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49th Annual Symposium

North American Society for Bat Research

Kalamazoo, MI, USAOctober 23-26, 2019

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Program DirectorsGary Kwiecinski, Shahroukh Mistry, Riley Bernard,

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SaturdayArcadia 2

Registration Opens / Breakfast

Brett R. Andersen

Danny Haelewaters

Simon Ripperger

Gerald CarterCynthia M

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Tigga KingstonPatricia E. Brow

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Nathan W

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. Brock FentonChristina M

. DavyTheresa M

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NASBR Business M

eeting II in Arcadia 1 (11:30-12:30)

All Registrants Encouraged to Attend

C.A. Calderón-AcevedoM

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elquisedec Gamba-Rios

Adrienne S. Dale

Paul A. FaureBrooke A. HinesDoreen M

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Cocktail Social (6:00)Banquet (7:00)

Awards &

Silent Auction (8:00)Live Auction (9:00)

Ecology / Natural HistoryHuman Dim. / Acoustics / Communications

Arcadia 1

Cori L. LausenAlyssa J. StulbergRiley F. BernardKyle G. George

Larisa Jo Bishop-BorosM

eredith L. McClure

Joseph R. HoytKate E. Langw

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Liam P. M

cGuireTina L. ChengCraig L. Frank

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a V. Willcox

Kristjan Mets

Derek Morningstar

Jorge Ortega

Diana D. Moreno-Santillán

Stephen J. Rossiter

Danielle M. Adam

sEdgar G. Gutiérrez

Burton K. LimLiliana M

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White-nose SyndromeWNS / Genetics / Populations

Program at a G

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Arcadia 2Registration O

pens / Breakfast / Diversity BreakfastErin F. Baerw

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in G. Wieringa

Mark A. Hayes

Michael R. Schirm

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ancy B. Simm

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aria Brown

Winifred F. Frick

Break (10:00 - 10:30)Jessica M

. DreyerJon Flanders

E.C. Braun de TorrezAnouk Sim

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NASBR Business M

eeting I in Arcadia 1 (11:30-12:30)

All Registrants Encouraged to Attend

Lunch / Mentor Lunch (12:30-2:15)

Erin C. Swerdfeger

Lauren A. HootonJoy M

. O’Keefe

Charles M. Francis

Katy R. Goodwin

Nickolay Ivanov Hristov

Cullen Geiselman

Theodore J. Weller

Break (4:15-4:45)Toby J. ThorneSusan C. Loeb

Emily M

. JohnsonR. M

ark. BrighamYvonne A. Dzal

Kristina A. Muise

Poster Session II(Kalam

azoo 6:15 - 8:00)

Conservation / ManagementConservation / Management

Cons / Mgmt / Physiology

Arcadia 1

Rodrigo A. Medellin

Reilly T. JacksonLaura N

. KloepperM

ichael D Whitby

David B Boerma

Aaron J. CorcoranPiper L. Roby

Caitlin J. Campbell

Break (10:00 - 10:30)Jeff Clerc

M. Teague O

’Mara

Jennifer J. KrauelGary F. M

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Erin E. FraserDaniel. J. U

rbanRichard T. Carter

J. Angel Soto-CentenoBruce D. Patterson

Gregory L. Mutum

iLaurel R. Yohe

Alberto Bortoni

Brooke Maslo

Virginia G. JaquishDave S. Johnston

Amy K. W

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athan Muchhala

Kalina T.J. Davies

Migration / MovementMorphology / SystematicsDiet / Foraging

ThursdayArcadia 2

Registration Opens / Breakfast

Welcom

eIntroduction

Keynote Address - Carol Chambers

Spallanzani Award - Vu Dinh Thong

Villa Award - Yocelyn T. Gutiérrez-Guerrero

Mem

orials & Announcem

ents

Break (10:00-10:45)C. Sheldon DavisIroro TanshiKyle E. Shute

Lisa Marie Sim

sKatelyn P. Harrison

Jacob A. RogersEvan C. Drake

Kelly M. Russo Petrick

Trinity N. Sm

ithElijah H. Lee

Darrian P. Washinger

Adam H. Sprott

Lauren MacDonald

Elizabeth BeilkeLuis Víquez-R

Break (4:15-4:45)Lucas J. Greville

Andrea D. Rumm

elBruna S. Fonseca

Ronald P. HallSydney K. Decker

Poster Session I(Kalam

azoo 6:00 - 8:00)Student Social (8:30) Bell's Brew

ing

Student Honors 2Student Honors 4Stu. Honors 6

Arcadia 1

Brian T. SpringallJulia Sunga

Laura M. Scott

Reed D. Crawford

Bridget K.G. Brown

Katherine M. Ineson

Alexander T. Grimaudo

Andrew K. Habrich

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a L. KunkelBrooke L. Q

uinnCaleb C. Ryan

C. Reed Hranac

Blaise A. New

man

Karen J. Vanderwolf

Juan Manuel Vazquez

Lauren M. N

ashErika E. ForestLori J. Phinney

Trevor M. M

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othy J. Divoll

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49th Annual Symposium, Kalamazoo, MI4

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Tue. - Wed.

Pre-conference Events

TuesdayField Museum of Natural History 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Meet in the Hotel Lobby 7:45 am

WednesdaySaugatuck Dunes State Park 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Meet in the Hotel Lobby at 8:45 am

Bat-Themed Outreach Techniques Workshop 9:00 am - 12:00 pmGreat Lakes IV & V

Photographing Bats Workshop 2:00 pm - 4:00 pmGreat Lakes IV & V

Spallanzani Bowling Fundraiser 2:00 pm - 5:00 pmMeet in the Hotel Lobby at 1:30 pm

Board of Directors Meeting 8:00 am - 1:30 pmOaks

Registration 3:00 to 6:00 pm Lower Level

Exhibitor Setup 12:00 pm onwardsKalamazoo

Welcome Reception 6:30 - 9:00 pmSponsored by Wildlife Acoustics Hors d’Oeuvres & Drinks

Bell's Brewing, 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave.

The Arcadia Ballroom is on the Lobby Level

All other rooms are one floor below on the Lower Level

Meeting space:SSID NASBR

PWD Lasiurus


7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast Great Lakes Keynote Speaker Dr. Carol L. Chambers grew up in the southeastern United States loving the outdoors and animals and wanting to find a career combining these. She majored in Biology at the University of Kentucky hoping this would lead to a future as a veterinarian. After shadowing a vet however, she decided working with wild animals was a better fit and would keep her working outdoors. She completed her M.S. in Forestry at the University of Kentucky (working outside). Because this degree satisfied the outdoors part but didn’t accomplish the wildlife goal she continued her education with a PhD in Wildlife Sciences at Oregon State University (OSU), minoring in Forest Science. After graduating, she started as an assistant professor of Wildlife Ecology at Northern Arizona University (NAU) School of Forestry, hiked in the Grand Canyon, and studied habitat relationships of charismatic microfauna (bats, small mammals, diurnal breeding birds). While at OSU, she noticed how few women faculty worked in forestry and participated in meetings held by the one tenure-track woman faculty member (of 64). At NAU, she helped initiate similar gatherings for women students, then helped start a women’s network with The Wildlife Society called Women of Wildlife. She is currently a professor at NAU, President-Elect for The Wildlife Society and is co-editing a book on Women in Wildlife Science: Building a Diverse Future targeting an audience of wildlife professionals, professors, and students in public and private sectors. She believes in diversity in the wildlife profession.

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Lower Level10:45 AM - 8:00 PM Poster Session I - Available for Viewing Kalamazoo

Reception Sponsored by Titley ScientificArcadia Ballroom

8:00 Welcome Amy Russell & Maarten Vonhof

8:15 Introduction Amy Russell, Maarten Vonhof & Gary Kwiecinski

8:30Keynote Address

1406 Reasons Why Diversity is Important Carol L. Chambers

9:00Spallanzani Award

Bats of Vietnam: An Overview of Research and Conservation Vu Dinh Thong

9:30Villa Award

Genomic Shifts Behind Dietary Diversification in Phyllostomid Bats and Genomic Signatures of Parallel Evolution in Nectar-feeders Yocelyn T. Gutiérrez-Guerrero

9:45 Memorials & Announcements Burton Lim

10:00 - 10:45 Coffee Break KalamazooSpallanzani Award

Dr. Vu Dinh Thong is a mammalogist, as well as the first and leading bat expert for the country of Vietnam. He is an Associate Professor of Biology and Head of the Zoological Museum at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam. He studied in Vietnam, England, Germany, and received his PhD from the University of Tübingen, Germany. Since 1999, he has successfully conducted several projects contributing significantly to both academic research and the conservation of Vietnamese mammals, with particular emphasis on bats. Dr. Thong has published 84 papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, including descriptions of 10 new bat taxa, and has also co-authored two books. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit (SEABCRU). Dr. Thong is always eager to collaborate with colleagues and support/train students from Vietnam and other countries.

Intellectual Property Statement

NASBR considers the information contained in presentations to be the property of the authors. To limit potential distractions during presentations and unauthorized dissemination of others’ work, the Board of Directors requests registrants to refrain from taking photographs or video of oral or poster presentations at the annual conference. We encourage audience members to contact the author to request further information about their presentation.

Code of Conduct

It is the policy of the North American Society for Bat Research (NASBR) that all participants in NASBR activities will enjoy an environment free from all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. As a professional society, NASBR is committed to providing an atmosphere that encourages the free expression and exchange of scientific ideas. In pursuit of that ideal, NASBR is dedicated to equality of opportunity and treatment for all members, regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion or religious belief, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disabilities, veteran status, or any other reason not related to scientific merit. Harassment, sexual or otherwise, undermines the integrity of NASBR meetings and activities.

Villa AwardYocelyn Gutiérrez is a PhD student from the Laboratory Evolución Molecular y Experimental, Institute of Ecology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She is passionate about genomics, transcriptomics and molecular evolution and is investigating the genomic trade-offs involved in the dietary shifts and evolution of the New World Leaf-nosed bats, using bioinformatics and evolutionary approaches. Yocelyn has developed bioinformatic tools to study the genomes, RNA-Seq and metagenomic data for mammals, with a particular enthusiasm for bats. One of her goals is to understand the genomic signatures and adaptations associated with the extreme nectarivorous diet that has recently developed in the Glossophaginae subfamily of bats. Her work has shed light on adaptation signatures associated with specialized diets, the complex evolution of sensory systems across the evolution of the Phyllostomidae family and parallel genomic signatures between Old World and New World bats with a nectar-fruit diet. Finally, biological conservation is a topic of high importance to her; she is collaborating on different projects related to genomic conservation in mammals and plants.

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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast Great Lakes Keynote Speaker Dr. Carol L. Chambers grew up in the southeastern United States loving the outdoors and animals and wanting to find a career combining these. She majored in Biology at the University of Kentucky hoping this would lead to a future as a veterinarian. After shadowing a vet however, she decided working with wild animals was a better fit and would keep her working outdoors. She completed her M.S. in Forestry at the University of Kentucky (working outside). Because this degree satisfied the outdoors part but didn’t accomplish the wildlife goal she continued her education with a PhD in Wildlife Sciences at Oregon State University (OSU), minoring in Forest Science. After graduating, she started as an assistant professor of Wildlife Ecology at Northern Arizona University (NAU) School of Forestry, hiked in the Grand Canyon, and studied habitat relationships of charismatic microfauna (bats, small mammals, diurnal breeding birds). While at OSU, she noticed how few women faculty worked in forestry and participated in meetings held by the one tenure-track woman faculty member (of 64). At NAU, she helped initiate similar gatherings for women students, then helped start a women’s network with The Wildlife Society called Women of Wildlife. She is currently a professor at NAU, President-Elect for The Wildlife Society and is co-editing a book on Women in Wildlife Science: Building a Diverse Future targeting an audience of wildlife professionals, professors, and students in public and private sectors. She believes in diversity in the wildlife profession.

