Associate Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor, Prairie Research Institute

Recent Publications

Loeb, S. C., O'Keefe, J. M., Barclay, R. M. R., Bennett, A. B., Cable, A. B., Gaulke, S. M., Gual-Suárez, F., Kuczynska, V., Lausen, C. L., Pérez-Harp, S., & Westrich, B. J. (2026). Question the Mark: A Review and Assessment of Bat Marking Practices. Mammal Review, 56(1), Article e70009. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.70009

Bakken, G. S., & O'Keefe, J. M. (2025). Simple design modifications can tailor bat box thermal conditions to life history requirements in different habitats. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 6(2), Article e70057. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70057

Bennett, A. J., Suski, C. D., & O’keefe, J. M. (2025). Molecular epidemiology of Eimeria spp. parasites and the faecal microbiome of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis): a non-invasive, multiplex metabarcode survey of an endangered species. Microbial genomics, 11(2), Article 001358. https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001358

Coleman, J. L., Huang, J. C.-C., Kingston, T., Lee, B. PY.-H., O'Keefe, J. M., Randhawa, N., Rutrough, A. L., Shepherd, C. R., Thong, V. D., & Tsang, S. M. (2025). A major victory in the effort to end the online, ornamental trade in bats. ORYX, 59(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605324001844

Simonis, M. C., Ciarrachi, S., Dyer, K. E., Allira, M., Demory, B., Zubayr, J., Van Parys, D., Whitmore, K., Fitzgerald, K., Castle, K. T., Dewey, T. A., O'Keefe, J. M., Bernard, R. F., Chumchal, M. M., Haase, C. G., Foster, J. T., & Becker, D. J. (2025). A Collaborative Multiple Stressor Approach for Identifying Spatial Heterogeneities in Wildlife Health and Conservation Priorities. Integrative and comparative biology, 65(6), 1772-1780. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf123

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