville, FL
- 2003-2006: Field Biologist, Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: St. Paul and Milaca, MN; Nestor One Field Camp, Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Affiliations
- The Wildlife Society
- Ecological Society of America
- International Association of Landscape Ecology
Science and Products
Date published: April 16, 2020
Status: Active Bat Research
White-nose syndrome (WNS) caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) has decimated hibernating bat populations across North America since it emerged 10 years ago in New York. As Pd has spread across North America, infection dynamics and mortality from WNS have varied among species and across sites. The mechanisms behind vulnerability of species across the current...
Contacts: Wayne E Thogmartin, Ph.D., Brian Reichert, Ph.D.
Date published: April 16, 2020
Status: Active A continental-scale study of acoustic phenology to improve population monitoring and inform management of hibernating bats
Research collaboration: Winifred Frick (Bat Conservation International), Theodore Weller (U.S. Forest Service), Wayne Thogmartin (UMESC), Craig Willis (University of Winnipeg), and Brian Reichert (FORT...
Contacts: Wayne E Thogmartin, Ph.D., Brian Reichert, Ph.D.
Date published: April 16, 2020
Status: Active Integrating colony counts with NABat acoustic data to reveal the true impacts of White-Nose Syndrome on northern long-eared bats
Research collaboration: Brian Reichert (FORT), Wayne Thogmartin (UMESC), Winifred Frick (Bat Conservation International), Tina Cheng (Bat Conservation International)
The northern long-eared bat...
Contacts: Wayne E Thogmartin, Ph.D., Brian Reichert, Ph.D.
Date published: April 16, 2020
Status: Active Developing online integrated data visualization tools for WNS and NABat
Research collaboration: Brian Reichert (FORT), Anne Ballmann (NWHC), Jeremy Coleman (USFWS), Paul Cryan (FORT), Wayne Thogmartin (UMESC), and Katherine Irvine...
Date published: April 16, 2020
Status: Active Quantifying vulnerability of bat species to White-nose Syndrome across North America
Research collaboration: Winifred Frick (Bat Conservation International), Brian Reichert (FORT), Theodore Weller (US Forest Service), Wayne Thogmartin (UMESC) and the North American Bat Colony Count...
Contacts: Wayne E Thogmartin, Ph.D., Brian Reichert, Ph.D.
Date published: October 1, 2017
Status: Active Developing APIs to support enterprise level monitoring using existing tools
In this age of rapidly developing technology, scientific information is constantly being gathered across large spatial scales. Yet, our ability to coordinate large-scale monitoring efforts depends on development of tools that leverage and integrate multiple sources of data. North American bats are experiencing unparalleled population declines. The North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat...
Attribution: Community for Data Integration (CDI)
Date published: October 27, 2016
Status: Active Species Conservation
Large scale changes are occurring to our natural landscapes, often resulting in changes to the distribution and abundance of species living within these landscapes. Populations of many species affected by these natural or anthropogenic changes require focused management to ensure their conservation and sometimes recovery from the brink of extinction.
Attribution: Fort Collins Science Center
Date published: October 26, 2016
Status: Active North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat)
North American bats face unprecedented threats including habitat loss and fragmentation, white-nose syndrome, wind energy development, and climate change. However, it is difficult to evaluate the impacts of these threats due to a lack of basic information about the distribution and abundance of bats across the continent. Although bat monitoring has long been conducted in individual areas and...
Date published: August 8, 2016
Status: Active WNS Data Management Coordination
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a disease responsible for unprecedented mortality in hibernating bats in the northeastern U.S. This previously unrecognized disease has spread very rapidly since its discovery in January 2007 and poses a considerable threat to hibernating bats throughout North America.
Contacts: Brian Reichert, Ph.D.
Attribution: Invasive Species Program, Fort Collins Science Center
Year Published: 2021
NABat: A top-down, bottom-up solution to collaborative continental-scale monitoring
Collaborative monitoring over broad scales and levels of ecological organization can inform conservation efforts necessary to address the contemporary biodiversity crisis. An important challenge to collaborative monitoring is motivating local engagement with enough buy-in from stakeholders while providing adequate top-down direction for scientific...