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Lower Level10:45 AM - 8:00 PM Poster Session I - Available for Viewing Kalamazoo

Reception Sponsored by Titley ScientificArcadia Ballroom

8:00 Welcome Amy Russell & Maarten Vonhof

8:15 Introduction Amy Russell, Maarten Vonhof & Gary Kwiecinski

8:30Keynote Address

1406 Reasons Why Diversity is Important Carol L. Chambers

9:00Spallanzani Award

Bats of Vietnam: An Overview of Research and Conservation Vu Dinh Thong

9:30Villa Award

Genomic Shifts Behind Dietary Diversification in Phyllostomid Bats and Genomic Signatures of Parallel Evolution in Nectar-feeders Yocelyn T. Gutiérrez-Guerrero

9:45 Memorials & Announcements Burton Lim

10:00 - 10:45 Coffee Break KalamazooSpallanzani Award

Dr. Vu Dinh Thong is a mammalogist, as well as the first and leading bat expert for the country of Vietnam. He is an Associate Professor of Biology and Head of the Zoological Museum at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam. He studied in Vietnam, England, Germany, and received his PhD from the University of Tübingen, Germany. Since 1999, he has successfully conducted several projects contributing significantly to both academic research and the conservation of Vietnamese mammals, with particular emphasis on bats. Dr. Thong has published 84 papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, including descriptions of 10 new bat taxa, and has also co-authored two books. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit (SEABCRU). Dr. Thong is always eager to collaborate with colleagues and support/train students from Vietnam and other countries.

Intellectual Property Statement

NASBR considers the information contained in presentations to be the property of the authors. To limit potential distractions during presentations and unauthorized dissemination of others’ work, the Board of Directors requests registrants to refrain from taking photographs or video of oral or poster presentations at the annual conference. We encourage audience members to contact the author to request further information about their presentation.

Code of Conduct

It is the policy of the North American Society for Bat Research (NASBR) that all participants in NASBR activities will enjoy an environment free from all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. As a professional society, NASBR is committed to providing an atmosphere that encourages the free expression and exchange of scientific ideas. In pursuit of that ideal, NASBR is dedicated to equality of opportunity and treatment for all members, regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion or religious belief, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disabilities, veteran status, or any other reason not related to scientific merit. Harassment, sexual or otherwise, undermines the integrity of NASBR meetings and activities.

Villa AwardYocelyn Gutiérrez is a PhD student from the Laboratory Evolución Molecular y Experimental, Institute of Ecology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She is passionate about genomics, transcriptomics and molecular evolution and is investigating the genomic trade-offs involved in the dietary shifts and evolution of the New World Leaf-nosed bats, using bioinformatics and evolutionary approaches. Yocelyn has developed bioinformatic tools to study the genomes, RNA-Seq and metagenomic data for mammals, with a particular enthusiasm for bats. One of her goals is to understand the genomic signatures and adaptations associated with the extreme nectarivorous diet that has recently developed in the Glossophaginae subfamily of bats. Her work has shed light on adaptation signatures associated with specialized diets, the complex evolution of sensory systems across the evolution of the Phyllostomidae family and parallel genomic signatures between Old World and New World bats with a nectar-fruit diet. Finally, biological conservation is a topic of high importance to her; she is collaborating on different projects related to genomic conservation in mammals and plants.

Thursday


Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2Student Honors Session 1 Chairs: Maarten Vonhof & Erin Baerwald Student Honors Session 2 Chairs: Heather York & Bill Schutt10:45 In-flight Social Calls of Insectivorous Bats: Species-specific Behaviors and Social Call Contexts

Brian T. Springall10:45 Prescribed Fire Effects on Summer Habitat Use by Bats in the Cumberland Plateau

C. Sheldon Davis 11:00 Non-random Association Patterns Reveal Overlapping Subgroup Structure: Evidence for Complex Social Behavior in

Little Brown MyotisJulia Sunga

11:00 Competitors Versus Filters: Drivers of Non-random Structure in Forest Interior Insectivorous Bat Assemblages along Elevational Gradients

Iroro Tanshi 11:15 Personality Variation between Ground-roosting Myotis leibii and Raised-roosting Myotis lucifugus

Laura M. Scott 11:15 Seasonal Differences in Nocturnal Habitat Use by Northern Yellow Bats in Coastal South Carolina

Kyle E. Shute11:30 Impact of Aspect on the Microclimate of Bat Boxes and Artificial Roost Selection of Indiana Bats

Reed D. Crawford11:30 Effects of Hurricane Maria on the Bat Community on the Caribbean Island of Dominica

Lisa Marie Sims11:45 Do Bats Use Olfactory Cues to Locate Potential New Roosts?

Bridget K.G. Brown11:45 Bat Use of Upland Ponds within the Hardwood Forest Ecosystem of Southern Indiana

Katelyn P. Harrison12:00 Little Brown Bats Responding to and Rebounding from White-nose Syndrome

Katherine M. Ineson 12:00 Urban Tree Roost Use by Evening Bats in Texas

Jacob A. Rogers12:15 Host and Environment Interact to Drive Colony Persistence of Myotis lucifugus Impacted by White-nose Syndrome

Alexander T. Grimaudo12:15 Systematic Review of the Roost-site Characteristics of North American Forest Bats: Implications for Conservation

Evan C. Drake

12:30 - 2:15 Lunch List of local eateries at registration desk----------------------------------------------

Lunch with a Mentor Meet at NASBR registration desk----------------------------------------------

Bat House/Box Best Management Practices Lunch All are welcome. - At Food Dance, 401 E. Michigan St. - Please RSVP Cori Lausen [email protected] or text 250.353.8204




Student Honors Session 3 Chairs: Leanne Burns & Winifred Frick Student Honors Session 4 Chairs: Burton Lim & Charles Francis2:15 Sex- and Age-specific Rates of Survival for Two Northern Populations of Little Brown Bats

Andrew K. Habrich 2:15 Using Long-term Citizen Science Data to Assess Trends in Bat Populations in Northwest Ohio

Kelly M. Russo Petrick2:30 Partial Migration in Mexican Free-tailed Bats: Ecology and Bioenergetics of Winter Residents

Emma L. Kunkel 2:30 Elucidating Patterns of Bat Species Occupancy across a Disturbed Landscape in California’s Central Valley

Trinity N. Smith2:45 Predicting Foraging Strategies from Morphological Traits in Myotis

Brooke L. Quinn 2:45 Occupancy and Activity of Bat Species in Yellowstone National Park

Elijah H. Lee3:00 Changes in Underground Roosting Patterns to Optimize Energy Conservation in Hibernating Bats

Caleb C. Ryan3:00 Impacts of Habitat Conversion by Hyperabundant Moose on Summer Bat Activity in Newfoundland, Canada

Darrian P. Washinger3:15 What is a Winter? Addressing Data Deficiency in Vital Model Parameters in Overwintering Bat Models

C. Reed Hranac3:15 Ways of Seeing: From a Bird’s to a Bat’s Eye View

Adam H. Sprott3:30 Winter Activity Patterns of Non-cave Hibernating Tri-colored Bats

Blaise A. Newman3:30 Effects of Open Aerospace Habitat on Aerial Insectivorous Bat Communities in Lamanai, Belize

Lauren MacDonald3:45 Bat Wing Skin pH

Karen J. Vanderwolf 3:45 Multi-dimensional Resource Use by a Southern Appalachian Bat Assemblage

Elizabeth Beilke4:00 IA P53 Duplication Influences the Stress Response in the Long-lived Bat, Myotis lucifugus

Juan Manuel Vazquez4:00 Gotta Catch‘Em All! Using PNA-DNA Clamps to Increase Microbiome Read Numbers in a Diet Specialist

Luis Víquez-R

4:15 - 4:45 Coffee Break Kalamazoo 4:15 - 4:45 Coffee Break Kalamazoo

Student Honors Session 5 Chairs: Amy Russell & Veronica Brown Student Honors Session 6 Chairs: Shahroukh Mistry & Tigga Kingston4:45 The Grumpy, Lazy Bat Hypothesis: Does White-nose Syndrome Select for a Behavioral Change in Myotis lucifugus?

Lauren M. Nash4:45 Seasonal Variation in Male Urinary Estradiol and Transfer to Female Conspecifics in Eptesicus fuscus

Lucas J. Greville5:00 Modeling Long-term Genetic Diversity of Little Brown Bat Populations after Infection by White-nose Syndrome

Erika E. Forest 5:00 Is Reduced Thermal Sensitivity in Distal Wing Muscles a Functional Adaptation to Bats’ Unique Wing Morphology?

Andrea D. Rummel5:15 Changes in Summer Bat Activity Following the Invasion of White-nose Syndrome in Nova Scotia

Lori J. Phinney5:15 Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Cryptic Speciation in Trachops cirrhosus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)

Bruna S. Fonseca5:30 Spring and Summer Energetics of Myotis lucifugus Recovering from White-nose Syndrome

Trevor M. Moore 5:30 Ancestral Generalization was a Gateway to Rapid Dietary Divergence in Neotropical Leaf-nosed Bats

Ronald P. Hall5:45 Flexibility of Prey Size Selection in Sympatric Forest Bats (Myotis) Facilitates Dietary Overlap

Timothy J. Divoll5:45 Phylogeographic Analysis Reveals Mito-nuclear Discordance in Dasypterus intermedius

Sydney K. Decker

Thu

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Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2Student Honors Session 1 Chairs: Maarten Vonhof & Erin Baerwald Student Honors Session 2 Chairs: Heather York & Bill Schutt10:45 In-flight Social Calls of Insectivorous Bats: Species-specific Behaviors and Social Call Contexts

Brian T. Springall10:45 Prescribed Fire Effects on Summer Habitat Use by Bats in the Cumberland Plateau

C. Sheldon Davis 11:00 Non-random Association Patterns Reveal Overlapping Subgroup Structure: Evidence for Complex Social Behavior in

Little Brown MyotisJulia Sunga

11:00 Competitors Versus Filters: Drivers of Non-random Structure in Forest Interior Insectivorous Bat Assemblages along Elevational Gradients

Iroro Tanshi 11:15 Personality Variation between Ground-roosting Myotis leibii and Raised-roosting Myotis lucifugus

Laura M. Scott 11:15 Seasonal Differences in Nocturnal Habitat Use by Northern Yellow Bats in Coastal South Carolina

Kyle E. Shute11:30 Impact of Aspect on the Microclimate of Bat Boxes and Artificial Roost Selection of Indiana Bats

Reed D. Crawford11:30 Effects of Hurricane Maria on the Bat Community on the Caribbean Island of Dominica

Lisa Marie Sims11:45 Do Bats Use Olfactory Cues to Locate Potential New Roosts?

