Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member


Megan L Moran

PhD
Email: mlmoran@vt.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Moran, M.L., W. Boyd, J.L. De La Cruz, A.S. Bertke and W.M. Ford. 2023. Oral Sampling of Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) Maternity Colonies for SARS-CoV-2 in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, USA. Animals 2023, 13, 550. doi.org/10.3390/ani13040550 February 2023
Project Completion Date
Post WNS bat ecology in the eastern United States December 2028
Presentations Presentation Date
Moran, M.L., A.S. Litterer, J.L. De La Cruz, and W.M. Ford. 2024. Relative activity of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. 34th Colloquium of Conservation of Mammals in the Southeast. Hilton Head, SC. Feb. 16. February 2024
Moran, M.L., A. Litterer, J.L. De La Cruz and W.M. Ford. 2025. Abundance of Three Bat Species Impacted by White-nose Syndrome on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. 2025 Northeastern Bat Working Group, Harrisburg PA. Jan. 15-17. January 2025
Isenhour, Z.W., K.M. Gorman, J.L. De La Cruz, M.L. Moran, H. Taylor and W.M. Ford. 2025. Activity trends of Northeastern bats, post-white-nose syndrome. 2025 Northeastern Bat Working Group, Harrisburg PA. Jan. 15-17. January 2025
<b>Moran, M.L.,W. Boyd, J.L. De La Cruz, A.S. Berke and W.M. Ford. 2023. ORAL SAMPLING OF NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES LITTLE BROWN BAT (MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS) FOR SARS-COV-2 BY PCR. 2023 Northeast Bat Working Group, Burlington, VT. Jan. 19, 2023</b> January 2023
<b><b>Litterer, A.S., S.R. Freeze, M.L. Moran, R.E. Green and W.M. Ford. 2023. ACOUSTIC ACTIVITY OF LITTLE BROWN BATS (<i>MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS</i>) WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE ESTIMATED SPACE USE OF A MATERNITY COLONY. </b>2023 Northeast Bat Working Group, Burlington, VT. Jan. 19, 2023</b> January 2023