Reichert, Brian E.; Bayless, Mylea L.; Cheng, Tina L.; Coleman, Jeremy T.H.; Francis, Charles M.; Frick, Winifred F.; Gotthold, Benjamin; Irvine, Kathryn; Lausen, Cori; Li, Han; Loeb, Susan C.; Reichard, Jonathan D.; Rodhouse, Thomas J.; Segers, Jordi L.; Siemers, Jeremy; Thogmartin, Wayne E.; Weller, TheodoreAttribution: Fort Collins Science Center, Ecosystems
Year Published: 2021
The demographic contributions of connectivity versus local dynamics to population growth of an endangered bird
Conservation and management increasingly focus on connectivity, because connectivity driven by variation in immigration rates across landscapes is thought to be crucial for maintaining local population and metapopulation persistence. Yet, efforts to quantify the relative role of immigration on population growth across the entire range of species...
Reichert, Brian E.; Fletcher, Jr.; Kitchens, Wiley MAttribution: Fort Collins Science Center, Ecosystems
Year Published: 2020
Case Study 4: NABat acoustic monitoring allows inferences about bat populations at multiple scales
North American bats face unprecedented risks from continuing and emerging threats including white-nose syndrome, wind energy development, and habitat loss. Many species of bats are thought to be recently experiencing unparalleled population declines unlike any previously observed (O’Shea et al. 2016). The North American Bat Monitoring Program (...
Reichert, Brian E.; Rodhouse, Thomas J.; Loeb, Susan; Rae, JasonAttribution: Fort Collins Science Center, Ecosystems
Year Published: 2020
U.S. Geological Survey science in support of the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat)
Bats make up one-fifth of all mammalian species worldwide and are found on every continent except Antarctica. They contribute to overall ecosystem health by suppressing pest insects and pollinating plants and spreading seeds. Eight North American bat species are listed as federally endangered or threatened, and more than one-half are of current...
Reichert, Brian E.; Soileau, Suzanna C.View Citation
Reichert, B.E., and Soileau, S.C., 2020, U.S. Geological Survey science in support of the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat): U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2020–3008, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20203008.
Year Published: 2018
Community for Data Integration fiscal year 2017 funded project report
The U.S. Geological Survey Community for Data Integration annually funds small projects focusing on data integration for interdisciplinary research, innovative data management, and demonstration of new technologies. This report provides a summary of the 11 projects funded in fiscal year 2017, outlining their goals, activities, and outputs.
Hsu, Leslie; Allstadt, Kate E.; Bell, Tara M.; Boydston, Erin E.; Erickson, Richard A.; Everette, A. Lance; Lentz, Erika E.; Peters, Jeff; Reichert, Brian E.; Nagorsen, Sarah; Sherba, Jason T.; Signell, Richard P.; Wiltermuth, Mark; Young, John A.Attribution: Community for Data Integration (CDI), Core Science Systems, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)
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Hsu, L., Allstadt, K.E., Bell, T.M., Boydston, E.E., Erickson, R.A., Everette, A.L., Lentz, E., Peters, J., Reichert, B.E., Nagorsen, S., Sherba, J.T., Signell, R.P., Wiltermuth, M.T., and Young, J.A., 2018, Community for Data Integration fiscal year 2017 funded project report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1154, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181154.
Year Published: 2018
A guide to processing bat acoustic data for the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat)
The North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) aims to improve the state of conservation science for all species of bats shared by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. To accomplish this goal, NABat offers guidance and standardized protocols for acoustic monitoring of bats. In this document, “A Guide to Processing Bat Acoustic Data for the...
Reichert, Brian E.; Lausen, Cori; Loeb, Susan; Weller, Ted; Allen, Ryan; Britzke, Eric; Hohoff, Tara; Siemers, Jeremy; Burkholder, Braden; Herzog, Carl; Verant, MichelleView Citation
Reichert, B., and Lausen, C., Loeb, S., Weller, T., Allen, R., Britzke, E., Hohoff, T., Siemers, J., Burkholder, B., Herzog, C., and Verant, M., 2018, A guide to processing bat acoustic data for the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1068, 33 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181068.
Year Published: 2017
Urbanization may limit impacts of an invasive predator on native mammal diversity
AimOur understanding of the effects of invasive species on faunal diversity is limited in part because invasions often occur in modified landscapes where other drivers of community diversity can exacerbate or reduce the net impacts of an invader. Furthermore, rigorous assessments of the effects of invasive species on native communities that...