Bridget K.G. Brown11:45 Bat Use of Upland Ponds within the Hardwood Forest Ecosystem of Southern Indiana

Katelyn P. Harrison12:00 Little Brown Bats Responding to and Rebounding from White-nose Syndrome

Katherine M. Ineson 12:00 Urban Tree Roost Use by Evening Bats in Texas

Jacob A. Rogers12:15 Host and Environment Interact to Drive Colony Persistence of Myotis lucifugus Impacted by White-nose Syndrome

Alexander T. Grimaudo12:15 Systematic Review of the Roost-site Characteristics of North American Forest Bats: Implications for Conservation

Evan C. Drake







Student Honors Session 3 Chairs: Leanne Burns & Winifred Frick Student Honors Session 4 Chairs: Burton Lim & Charles Francis2:15 Sex- and Age-specific Rates of Survival for Two Northern Populations of Little Brown Bats

Andrew K. Habrich 2:15 Using Long-term Citizen Science Data to Assess Trends in Bat Populations in Northwest Ohio

Kelly M. Russo Petrick2:30 Partial Migration in Mexican Free-tailed Bats: Ecology and Bioenergetics of Winter Residents

Emma L. Kunkel 2:30 Elucidating Patterns of Bat Species Occupancy across a Disturbed Landscape in California’s Central Valley

Trinity N. Smith2:45 Predicting Foraging Strategies from Morphological Traits in Myotis

Brooke L. Quinn 2:45 Occupancy and Activity of Bat Species in Yellowstone National Park

Elijah H. Lee3:00 Changes in Underground Roosting Patterns to Optimize Energy Conservation in Hibernating Bats

Caleb C. Ryan3:00 Impacts of Habitat Conversion by Hyperabundant Moose on Summer Bat Activity in Newfoundland, Canada

Darrian P. Washinger3:15 What is a Winter? Addressing Data Deficiency in Vital Model Parameters in Overwintering Bat Models

C. Reed Hranac3:15 Ways of Seeing: From a Bird’s to a Bat’s Eye View

Adam H. Sprott3:30 Winter Activity Patterns of Non-cave Hibernating Tri-colored Bats

Blaise A. Newman3:30 Effects of Open Aerospace Habitat on Aerial Insectivorous Bat Communities in Lamanai, Belize

Lauren MacDonald3:45 Bat Wing Skin pH

Karen J. Vanderwolf 3:45 Multi-dimensional Resource Use by a Southern Appalachian Bat Assemblage

Elizabeth Beilke4:00 IA P53 Duplication Influences the Stress Response in the Long-lived Bat, Myotis lucifugus

Juan Manuel Vazquez4:00 Gotta Catch‘Em All! Using PNA-DNA Clamps to Increase Microbiome Read Numbers in a Diet Specialist

Luis Víquez-R


Student Honors Session 5 Chairs: Amy Russell & Veronica Brown Student Honors Session 6 Chairs: Shahroukh Mistry & Tigga Kingston4:45 The Grumpy, Lazy Bat Hypothesis: Does White-nose Syndrome Select for a Behavioral Change in Myotis lucifugus?

Lauren M. Nash4:45 Seasonal Variation in Male Urinary Estradiol and Transfer to Female Conspecifics in Eptesicus fuscus

Lucas J. Greville5:00 Modeling Long-term Genetic Diversity of Little Brown Bat Populations after Infection by White-nose Syndrome

Erika E. Forest 5:00 Is Reduced Thermal Sensitivity in Distal Wing Muscles a Functional Adaptation to Bats’ Unique Wing Morphology?

Andrea D. Rummel5:15 Changes in Summer Bat Activity Following the Invasion of White-nose Syndrome in Nova Scotia

Lori J. Phinney5:15 Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Cryptic Speciation in Trachops cirrhosus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)

Bruna S. Fonseca5:30 Spring and Summer Energetics of Myotis lucifugus Recovering from White-nose Syndrome

Trevor M. Moore 5:30 Ancestral Generalization was a Gateway to Rapid Dietary Divergence in Neotropical Leaf-nosed Bats

Ronald P. Hall5:45 Flexibility of Prey Size Selection in Sympatric Forest Bats (Myotis) Facilitates Dietary Overlap

Timothy J. Divoll5:45 Phylogeographic Analysis Reveals Mito-nuclear Discordance in Dasypterus intermedius

Sydney K. Decker

Thursday


Kalamazoo Kalamazoo6:00 - 8:00 PM Poster Session I Kalamazoo Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar - Sponsored by Titley Scientific

6:00 - 8:00 PM Poster Session I Kalamazoo Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar - Sponsored by Titley Scientific

Student Honors Posters Student Honors Posters H1 Variation in Bat Use of an Ephemeral Wetland in Western Tennessee

Aubree A. WeitzelH18 Functions of In-flight Social Calls of Eptesicus fuscus and Nycticeius humeralis

Rebecca D. MalinH2 Acoustic Bat Survey of Santa Rosa Island

Karissa N. RicoH19 Effects of Forest Fire on the Bat Community in Waterton Lakes National Park

Erin B. LowH3 Kinematic Comparison of the Recovery Maneuvers between Two Bat Species

Alexander T. MorrisH20 Summer and Autumn Roosting Ecology of Myotis septentrionalis in Pennsylvania

Mattea A. LewisH4 Modeling Bat Species Co-occurrence in Dubuque County, Iowa

Isabella L. MetcalfH21 Using Whole-room Sanitation Technology to Safely and Effectively Treat Infected Hibernacula with Ultraviolet Light

Robert E KwaitH5 Observing Social Behaviors of Eptesicus fuscus within the Roost

Derek T Krueger H22 Infection Patterns of Pseudogymnoascus destructans in Male and Female Bats

Macy J. KailingH6 Bat Responses to Nocturnal Insect Light-traps in Eastern Iowa

Gemma L. KeeganH23 Hidden in Plain Sight: Using Geometric Morphometrics on CT Scanned Bat Specimens from Open Access Repositories

Aditi Jayarajan H7 Warming Up Without Dinner: Hibernating Bats without Foraging Opportunities Desynchronize from Sunset despite

Warm-climateSamantha N. Garcia

H24 Evidence of Morphological Divergence in the Minor Red Bat (Lasiurus minor) from Mainland Red Bats

Ian R. HaysH8 Bats and Apples: Bat Ecosystem Services in Apple Orchards in Central New York

Alexandria Capra H25 Weather-dependent Home Range Expansion by Nycticeius humeralis in an Urban Environment

Ellen M. Hall H9 Hurricane Mediated Extirpation of Bats from the West Indies

Yadiamaris Avilés-RuizH26 Population and Habitat Assessment of Bats in Southwest Nova Scotia Post White-nose Syndrome

Adam D. GrottoliH10 Nuclear Phylogeography and Distribution Modeling of the Widespread Species Big Brown Bat

Xueling Yi

H27 Foraging Behavior and Habitat-use of Female Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bats on a Fragmented Landscape in Rural Arkansas

Crystal A. GriffinH11 Assessing Microplastic Contamination in Bats and Their Insect Prey

Jonathan P. TownsendH28 Sex Ratios of Big Brown Bats in Michigan over a 10-year Period

Brooke DalyH12 Improving Urban Habitats for Bats: What Makes a Bat-friendly Residential Swimming Pool?

Elizabeth J. AgpaloH29 Post-emergence Migration Patterns and Habitat Associations of Female Indiana Bats in Arkansas

Heather N. CusterH13 Ectoparasite Load Effect on Blood Cell Count in Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bats

Benjamin N. SpitzH30 Bat Activity on a Gulf Coast Refuge: Understanding Activity Patterns

Alexis CommiskeyH14 Body Mass of Pregnant Eptesicus fuscus is Diverging with Long-term Exposure to Pseudogymnoascus destructans

Molly C. SimonisH31 Genetic Approaches Improve our Understanding of Bat-Wind Turbine Impacts

Austin ChippsH15 Using NABat to Determine Factors Affecting Overall Bat Activity at Various Spatial Scales throughout South Carolina

Anna C. SiegfriedH32 Effect of Flight Duration on ß-hydroxybutyrate Concentration in Blood Plasma of Eptesicus fuscus

Taylor M. ByronH16 Seasonal Changes in Diets of Tropical Bats Revealed by Multi-tissue Stable Isotope Analysis

Phillip J. Oelbaum

H33 Microbiome Classification Studies of Myotis sodalis with Further Identification of Microbiome Chitinase-producing Bacteria

Alexis M. Bender H17 Using Prepared Nectarivorous Bat Specimens for Pollination Studies: An Example with Bat-pollinated Burmeistera

(Campanulaceae) from EcuadorJuan I. Moreira-Hernández

H34 Population Genetic Analysis of the Big Brown Bat in the Eastern United States

Juan Pablo Aguilar Cabezas

8:30 Student Social Bell's Brewing, 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave.Light food, cash bar and great company. All students are welcome.


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Kalamazoo Kalamazoo6:00 - 8:00 PM Poster Session I Kalamazoo Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar - Sponsored by Titley Scientific

6:00 - 8:00 PM Poster Session I Kalamazoo Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar - Sponsored by Titley Scientific

Student Honors Posters Student Honors Posters H1 Variation in Bat Use of an Ephemeral Wetland in Western Tennessee

Aubree A. WeitzelH18 Functions of In-flight Social Calls of Eptesicus fuscus and Nycticeius humeralis

Rebecca D. MalinH2 Acoustic Bat Survey of Santa Rosa Island

Karissa N. RicoH19 Effects of Forest Fire on the Bat Community in Waterton Lakes National Park

Erin B. LowH3 Kinematic Comparison of the Recovery Maneuvers between Two Bat Species

Alexander T. MorrisH20 Summer and Autumn Roosting Ecology of Myotis septentrionalis in Pennsylvania

Mattea A. LewisH4 Modeling Bat Species Co-occurrence in Dubuque County, Iowa

Isabella L. MetcalfH21 Using Whole-room Sanitation Technology to Safely and Effectively Treat Infected Hibernacula with Ultraviolet Light

Robert E KwaitH5 Observing Social Behaviors of Eptesicus fuscus within the Roost

Derek T Krueger H22 Infection Patterns of Pseudogymnoascus destructans in Male and Female Bats

Macy J. KailingH6 Bat Responses to Nocturnal Insect Light-traps in Eastern Iowa

Gemma L. KeeganH23 Hidden in Plain Sight: Using Geometric Morphometrics on CT Scanned Bat Specimens from Open Access Repositories

Aditi Jayarajan H7 Warming Up Without Dinner: Hibernating Bats without Foraging Opportunities Desynchronize from Sunset despite

Warm-climateSamantha N. Garcia

H24 Evidence of Morphological Divergence in the Minor Red Bat (Lasiurus minor) from Mainland Red Bats

Ian R. HaysH8 Bats and Apples: Bat Ecosystem Services in Apple Orchards in Central New York

Alexandria Capra H25 Weather-dependent Home Range Expansion by Nycticeius humeralis in an Urban Environment

Ellen M. Hall H9 Hurricane Mediated Extirpation of Bats from the West Indies

Yadiamaris Avilés-RuizH26 Population and Habitat Assessment of Bats in Southwest Nova Scotia Post White-nose Syndrome

Adam D. GrottoliH10 Nuclear Phylogeography and Distribution Modeling of the Widespread Species Big Brown Bat

Xueling Yi

H27 Foraging Behavior and Habitat-use of Female Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bats on a Fragmented Landscape in Rural Arkansas

Crystal A. GriffinH11 Assessing Microplastic Contamination in Bats and Their Insect Prey

Jonathan P. TownsendH28 Sex Ratios of Big Brown Bats in Michigan over a 10-year Period

Brooke DalyH12 Improving Urban Habitats for Bats: What Makes a Bat-friendly Residential Swimming Pool?

Elizabeth J. AgpaloH29 Post-emergence Migration Patterns and Habitat Associations of Female Indiana Bats in Arkansas

Heather N. CusterH13 Ectoparasite Load Effect on Blood Cell Count in Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bats

Benjamin N. SpitzH30 Bat Activity on a Gulf Coast Refuge: Understanding Activity Patterns

Alexis CommiskeyH14 Body Mass of Pregnant Eptesicus fuscus is Diverging with Long-term Exposure to Pseudogymnoascus destructans

Molly C. SimonisH31 Genetic Approaches Improve our Understanding of Bat-Wind Turbine Impacts

Austin ChippsH15 Using NABat to Determine Factors Affecting Overall Bat Activity at Various Spatial Scales throughout South Carolina

Anna C. SiegfriedH32 Effect of Flight Duration on ß-hydroxybutyrate Concentration in Blood Plasma of Eptesicus fuscus

Taylor M. ByronH16 Seasonal Changes in Diets of Tropical Bats Revealed by Multi-tissue Stable Isotope Analysis

Phillip J. Oelbaum

H33 Microbiome Classification Studies of Myotis sodalis with Further Identification of Microbiome Chitinase-producing Bacteria

Alexis M. Bender H17 Using Prepared Nectarivorous Bat Specimens for Pollination Studies: An Example with Bat-pollinated Burmeistera

(Campanulaceae) from EcuadorJuan I. Moreira-Hernández

H34 Population Genetic Analysis of the Big Brown Bat in the Eastern United States

Juan Pablo Aguilar Cabezas



Thursday


Frid

ay7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast Great Lakes Diversity in Science Breakfast Meadows

The Diversity in Science Breakfast is an opportunity to explore and discuss issues that involve all of us in a friendly open forum. Our goal is to promote conversation and actions to help us achieve an inclusive, diverse, and supportive culture in STEM, both within our own NASBR society and at our home institutions. Enjoy your morning coffee and breakfast bites while considering ways to recognize and defeat implicit bias, conquer imposter syndrome, and build inclusive and supportive environments for diversity in science. All are welcome!

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Lower Level

10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Poster Session II - Available for Viewing Kalamazoo

Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2Migration / Movement Chairs: Riley Bernard & Emma Willcox Conservation / Management Chairs: Nancy Simmons & Gerald Carter8:00 Movements and In-roost Behavior of the Wooly False Vampire Bat, Chrotopterus auritus

Rodrigo A. Medellin8:00 A Cross-taxa Test of Hypotheses for Why Bats Are Killed by Wind Turbines

Erin F. Baerwald8:15 Winter Foraging Activity of Two Cave-hibernating Bat Species in Tennessee

Reilly T. Jackson8:15 Insights from Monthly Species Distribution Models for Three Migratory Bat Species Impacted by Wind Energy

Jamin G. Wieringa8:30 Predator-prey Kinematics of a Specialized Population of Swainson's Hawks and Brazilian Free-tailed Bats

Laura N. Kloepper8:30 Smart Curtailment in North America: Recent Results, Ongoing Research, and Future Challenges

Mark A. Hayes 8:45 Intra-annual Isotope Sampling of Red Bats in Nebraska Raises Questions

Michael D Whitby8:45 An Updated Synthesis on the Effectiveness of Operational Minimization to Reduce Bat Fatality at Wind Turbines

Michael R. Schirmacher 9:00 Specialized Landing Maneuvers in Thyroptera tricolor Reveal Linkage between Roosting Ecology and Landing

BiomechanicsDavid B Boerma

9:00 Development of Wind Energy in Guatemala: A Negative Way to Report New Species for the Country

Luis A. Trujillo-Sosa9:15 Open-source Software for Large-scale, High-throughput 3D Video Tracking of Bats

Aaron J. Corcoran9:15 Bats of the World: A New Taxonomic and Geographic Database

Nancy B. Simmons 9:30 Torpor-assisted Migration: What’s Good for the Lasiurine is Good for the Myotid

Piper L. Roby9:30 Integrative Maps for Bats of the World

Maria Brown9:45 Hydrogen Isotopes Reveal Complex Seasonal Migratory Structure in At-risk Tree-roosting Bats in North America

Caitlin J. Campbell 9:45 Major Threats, Challenges, and Solutions to Global Bat Conservation

Winifred F. Frick


Migration / Movement (continued) Chairs: Riley Bernard & Emma Willcox Conservation / Management (continued) Chairs: Nancy Simmons & Gerald Carter10:30 Understanding Migration Diversity: Connecting Migratory Patterns to Functional Motivations

Jeff Clerc 10:30 Ecosystem Disservices: Have We Overlooked Beneficial Insects in Ecosystem Service Valuations?

Jessica M. Dreyer10:45 European Free-tailed Bats Use Wind Regimes to Fly High and Fast

M. Teague O’Mara10:45 Conserving Caves in the Caribbean for Critically Endangered Bats

Jon Flanders11:00 Patterns in High-altitude Bat Movement over Texas Revealed by Radar

Jennifer J. Krauel11:00 Size Matters: Evidence of Resource-defense Polygyny in a Subtropical Bat

Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez11:15 Insect Perspective on High Altitude Bats

Gary F. McCracken11:15 Recovery Plan for Québec’s Non-migratory Bat Species: Main Objectives and Ongoing Actions

Anouk Simard

11:30 - 12:30 Business Meeting I in Arcadia Ballroom 1 All attendes are encouraged to attend



Lunch with a Mentor Meet at NASBR registration desk ----------------------------------------------

Sponsor Workshop - Wildlife Acoustics Great Lakes IV and V




Morphology / Systematics Chairs: Maria Sagot & Bruce Patterson Conservation / Management (continued) Chairs: Joy O'Keefe & Rodrigo Medellin2:15 Intraspecific Variability in the Wing Morphology of Migratory Silver-haired Bats

Erin E. Fraser2:15 Movement Patterns of Migratory Tree-roosting Bats During Autumn Migration

Erin C. Swerdfeger 2:30 Morphological Variation and Origination of Chiropteran Wing Membranes

Daniel. J. Urban2:30 Regional Migrations of Threatened Bat Species

Lauren A. Hooton2:45 Mineralization of the Trachea and Larynx in Laryngeally Echolocating and Nonecholocating Bats

Richard T. Carter2:45 Bat Box Design Affects Microclimate and Suitability as Bat Habitat

Joy M. O’Keefe3:00 Defining Phenotypic Species Limits in Hoary Bats

J. Angel Soto-Centeno3:00 Assessing the Conservation Status of North American Bats

Charles M. Francis3:15 On the Diversification of Afrotropical Bats

Bruce D. Patterson3:15 Monitoring Bats to Assess White-nose Syndrome Impacts in Great Lakes National Parks

Katy R. Goodwin


Friday7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast Great Lakes Diversity in Science Breakfast Meadows

The Diversity in Science Breakfast is an opportunity to explore and discuss issues that involve all of us in a friendly open forum. Our goal is to promote conversation and actions to help us achieve an inclusive, diverse, and supportive culture in STEM, both within our own NASBR society and at our home institutions. Enjoy your morning coffee and breakfast bites while considering ways to recognize and defeat implicit bias, conquer imposter syndrome, and build inclusive and supportive environments for diversity in science. All are welcome!


10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Poster Session II - Available for Viewing Kalamazoo

Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2Migration / Movement Chairs: Riley Bernard & Emma Willcox Conservation / Management Chairs: Nancy Simmons & Gerald Carter8:00 Movements and In-roost Behavior of the Wooly False Vampire Bat, Chrotopterus auritus

Rodrigo A. Medellin8:00 A Cross-taxa Test of Hypotheses for Why Bats Are Killed by Wind Turbines

Erin F. Baerwald8:15 Winter Foraging Activity of Two Cave-hibernating Bat Species in Tennessee

Reilly T. Jackson8:15 Insights from Monthly Species Distribution Models for Three Migratory Bat Species Impacted by Wind Energy

Jamin G. Wieringa8:30 Predator-prey Kinematics of a Specialized Population of Swainson's Hawks and Brazilian Free-tailed Bats

Laura N. Kloepper8:30 Smart Curtailment in North America: Recent Results, Ongoing Research, and Future Challenges

Mark A. Hayes 8:45 Intra-annual Isotope Sampling of Red Bats in Nebraska Raises Questions

Michael D Whitby8:45 An Updated Synthesis on the Effectiveness of Operational Minimization to Reduce Bat Fatality at Wind Turbines

Michael R. Schirmacher 9:00 Specialized Landing Maneuvers in Thyroptera tricolor Reveal Linkage between Roosting Ecology and Landing

BiomechanicsDavid B Boerma

9:00 Development of Wind Energy in Guatemala: A Negative Way to Report New Species for the Country

Luis A. Trujillo-Sosa9:15 Open-source Software for Large-scale, High-throughput 3D Video Tracking of Bats

Aaron J. Corcoran9:15 Bats of the World: A New Taxonomic and Geographic Database

Nancy B. Simmons 9:30 Torpor-assisted Migration: What’s Good for the Lasiurine is Good for the Myotid

Piper L. Roby9:30 Integrative Maps for Bats of the World

Maria Brown9:45 Hydrogen Isotopes Reveal Complex Seasonal Migratory Structure in At-risk Tree-roosting Bats in North America

Caitlin J. Campbell 9:45 Major Threats, Challenges, and Solutions to Global Bat Conservation

Winifred F. Frick


Migration / Movement (continued) Chairs: Riley Bernard & Emma Willcox Conservation / Management (continued) Chairs: Nancy Simmons & Gerald Carter10:30 Understanding Migration Diversity: Connecting Migratory Patterns to Functional Motivations

Jeff Clerc 10:30 Ecosystem Disservices: Have We Overlooked Beneficial Insects in Ecosystem Service Valuations?