Reichert, Brian E.; Sovie, Adia R.; Udell, Brad J.; Hart, Kristen M.; Borkhataria, Rena R.; Bonneau, Mathieu; Reed, Robert; McCleery, Robert A.Attribution: Fort Collins Science Center, Ecosystems
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Reichert, B.E., Sovie, A.R., Udell, B.J., Hart, K.M., Borkhataria, R.R., Bonneau, M., Reed, R., and McCleery, R., 2017, Urbanization may limit impacts of an invasive predator on native mammal diversity: Diversity and Distributions, Early View, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12531.
Pre-USGS Publications
Reichert, B.E., W.L. Kendall, R.J. Fletcher, and W.E. Kitchens. 2016. Spatio-temporal variation in age structure and abundance of the endangered snail kite: pooling across regions masks a declining and aging population. PLoS ONE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162690
Fletcher, R.J., N. Burrell, B.E. Reichert, D. Visudev. 2016. The effects of landscape connectivity: evidence, challenges, and opportunities. Current Landscape Ecology Reports 1(2), 67-79.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40823-016-0009-6
Tsai, J-S., B.E. Reichert, P.C. Frederick, and K.D. Meyer. 2016. Breeding site longevity and site characteristics have intrinsic value for predicting persistence of colonies of an endangered bird. Wetlands 1-9.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13157-016-0774-3
Reichert, B.E., R.J. Fletcher, Jr., C.E. Cattau, and W.M. Kitchens. 2016. Consistent scaling of population structure across landscapes despite intraspecific variation in movement and connectivity. Journal of Animal Ecology.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12571/full
Cattau, C.E., R.J. Fletcher, Jr., B.E. Reichert, and W.E. Kitchens. 2016. Counteracting effects of a non-native prey on the demography of a native predator culminate in positive population growth. Ecological Applications.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/15-1020.1/full
Fletcher, R.J. Jr., E.P. Robertson, R. Wilcox, B.E. Reichert, J.D. Austin, and W.M. Kitchens. 2015. Preference for natal-like habitats by dispersers explains spatial structure and maladaptive breeding in a highly mobile, endangered bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282(1814).
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1814/20151545
Acevedo, M., J. Sefair, J. Smith, B.E. Reichert, and R.J. Fletcher, Jr. 2015. Conservation with uncertainty: optimal network protection under worst-case disturbance events. Journal of Applied Ecology.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12532/full
Reichert, B.E., C.E. Cattau, and R.J. Fletcher, Jr. 2015. Snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; doi:10.2173/bna.171
https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/snakit/introduction
Fletcher, R.J., Jr., A. Revell, B.E. Reichert, W.M. Kitchens, J.D. Dixon, and J.D. Austin. 2013. Network modularity reveals critical scales for connectivity in ecology and evolution. Nature Communications 4.
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms3572
Reichert, B.E., C.E. Cattau, R.J. Fletcher, Jr., W.L. Kendall, and W.E. Kitchens. 2012. Extreme weather and experience influence reproduction in an endangered bird. Ecology 93:2580-2589.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41739616?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Fletcher, R.J. Jr., M.A. Acevedo, B.E. Reichert, K.E. Pias, and W.M. Kitchens. 2011. Social network models predict movement and connectivity in ecological landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(48):19282-19287.
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/48/19282.abstract
Zweig, C.L., B.E. Reichert, and W.M. Kitchens. 2011. Implications of discontinuous elevation gradients on fragmentation and restoration in patterned wetlands. Ecosphere 2(8):972-979.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/ES11-00119.1/full
Reichert, B.E., J. Martin, W.L. Kendall, C.E. Cattau, and W.M. Kitchens. 2010. Interactive effects of senescence and natural disturbance on the annual survival probabilities of snail kites. Oikos 119:972-979.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18366.x/abstract
Date published: April 21, 2021
White-Nose Syndrome Killed Over 90% of Three North American Bat Species
White-nose syndrome has killed over 90% of northern long-eared, little brown and tri-colored bat populations in fewer than 10 years, according to a new study published in Conservation Biology. Researchers also noted declines in Indiana bat and big brown bat populations.
Attribution: Ecosystems, Fish & Wildlife Disease