Jessica M. Dreyer10:45 European Free-tailed Bats Use Wind Regimes to Fly High and Fast

M. Teague O’Mara10:45 Conserving Caves in the Caribbean for Critically Endangered Bats

Jon Flanders11:00 Patterns in High-altitude Bat Movement over Texas Revealed by Radar

Jennifer J. Krauel11:00 Size Matters: Evidence of Resource-defense Polygyny in a Subtropical Bat

Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez11:15 Insect Perspective on High Altitude Bats

Gary F. McCracken11:15 Recovery Plan for Québec’s Non-migratory Bat Species: Main Objectives and Ongoing Actions

Anouk Simard









Morphology / Systematics Chairs: Maria Sagot & Bruce Patterson Conservation / Management (continued) Chairs: Joy O'Keefe & Rodrigo Medellin2:15 Intraspecific Variability in the Wing Morphology of Migratory Silver-haired Bats

Erin E. Fraser2:15 Movement Patterns of Migratory Tree-roosting Bats During Autumn Migration

Erin C. Swerdfeger 2:30 Morphological Variation and Origination of Chiropteran Wing Membranes

Daniel. J. Urban2:30 Regional Migrations of Threatened Bat Species

Lauren A. Hooton2:45 Mineralization of the Trachea and Larynx in Laryngeally Echolocating and Nonecholocating Bats

Richard T. Carter2:45 Bat Box Design Affects Microclimate and Suitability as Bat Habitat

Joy M. O’Keefe3:00 Defining Phenotypic Species Limits in Hoary Bats

J. Angel Soto-Centeno3:00 Assessing the Conservation Status of North American Bats

Charles M. Francis3:15 On the Diversification of Afrotropical Bats

Bruce D. Patterson3:15 Monitoring Bats to Assess White-nose Syndrome Impacts in Great Lakes National Parks

Katy R. Goodwin


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Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2Morphology / Systematics (continued) Chairs: Maria Sagot & Bruce Patterson Conservation / Management (continued) Chairs: Joy O'Keefe & Rodrigo Medellin3:30 The Influence of Sensory and Biomechanical Modules on the Evolution of Neotropical Leaf-nosed Bats

Gregory L. Mutumi3:30 Bats and Lasers: Estimating Colony Size in Roosting Bats Using Ground LiDAR and Quantitative 3D Modeling

Nickolay Ivanov Hristov3:45 Genomic, Morphological, and Developmental Basis of Olfactory Evolution in Phyllostomids

Laurel R. Yohe3:45 Cataloguing Bat Ecological Interactions across the Globe: The Bat Eco-interactions Database

Cullen Geiselman4:00 Synchronous Muscle Recruitment for Stable Flight Control in Egyptian Fruit Bats

Alberto Bortoni4:00 BatAMP’s New Visualization Tool Provides Novel Insights into the Seasonal Ecology of Bats

Theodore J. Weller


Diet / Foraging Chairs: Luis Viquez-R. & Gary Kwiecinski Conservation / Management / Physiology Chairs: Mark Brigham & Susan Loeb4:45 Dietary Patterns of Big Brown Bats in a Diverse Landscape

Brooke Maslo4:45 Persistence of Myotis septentrionalis in Suburban Forest Remnants

Toby J. Thorne5:00 Agave Flower Visitation by Pallid Bats in the Big Bend Region of Texas

Virginia G. Jaquish 5:00 Responses of Temperate Bats to Silvicultural Treatments—A Qualitative Synthesis

Susan C. Loeb5:15 Flexible Foraging Behavior in the Hawaiian Hoary Bat

Dave S. Johnston5:15 Are Statistical Models Useful for Predicting Energy Budgets of Hibernating Bats?

Emily M. Johnson5:30 Historical Reconstruction of Bat Diets using Stable Isotope Analyses

Amy K. Wray5:30 Interspecific Variation in the Heat Tolerance and Evaporative Cooling Capacity of Bats with Differing Roosting Habits

R. Mark. Brigham5:45 The Long Stems Characteristic of Bat-pollinated Flowers Greatly Reduce Bat Search Times while Foraging

Nathan Muchhala

5:45 Testing the Protein-for-Water Hypothesis: Does Dehydration Cause an Increased Reliance on Protein Catabolism in Eptesicus fuscus?

Yvonne A. Dzal6:00 Testing for Signatures of Dietary Switches in the ‘Vision’ Genes of Neotropical Bats

Kalina T.J. Davies6:00 Behavioral Responses of Hibernating Eptesicus fuscus to Variable Humidity

Kristina A. Muise

6:15 - 8:00 PM Poster Session II Kalamazoo

Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar



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Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2Morphology / Systematics (continued) Chairs: Maria Sagot & Bruce Patterson Conservation / Management (continued) Chairs: Joy O'Keefe & Rodrigo Medellin3:30 The Influence of Sensory and Biomechanical Modules on the Evolution of Neotropical Leaf-nosed Bats

Gregory L. Mutumi3:30 Bats and Lasers: Estimating Colony Size in Roosting Bats Using Ground LiDAR and Quantitative 3D Modeling

Nickolay Ivanov Hristov3:45 Genomic, Morphological, and Developmental Basis of Olfactory Evolution in Phyllostomids

Laurel R. Yohe3:45 Cataloguing Bat Ecological Interactions across the Globe: The Bat Eco-interactions Database

Cullen Geiselman4:00 Synchronous Muscle Recruitment for Stable Flight Control in Egyptian Fruit Bats

Alberto Bortoni4:00 BatAMP’s New Visualization Tool Provides Novel Insights into the Seasonal Ecology of Bats

Theodore J. Weller


Diet / Foraging Chairs: Luis Viquez-R. & Gary Kwiecinski Conservation / Management / Physiology Chairs: Mark Brigham & Susan Loeb4:45 Dietary Patterns of Big Brown Bats in a Diverse Landscape

Brooke Maslo4:45 Persistence of Myotis septentrionalis in Suburban Forest Remnants

Toby J. Thorne5:00 Agave Flower Visitation by Pallid Bats in the Big Bend Region of Texas

Virginia G. Jaquish 5:00 Responses of Temperate Bats to Silvicultural Treatments—A Qualitative Synthesis

Susan C. Loeb5:15 Flexible Foraging Behavior in the Hawaiian Hoary Bat

Dave S. Johnston5:15 Are Statistical Models Useful for Predicting Energy Budgets of Hibernating Bats?

Emily M. Johnson5:30 Historical Reconstruction of Bat Diets using Stable Isotope Analyses

Amy K. Wray5:30 Interspecific Variation in the Heat Tolerance and Evaporative Cooling Capacity of Bats with Differing Roosting Habits

R. Mark. Brigham5:45 The Long Stems Characteristic of Bat-pollinated Flowers Greatly Reduce Bat Search Times while Foraging

Nathan Muchhala

5:45 Testing the Protein-for-Water Hypothesis: Does Dehydration Cause an Increased Reliance on Protein Catabolism in Eptesicus fuscus?

Yvonne A. Dzal6:00 Testing for Signatures of Dietary Switches in the ‘Vision’ Genes of Neotropical Bats

Kalina T.J. Davies6:00 Behavioral Responses of Hibernating Eptesicus fuscus to Variable Humidity

Kristina A. Muise





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Friday


Kalamazoo Kalamazoo6:15 - 8:00 PM Poster Session II Kalamazoo Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar

6:15 - 8:00 PM Poster Session II Kalamazoo Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar

General Posters General Posters P1 Land Use Predicts Occupancy of Bats in an Agricultural Landscape

Gerald L. ZuercherP22 Effect of Hurricane Maria on Ectoparasites of Bats on Puerto Rico

Allen KurtaP2 An Ounce of Prevention: Using Infra-red Technology to Proactively Manage a Bat Roost

Jason A. WilliamsP23 Gray Bat: Recovery Progress and Future Innovation

Vona Kuczynska P3 Differences in Coding Sequence of DNA Repair Genes between Bats and Humans

Dana N. LeeP24 Factors Influencing Bat Occupancy of Artificial Roost Boxes

Kathleen KerwinP4 WNS Fungus Triggers Similar Immune Response in Fibroblast Cell Culture as in Living Bats

Thomas E TomasiP25 Can UV Lights Be Used to Create Foraging Patches for Bats in the Wake of WNS?

Kristin A. JonassonP5 How do Indiana Bat Populations Respond to Forest Management?

Clarissa A. StarbuckP26 Eastern Small-footed Myotis Roosting Habitat on the Niagara Escarpment

Christy L. Humphrey P6 Diphallia in Corynorhinus townsendii

Kirk A. Silas

P27 Real-time Sequencing of Pteropus hypomelanus in Vietnam to Generate Genomic Resources and Build Scientific Capacity

Stephen E. HarrisP7 Using DNA Barcoding to Determine Community Structure of Bat Ectoparasites in Atlantic Canada

Alexandra H. SaukP28 Searching for a Silver Lining: Requesting Data for Silver-haired Bats

Dana M. GreenP8 Remarkable Variation in the Diet of Noctilio leporinus in Puerto Rico: The Fishing Bat Turns Carnivorous

John RosaP29 NABat on the Northern Prairie: Year 1 of State-wide Acoustic Monitoring in North Dakota

Erin H. GillamP9 Working Towards Reliable Range-wide Status and Trend Analyses using NABat Monitoring Data

Brian E. ReichertP30 Pit-tagging Species Impacted by White-nose Syndrome on Maternity Sites: Not So Simple

Amélie FontaineP10 The National Response to White-nose Syndrome in 2019

Jonathan D. ReichardP31 Indiana Bat Presence in Sparta, IL before and after WNS Exposure

Angela N. Fletcher P11 Female Vampire Bats Vary in their Cooperativeness towards Strangers

Imran RazikP32 Preliminary Acoustic Bat Survey of the Boreal Peatlands of Central Ontario

Michael S. FishmanP12 Establishing Provincial-scale Bat Monitoring in British Columbia in Advance of White-nose Syndrome

Jason M. RaeP33 The Humerus Nature of the Femur

Julie Faure-LacroixP13 A Formal Technique for Monitoring Abundance of Bats on Talus Slopes

Paul R. MoosmanP34 The Effects of Forest Management Practices on Habitat Use by the Evening Bat

Anna C. DotyP14 Home Range and Habitat of Northern Long-eared and Tri-colored Bats during Fall Swarm

Patrick Ryan MooreP35 Shifts in Collagen Fiber Orientation with Age in Bones of Big Brown Bats and C57BL/6 Mice

Lisa Noelle CooperP15 Winter Ecophysiology of North American Desert Southwest Bats

Marianne S. MooreP36 Midnight Snack: Investigating the Consumption of Prey by Bats during Hibernation in Tennessee

Veronica A. BrownP16 Bat Activity at Vernal Pools in California

Shahroukh MistryP37 Response of Bats and Nocturnal Food Webs to Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks

Amanda J. Bevan P17 Comparative Analysis of DNA Damage Response Gene Regulation in Bats and Humans

Antony J. Miller P38 Multi-species Roosting May Bias Emergence Count Surveys in Eastern North America

Scott M. Bergeson P18 Bats Draw Undergraduates into Studying Mathematics and Biology Together

Jason E. MillerP39 Preliminary Analyses of the Roosting and Foraging Ecology of Myotis lucifugus on Prince Edward Island

Evan W BalzerP19 Befriending Bats: Using Citizen Science for Acoustic Data Collection in an Urban Park

Eryk T. Matczak

P40 Kootenay Community Bat Project: A Community-based Program Supporting Regional Bat Conservation in British Columbia, Canada

Leigh Anne IsaacP20 Detection of Tarnished Plantbugs, Apple Maggots, and Codling Moths in Bats’ Diet in Michigan Apple Orchards

Randi T. LesagoniczP41 Mapping Resistance Landscapes and Transmission Corridors for White-nose Syndrome in Western Myotis

Devaughn FraserP21 The Environmental Reservoir Mediates Species Connections during Hibernation

Nichole A. LagganP42 Estimation of Temporal Trends in Bat Abundance from Mortality Data Collected at Wind Turbines

J. Ryan Zimmerling

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Kalamazoo Kalamazoo6:15 - 8:00 PM Poster Session II Kalamazoo Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar

6:15 - 8:00 PM Poster Session II Kalamazoo Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar

General Posters General Posters P1 Land Use Predicts Occupancy of Bats in an Agricultural Landscape

Gerald L. ZuercherP22 Effect of Hurricane Maria on Ectoparasites of Bats on Puerto Rico

Allen KurtaP2 An Ounce of Prevention: Using Infra-red Technology to Proactively Manage a Bat Roost

Jason A. WilliamsP23 Gray Bat: Recovery Progress and Future Innovation

Vona Kuczynska P3 Differences in Coding Sequence of DNA Repair Genes between Bats and Humans

Dana N. LeeP24 Factors Influencing Bat Occupancy of Artificial Roost Boxes

Kathleen KerwinP4 WNS Fungus Triggers Similar Immune Response in Fibroblast Cell Culture as in Living Bats

Thomas E TomasiP25 Can UV Lights Be Used to Create Foraging Patches for Bats in the Wake of WNS?

Kristin A. JonassonP5 How do Indiana Bat Populations Respond to Forest Management?

Clarissa A. StarbuckP26 Eastern Small-footed Myotis Roosting Habitat on the Niagara Escarpment

Christy L. Humphrey P6 Diphallia in Corynorhinus townsendii

Kirk A. Silas

P27 Real-time Sequencing of Pteropus hypomelanus in Vietnam to Generate Genomic Resources and Build Scientific Capacity

Stephen E. HarrisP7 Using DNA Barcoding to Determine Community Structure of Bat Ectoparasites in Atlantic Canada

Alexandra H. SaukP28 Searching for a Silver Lining: Requesting Data for Silver-haired Bats

Dana M. GreenP8 Remarkable Variation in the Diet of Noctilio leporinus in Puerto Rico: The Fishing Bat Turns Carnivorous

John RosaP29 NABat on the Northern Prairie: Year 1 of State-wide Acoustic Monitoring in North Dakota

Erin H. GillamP9 Working Towards Reliable Range-wide Status and Trend Analyses using NABat Monitoring Data

Brian E. ReichertP30 Pit-tagging Species Impacted by White-nose Syndrome on Maternity Sites: Not So Simple

Amélie FontaineP10 The National Response to White-nose Syndrome in 2019

Jonathan D. ReichardP31 Indiana Bat Presence in Sparta, IL before and after WNS Exposure

Angela N. Fletcher P11 Female Vampire Bats Vary in their Cooperativeness towards Strangers

Imran RazikP32 Preliminary Acoustic Bat Survey of the Boreal Peatlands of Central Ontario

Michael S. FishmanP12 Establishing Provincial-scale Bat Monitoring in British Columbia in Advance of White-nose Syndrome

Jason M. RaeP33 The Humerus Nature of the Femur

Julie Faure-LacroixP13 A Formal Technique for Monitoring Abundance of Bats on Talus Slopes

Paul R. MoosmanP34 The Effects of Forest Management Practices on Habitat Use by the Evening Bat

Anna C. DotyP14 Home Range and Habitat of Northern Long-eared and Tri-colored Bats during Fall Swarm

Patrick Ryan MooreP35 Shifts in Collagen Fiber Orientation with Age in Bones of Big Brown Bats and C57BL/6 Mice

Lisa Noelle CooperP15 Winter Ecophysiology of North American Desert Southwest Bats

Marianne S. MooreP36 Midnight Snack: Investigating the Consumption of Prey by Bats during Hibernation in Tennessee

Veronica A. BrownP16 Bat Activity at Vernal Pools in California

Shahroukh MistryP37 Response of Bats and Nocturnal Food Webs to Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks

Amanda J. Bevan P17 Comparative Analysis of DNA Damage Response Gene Regulation in Bats and Humans

Antony J. Miller P38 Multi-species Roosting May Bias Emergence Count Surveys in Eastern North America

Scott M. Bergeson P18 Bats Draw Undergraduates into Studying Mathematics and Biology Together

Jason E. MillerP39 Preliminary Analyses of the Roosting and Foraging Ecology of Myotis lucifugus on Prince Edward Island

Evan W BalzerP19 Befriending Bats: Using Citizen Science for Acoustic Data Collection in an Urban Park

Eryk T. Matczak

P40 Kootenay Community Bat Project: A Community-based Program Supporting Regional Bat Conservation in British Columbia, Canada

Leigh Anne IsaacP20 Detection of Tarnished Plantbugs, Apple Maggots, and Codling Moths in Bats’ Diet in Michigan Apple Orchards

Randi T. LesagoniczP41 Mapping Resistance Landscapes and Transmission Corridors for White-nose Syndrome in Western Myotis

Devaughn FraserP21 The Environmental Reservoir Mediates Species Connections during Hibernation

Nichole A. LagganP42 Estimation of Temporal Trends in Bat Abundance from Mortality Data Collected at Wind Turbines

J. Ryan Zimmerling

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7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Great Lakes The Teacher Workshop is an annual workshop presented as part of NASBR to provide local teachers with resources to bring the amazing world of bats into their classrooms. Teachers will learn from NASBR scientists about bats of Michigan, as well as online resources available to use in their classrooms. Speakers at this year’s Teacher Workshop will also include local scientists from the Leslie Nature Center and the Detroit Zoo to present local hands-on resources available to teachers. The workshop will include some live bats, and materials for teachers to use in their classrooms. NASBR Registrants are welcome to attend or drop by the workshop.


9:00 AM - 1:00 PM NASBR Teacher Workshop Stone Theater

Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2White-nose Syndrome Chairs: Jeremy Coleman & Cori Lausen Ecology / Natural History Chairs: Ashley Wilson & Nathan Fuller8:00 Development and Testing of an Anti-Pd Probiotic Cocktail Applied at Maternity Roosts to Reduce White-nose

Syndrome-caused MortalityCori L. Lausen

8:00 The Role of Temperature in Assemblage Structure of Overwintering Insectivorous Bats

Brett R. Andersen8:15 Testing Environmental Cleaning Agents to Reduce Contamination of Bat Hibernacula with Pseudogymnoascus

destructansAlyssa J. Stulberg

8:15 Bat Fly-associated Fungi: Current Developments and a Call for Global Collaborations

Danny Haelewaters8:30 Is There a Silver Bullet for Managing White-nose Syndrome? Comparing Management Decisions across Pathogen

Emergence ZonesRiley F. Bernard

8:30 Miniaturized Proximity Sensors Reveal Evidence for Maternal Guidance in Common Noctule Bats

Simon Ripperger8:45 A Pilot Study to Assess Using Pooled Guano from Summer Roosts for National Pd Surveillance

Kyle G. George8:45 Vampire Bats that Cooperate in the Lab Re-form their Social Networks when Back in the Wild

Gerald Carter9:00 Myotis sodalis and M. septentrionalis Captures and Roosting Preferences in Post White-nose Syndrome Missouri

2017–2019Larisa Jo Bishop-Boros

9:00 Does Metabolic Rate Predict Activity and Cooperative Behavior in Common Vampire Bats?

Cynthia M. Marroquin9:15 Modeling and Mapping Western Bat Hibernaculum Suitability Before and After Pd Exposure

Meredith L. McClure9:15 Drivers of Flying Fox Hunting in Southeast Asia

Tigga Kingston9:30 Cryptic Connections and Spatial Segregation Drive Infection Patterns in Bats

Joseph R. Hoyt9:30 Bats of the California Channel Islands: New Records with New Methods

Patricia E. Brown9:45 Ecological Traps and Thermal Refugia Determine White-nose Syndrome Impacts and Persistence

Kate E. Langwig9:45 Landscape and Microclimatic Drivers of Roost Selection in Rousettus aegyptiacus Across Southern Nigeria

Benneth Obitte


White-nose Syndrome (continued) Chairs: DeeAnn Reeder & Liam McGuire Ecology / Natural History (continued) Chairs: Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell & Erin Gillam10:30 The Influence of Microclimate Manipulation on Hibernation Physiology and White-nose Syndrome

Liam P. McGuire10:30 The Hibernation Phenotype: Interspecific and Regional Variation of Hibernation Physiology

Nathan W. Fuller10:45 Collaborative Monitoring Strengthens Macro-scale Assessments of White-nose Syndrome Impacts for North American

BatsTina L. Cheng

10:45 White and Clear Wings in Bats

M. Brock Fenton11:00 The Role of Skin Temperature in the Resistance of Myotis leibii to White-nose Syndrome

Craig L. Frank11:00 The Case of the Shrinking Bats: Signatures of Nutritional Stress Implicate Changing Prey Availability and Climate

Christina M. Davy11:15 Winter Torpor and Arousal Activity of Four Cave-hibernating Bat Species in the Southeastern United States

Emma V. Willcox11:15 Are Bats Seeking Out Clean Water? A Perspective from the Namib Desert

Theresa M. Laverty

11:30 - 12:30 Business Meeting II in Arcadia Ballroom 1 All attendes are encouraged to attend




Board Meeting Oaks----------------------------------------------

Sponsor Workshop - Titley Scientific Great Lakes IV and V






Saturday7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Great Lakes The Teacher Workshop is an annual workshop presented as part of NASBR to provide local teachers with resources to bring

the amazing world of bats into their classrooms. Teachers will learn from NASBR scientists about bats of Michigan, as well as online resources available to use in their classrooms. Speakers at this year’s Teacher Workshop will also include local scientists from the Leslie Nature Center and the Detroit Zoo to present local hands-on resources available to teachers. The workshop will include some live bats, and materials for teachers to use in their classrooms. NASBR Registrants are welcome to attend or drop by the workshop.


9:00 AM - 1:00 PM NASBR Teacher Workshop Stone Theater

Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2White-nose Syndrome Chairs: Jeremy Coleman & Cori Lausen Ecology / Natural History Chairs: Ashley Wilson & Nathan Fuller8:00 Development and Testing of an Anti-Pd Probiotic Cocktail Applied at Maternity Roosts to Reduce White-nose

Syndrome-caused MortalityCori L. Lausen

8:00 The Role of Temperature in Assemblage Structure of Overwintering Insectivorous Bats

Brett R. Andersen8:15 Testing Environmental Cleaning Agents to Reduce Contamination of Bat Hibernacula with Pseudogymnoascus

destructansAlyssa J. Stulberg

8:15 Bat Fly-associated Fungi: Current Developments and a Call for Global Collaborations

Danny Haelewaters8:30 Is There a Silver Bullet for Managing White-nose Syndrome? Comparing Management Decisions across Pathogen

Emergence ZonesRiley F. Bernard

8:30 Miniaturized Proximity Sensors Reveal Evidence for Maternal Guidance in Common Noctule Bats

Simon Ripperger8:45 A Pilot Study to Assess Using Pooled Guano from Summer Roosts for National Pd Surveillance

Kyle G. George8:45 Vampire Bats that Cooperate in the Lab Re-form their Social Networks when Back in the Wild

Gerald Carter9:00 Myotis sodalis and M. septentrionalis Captures and Roosting Preferences in Post White-nose Syndrome Missouri

2017–2019Larisa Jo Bishop-Boros

9:00 Does Metabolic Rate Predict Activity and Cooperative Behavior in Common Vampire Bats?

Cynthia M. Marroquin9:15 Modeling and Mapping Western Bat Hibernaculum Suitability Before and After Pd Exposure

Meredith L. McClure9:15 Drivers of Flying Fox Hunting in Southeast Asia

Tigga Kingston9:30 Cryptic Connections and Spatial Segregation Drive Infection Patterns in Bats

Joseph R. Hoyt9:30 Bats of the California Channel Islands: New Records with New Methods

Patricia E. Brown9:45 Ecological Traps and Thermal Refugia Determine White-nose Syndrome Impacts and Persistence

Kate E. Langwig9:45 Landscape and Microclimatic Drivers of Roost Selection in Rousettus aegyptiacus Across Southern Nigeria

Benneth Obitte


White-nose Syndrome (continued) Chairs: DeeAnn Reeder & Liam McGuire Ecology / Natural History (continued) Chairs: Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell & Erin Gillam10:30 The Influence of Microclimate Manipulation on Hibernation Physiology and White-nose Syndrome

Liam P. McGuire10:30 The Hibernation Phenotype: Interspecific and Regional Variation of Hibernation Physiology

Nathan W. Fuller10:45 Collaborative Monitoring Strengthens Macro-scale Assessments of White-nose Syndrome Impacts for North American

BatsTina L. Cheng

10:45 White and Clear Wings in Bats

M. Brock Fenton11:00 The Role of Skin Temperature in the Resistance of Myotis leibii to White-nose Syndrome

Craig L. Frank11:00 The Case of the Shrinking Bats: Signatures of Nutritional Stress Implicate Changing Prey Availability and Climate

Christina M. Davy11:15 Winter Torpor and Arousal Activity of Four Cave-hibernating Bat Species in the Southeastern United States

Emma V. Willcox11:15 Are Bats Seeking Out Clean Water? A Perspective from the Namib Desert

Theresa M. Laverty












Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2White-nose Syndrome & Genetics / Populations Chairs: Lilliana Davalos & Jorge Ortega Human Dimensions / Social Science & Acoustics / Communications Chairs: Melquisedec Gamba-Rios &

Jennifer Krauel2:15 The Advancing Front of White-nose Syndrome: Using Bat Dispersal Models to Explain Disease Spread

Kristjan Mets2:15 Anthropogenic Effects on Landscape Connectivity in Bat Communities of Puerto Rico

Camilo A. Calderón-Acevedo2:30 Recovery of Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus) Surviving and Thriving after White-nose Syndrome

Derek Morningstar2:30 The Luxury Effect Beyond Cities: Bats Respond to Socioeconomic Variation across Landscapes

Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell2:45 Too Many Viruses

Jorge Ortega2:45 Bat Biogeography of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Aja Collette Sherman3:00 Evolution of the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class-I in New World Bats

Diana D. Moreno-Santillán3:00 Human-caused Disturbance and the Effect of Nature-based Tourism on Bats

Melquisedec Gamba-Rios3:15 Molecular Adaptations Underpin Dietary Diversification and Specialization in Neotropical Leaf-nosed Bats

Stephen J. Rossiter3:15 Movement Ecology of Urban Resident Black Flying Foxes

Adrienne S. Dale3:30 Bat Longevity is Predicted by Genome Methylation Rate

Danielle M. Adams3:30 Temporal Processing of FM Sweeps in the Auditory Midbrain of Eptesicus fuscus

Paul A. Faure3:45 Population Genetics of the Honduran White Bat in Costa Rica

Edgar G. Gutiérrez

3:45 Effects of Omnidirectional Microphone Placement and Survey Period on Bat Echolocation Call Quality and Detection Probabilities

Brooke A. Hines4:00 Species and Genetic Diversity of Bats in the Southern Dutch Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao

Burton K. Lim4:00 Development of Auditory Sensitivity in the Big Brown Bat

Doreen Möckel

4:15 Labs without Borders: Methods for Extracting, Amplifying, and Sequencing in the FieldLiliana M. Dávalos

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6:00 Cocktail Social - Cash Bar (Open to all) Kalamazoo 6:00 Cocktail Social - Cash Bar (Open to all) Kalamazoo7:00 Banquet (Tickets Required) Arcadia Ballroom 7:00 Banquet (Tickets Required) Arcadia Ballroom

8:00 Awards & Silent Auction (Open to all) Arcadia Ballroom 8:00 Awards & Silent Auction (Open to all) Arcadia Ballroom9:00 Live Auction (Open to all) Arcadia Ballroom 9:00 Live Auction (Open to all) Arcadia Ballroom

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Arcadia Ballroom 1 Arcadia Ballroom 2White-nose Syndrome & Genetics / Populations Chairs: Lilliana Davalos & Jorge Ortega Human Dimensions / Social Science & Acoustics / Communications Chairs: Melquisedec Gamba-Rios &

Jennifer Krauel2:15 The Advancing Front of White-nose Syndrome: Using Bat Dispersal Models to Explain Disease Spread

Kristjan Mets2:15 Anthropogenic Effects on Landscape Connectivity in Bat Communities of Puerto Rico

Camilo A. Calderón-Acevedo2:30 Recovery of Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus) Surviving and Thriving after White-nose Syndrome

Derek Morningstar2:30 The Luxury Effect Beyond Cities: Bats Respond to Socioeconomic Variation across Landscapes

Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell2:45 Too Many Viruses

Jorge Ortega2:45 Bat Biogeography of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Aja Collette Sherman3:00 Evolution of the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class-I in New World Bats

Diana D. Moreno-Santillán3:00 Human-caused Disturbance and the Effect of Nature-based Tourism on Bats

Melquisedec Gamba-Rios3:15 Molecular Adaptations Underpin Dietary Diversification and Specialization in Neotropical Leaf-nosed Bats

Stephen J. Rossiter3:15 Movement Ecology of Urban Resident Black Flying Foxes

Adrienne S. Dale3:30 Bat Longevity is Predicted by Genome Methylation Rate

Danielle M. Adams3:30 Temporal Processing of FM Sweeps in the Auditory Midbrain of Eptesicus fuscus

Paul A. Faure3:45 Population Genetics of the Honduran White Bat in Costa Rica

Edgar G. Gutiérrez

3:45 Effects of Omnidirectional Microphone Placement and Survey Period on Bat Echolocation Call Quality and Detection Probabilities

Brooke A. Hines4:00 Species and Genetic Diversity of Bats in the Southern Dutch Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao

Burton K. Lim4:00 Development of Auditory Sensitivity in the Big Brown Bat

Doreen Möckel

4:15 Labs without Borders: Methods for Extracting, Amplifying, and Sequencing in the FieldLiliana M. Dávalos

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6:00 Cocktail Social - Cash Bar (Open to all) Kalamazoo 6:00 Cocktail Social - Cash Bar (Open to all) Kalamazoo7:00 Banquet (Tickets Required) Arcadia Ballroom 7:00 Banquet (Tickets Required) Arcadia Ballroom

8:00 Awards & Silent Auction (Open to all) Arcadia Ballroom 8:00 Awards & Silent Auction (Open to all) Arcadia Ballroom9:00 Live Auction (Open to all) Arcadia Ballroom 9:00 Live Auction (Open to all) Arcadia Ballroom

Saturday

Thomas H. Kunz Recognition Award

The NASBR Board of Directors have approved the establishment of an award in honor of Tom Kunz. This award recognizes and celebrates exemplary contributions by an early or mid-career scientist to the study of bats, including measurable impacts on bat research and/or conservation, student mentoring, public education, and collaborations. The award is named in honor of Professor Thomas H. Kunz, a founding member of NASBR, for his long and distinguished career in bat biology, ecology, and conservation that inspired many people and strongly promoted positive attitudes toward bats.

Nominations: The nominee must have been an active NASBR member for a minimum of 5 years and at the time of the nomination. The nominee must be within 15 years of having received their PhD. Can-didates for this award must be nominated by at least one current NASBR member, and we encourage collaborative nominations. Nomination materials for potential candidates should be sent to the Chair of the Board of Directors of NASBR or the Chair of the Awards Committee by 1 May 2020. The nominator(s) is/are responsible for providing a detailed summary of the candidate's qualifications for the award that includes, but is not limited to, the list provided on the NASBR website (https://www.nasbr.org/awards).


NASBR Board NominationsRegular Member (3)

LOREN AMMERMAN. I'm a professor of Biology at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas and have worked to better understand the bat community in Big Bend National Park for 25 years and use molecular tools to understand life history strategies, systematics, and species limits. My first NASBR meeting was in 1991 and I am proud of what this organization has become! I welcome the opportunity to serve on the board and do whatev-er I can to keep NASBR strong. I think that my background has prepared me for this position. My experience as Secretary-Treasurer with Texas Society of Mammalogists for 10 years provided experience planning and running meetings, taking minutes, budgeting, and accounting. I was the Managing Editor for Southwestern Naturalist for 3 years and converted the society to an online manuscript submission process. Prior to that I served as secretary for Southwestern Association of Naturalists for 3 years. I have assisted the student awards committee for NASBR mul-tiple times and for several other organizations. I have been involved with community outreach programs through

my role as Curator of Tissues at the Angelo State Natural History Collection. Lastly, my experiences both applying for and administering multiple grants throughout my career have made me comfortable with writing and budgeting skills.

GERALD CARTER. NASBR has been a close and constant academic family for me since my first meeting as an undergraduate in 2003. I have received so much from NASBR and serving on the board would be a great opportu-nity for me to pay it forward. I am an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University (since 2018) and a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama (since 2019) with 18 years of experience in bat research, education, and outreach. My interest in bats began in early childhood, and I worked with bats as an undergraduate at Cornell University (with Irby Lovette and John Hermanson), a MSc student at the University of Western Ontario (with Brock Fenton), and a PhD student and Ford Fellow at the University of Maryland (with Jerry Wilkinson). I was also a Smithsonian Institute Fellow working with Rachel Page and a Humboldt Fellow at what is now the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany. My research on food-sharing vampire bats explores

the formation and stability of cooperative relationships and social networks. To me, NASBR is all about sharing ideas and forging new connections, something particularly important for early career scientists. Some of my priorities would be policies that (1) support students and postdocs, (2) improve efficiency using web-based tools, and (3) bring together people from different backgrounds or perspectives (e.g. academia, government , and private sector) to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas and mutually beneficial collab-orations. If elected, I hope to bring fresh energy and ideas to the board.

MICHAEL FISHMAN. Michael Fishman started working with bats in 1991 when he helped develop a photo-graphic method for surveying bat hibernacula for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. They still use this method, and Mike continues to volunteer his time to assist them. He went on to study Indiana bat habitat selection for his Master’s Degree in Conservation Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, where he is still affiliated with the Roosevelt Wild Life Station as an adjunct biodiversity surveyor. He developed the Long Island Century Bat Survey, the largest bat survey effort on Long Island in 100 years, and found the first indications that northern long eared bats were surviving WNS in the eastern coast-al plain. Michael currently serves as Technical Director of Biological Field Services at ERM, a global environmental consultancy, and as co-founder/owner of Smarter by Nature, LLC, and environmental education programming com-pany. Michael’s experience with non-profit organizations has included serving the Northeast Bat Working Group (NEBWG) as Chair, Co-Chair, and President, and preparing/filing all of the requisite paperwork to establish NEBWG

as a non-profit corporation. He helped to plan logistics and program for 2 NEBWG Annual Meetings, and is currently planning a third for 2020. Michael attended his first NASBR in 2003, and served on the 2014 NASBR Conference Committee. He served The Wildlife Society as President and Past President of the Northeast Section, and as President and Vice President of the New York Chapter. He also served as Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the New York State Wetlands Forum from 2008-2013. In all of these roles, he was directly involved with planning logistics and programming for annual meetings and symposia for hundreds of participants. He looks forward to applying this extensive experience to NASBR!


SUSAN LOEB. I am a Research Ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station and am located at Clemson University where I work on a daily basis with students and faculty in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation. My research has been focused on bats for the past 20 years and I have been attend-ing NASBR meetings since 1999. My research interests include studying the effects of forest management on bats; ecology of threatened, endangered, and sensitive species; and developing and testing monitoring programs for bats. I have been an active member of NASBR by participating in functions such as mentor lunches and student evaluations. I also have a great deal of experience in professional society organization. I served on the Board of Directors of both the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) and the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network (SBDN). I have also served on many committees in those organizations including chairing the Graduate Student

and Education committee of ASM and the Awards Committee for SBDN. In addition, I served on the Ad Hoc Committee on Women and Diversity, the Honoria Committee, and the Merriam Award Committee for ASM, and am currently serving on the Publication Advisory Committee as an Associate Editor, Grants-in-Aid Committee, and Animal Use and Care Committee of ASM. I have experience organizing meetings as I hosted the 2002 SBDN meeting and served on the ASM Program Committee for 7 years. I would be pleased and honored to bring my experience to the NASBR Board of Directors and help the organization continue to be a well-respected professional society and resource for bat conservation and research.

MARIA SAGOT. I’m an assistant professor at SUNY Oswego, studying social communication of neotropical bats and bat ecosystem services in North America. I have been a NASBR member since 2004. I first attended as an undergraduate student, and I have not missed a single meeting. NASBR is one of the few societies that strongly supports their students and facilitates their development as scientists and young professionals. Thus, I have al-ways been committed to help the society in any capacity. As a graduate student, I served as a student rep. During that time, we stablished the student social to bring all the students together in a safe space. We also promoted the designation of a portion of the auction earnings to support the Villa Award (brings 1 Mexican student NASBR). I have also served as a student awards judge and mentor for the lunch with a bat biologist. Moreover, in 2014 I was

elected as a regular board member and I have been serving in multiple committees such as diversity and nominations (chair). I have also co-chaired and chaired the sponsorships committee and I am proud to say that in the last 5 years we have increased sponsorship donations to record numbers and we have brought new sponsors on a yearly basis. This have allowed us to keep registration prices fairly constant and low. Currently, we are working on long-term plans that will bring substantial support, especially for our students and I would be thrilled to be able to stay as a board member to continue working on this and other exciting projects.

BILL SCHUTT. I'm Bill Schutt, and I'm honored to have been a NASBR member since 1992. Since then I've missed 2 meetings. I'm a professor of biology, a research associate in Mammalogy at the AMNH, and author. My bat research has centered around vampire bats, post-cranial anatomy, quadrupedal locomotion, and evolution. In addition to its obvious role in bringing together bat researchers, I've always been proud of NASBR's vital role in promoting and supporting students. I find it extraordinary that so many of my colleagues got their start as I did, as grad students attending NASBR meetings, and supported by an array of talented and patient mentors. Because of this I've always felt that it was my job to help out as much as possible. I have served as a Student Awards judge and enjoyed taking part in "Lunch With A Mentor" on multiple occasions. I was an active member of the NASBR Board of Directors for 8 years. My proudest accomplishment during that time was co-chairing the Sponsorship Committee with Amy Russell and Maria Sagot. During those 8 years we increased sponsorship donations from

approx. $7,000 per year to approx. $30,000 per year. I've also served on the Policy and Public Relations committee, and worked closely with other board members and Program directors on various NASBR-related projects (including the restoration of NASBR's nonprofit status). I would be thrilled to continue to work hard for NASBR as a board member should you decide to reelect me.

CLARISSA STARBUCK. I am a postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Bat Research, Outreach, and Conservation at Indiana State University. I recently received my PhD from Northern Arizona University where I used acoustics to predict bat activity and occupancy on landscapes of northern Arizona. In 2013, I received my M.S. from the University of Missouri, where my research focused on determining effects of forest management on bat occu-pancy in the Missouri Ozarks. I have always found wildlife fascinating, but bats have been my favorite since I was in the first grade. Although I read a lot about bats as a child, I didn't really get involved with bat research until 2007 as an undergraduate, and I attended my first NASBR meeting in 2009. As a graduate student I served as a representa-tive to the Graduate Student Association for the wildlife graduate students. I was the vice president and president of the Forestry Graduate Student Association. I was involved with the Arizona Chapter of the Wildlife Society, where

I served as the webmaster and helped with outreach events, such as their annual Wildlife Techniques Workshop. I really enjoy helping people learn about bats and other wildlife. I have given talks at local schools and to scout groups, led a mist netting effort for bats on a Grand Canyon Youth trip on the Colorado River, and helped mist net for bats during Arizona Game and Fish Watchable Wildlife events. I think it's very important to get involved with organizations and societies that continue to promote learning and being curious about the world. I look forward to coming to NASBR every year to meet new people, learn new things, and get excited all over again about my own research. I would love to get more involved with and give back to this society..


HEATHER YORK. I am on the faculty in Biology and Environmental Science at Choate Rosemary Hall, a secondary school in Connecticut, USA. I remain active in my research on Neotropical bats, and introducing undergraduates and secondary students to field and lab work is an important part of my teaching, just as providing a pedagogical perspective is integral to my research collaborations. I am seeking a second term on the NASBR Board. In my first term, I served as the chair of the Education and Outreach Committee. In that role, I spearheaded the development of the policies on harassment and discrimination and the establishment of the ombudsperson positions. I have been involved in formalization of the Diversity in Science Breakfast, improvements to the Teachers’ Workshop, and a current effort to have a conference session on education. Further, I have been a supporting member of the Awards Committee, and, some 15 years ago, I volunteered as a student member of the Board. I look forward to

continuing to contribute to efforts to include and promote a diversity of scientists in NASBR.

Student Representative (1)DANA GREEN. I am a student at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan Canada where I am co-supervised by Dr. Erin Baerwald and Dr. Mark Brigham. I earned a MSc at Northern Arizona University and BSc at Missouri State University. I have studied a variety of vertebrates including salamanders, armadillos, and grasshopper mice. How-ever, my passion revolves around bat research and conservation. Currently, I am a student representative on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Mammalogists, while also serving on the Informatics and Conserva-tion Committees. Additionally, I have helped start two non-profit organizations, both focused on vertebrate con-servation and education. I helped organize the 2017 and 2018 March for Science - Flagstaff where I was in charge of fundraising. I helped raise thousands of dollars for the events and allocated all additional funds to local schools for education in STEM. I have a passion for applied animal behavior, conservation, public outreach, and promoting women in STEM based fields..

2019 NASBR Lunch with a Mentor Thursday, October 24

Lunch, 12:30-2:30, NASBR Registration Desk

Riley Bernard Pennsylvania State University (Mentor Type: Academic)In my current position, I use tools from decision theory to help state, federal and provincial management agencies work through disease-related decision problems. Although I consider myself a field ecologist, I am now honing my skills working with the humans who help conserve and protect bat populations affected by (or soon to be...) white-nose syndrome. My two postdoc positions have been affiliated with government agencies (National Park Service and US Geological Survey) through cooperative agreements with the University of Tennessee and Pennsylvania State University, respectively. My career goal is to become a professor.

Carol Chambers Northern Arizona University (Mentor Type: Academic)Professor of Wildlife Ecology, School of Forestry; Vice President of The Wildlife Society. Research into bat habitat relationships (for example, home range, effects of forest fragmentation); genetic approaches to understanding bats including habitat use, presence, and diet. Work in the Southwest USA and Nicaragua

Christina Davy Trent University (Mentor Type: Academic/Government)I run a conservation ecology lab at Trent University, studying the effects of disease, habitat fragmentation, and additive mortality on threatened wildlife populations (mostly bats and reptiles). My research group uses a variety of methods including field surveys, genomic analyses, and stakeholder outreach to evaluate and improve recovery actions for species at risk.


Betsy Dumont University of California Merced (Mentor Type: Academic)The overarching goal of my research program is to understand the pathways and underlying mechanisms that lead to diversity in form among animals. I do this by studying form-function relationships in ways that combine morphology, behavior, performance, ecology, and phylogenetic context. In practice, my work includes studying animal behavior and performance in the field, mechanical performance of structures, linear and geometric morphometrics, and comparative methods. My analyses of these data range from straightforward assessments of form-function relationships to comparative analyses that address of the intersection of form, function, and ecology with clade-level diversity.

Paul Faure McMaster University (Mentor Type: Academic)Bioacoustics, Hearing, Acoustically-Evoked Behavior, and the Integrative Physiology of Bats

Brock Fenton University of Western Ontario (Mentor Type: Academic)Emeritus Professor of Biology. Bat biologist and photographer; bat researcher

Joseph Hoyt Virginia Tech (Mentor Type: Academic)I am currently an Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech. I have been working with bats for almost 10 years and most of my research is focused on the ecology of white-nose syndrome. I have worked with hibernating bats all over the world and have extensive experience with bats in the U.S and throughout Eastern Asia. My interests lie at the intersection between behavior, disease ecology and conservation.

Susan Loeb US Forest Service, Southern Research Station (Mentor Type: Government)I am a Research Ecologist with the USFS Southern Research Station located at Clemson University where I advise graduate students. I have been working on bats for almost 20 years. My research focuses on the effects of forest management practices on bats, particularly TES species, monitoring (e.g., developing and using NABat), and the effects of white-nose syndrome on bats of the southeastern U.S.

Piper Roby Copperhead Consulting & University of Kentucky (Mentor Type: Academic/Consulting)I am the Research Director at Copperhead Consulting and a a PhD Candidate at the University of Kentucky. I study Indiana bat migration primarily, but also long-term population monitoring of the two largest Indiana bat maternity colonies in the range of the species. Before working with bats, I worked for the National Park Service conducting radio-tracking on bobcats, coyotes, and mountain lions. I am interested in being a mentor to let students know what opportunities exist after school from my experience with government and private industry jobs as well as completing a PhD while working full time.

Anouk Simard Quebec Ministry of Forest Wildlife and Parks (Mentor Type: Government)I did my PhD on deer population dynamics but I always been very interested by bat research. I was hired as a researcher in biodiversity conservation 10 years ago for Québec wildlife Ministry and I implemented different research initiatives on bats in Québec. Since 2012 I coordinated the implementation of batwatch.ca which is now a great way to gather data on maternity colonies.

Merlin Tuttle Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation (Mentor Type: NGO)Founder/Director, Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation. Have 60 years experience in bat ecology, behavior, conservation, and photography, covering some 40 countries and roughly 500 species. I’ve always enjoyed helping young people get started.


Luis Viquez-R. University of Ulm (Mentor Type: Academic)I'm a senior year PhD Student at Ulm University in Germany. My works revolves around the interaction between migration and the maturation process of the Immune system. In the past I have also worked with blood parasites and fragmentation in the Mayan Forest in Mexico. I’m Costa Rican but have been moving between Germany, Mexico and my homeland for the past 10 years. Besides inmmunogenetics, I have worked in the development of several bat acoustic monitoring protocols in Latin America and Africa.

Friday, October 25Lunch, 12:30-2:30, NASBR Registration Desk

Loren Ammerman Angelo State University (Mentor Type: Academic)I am Professor of Biology at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas and serve as the Curator of Tissues at the Angelo State Natural History Collection. My research interests regarding bats are molecular systematics/phylogeography, life history strategies, and changes in species distribution. Most of my work takes place with students in Big Bend National Park and currently includes work with Mexican long-nosed bats and documenting changes in this bat community over the past 25 years. I would be glad to talk with anyone interested in pursuing a similar career or interested in finding a graduate program.

Maria Brown Stony Brook University (Mentor Type: Academic)Lecturer at Stony Brook University since 2011 in the Geospatial Center. I am currently working on a large-scale geospatial mapping project with the Global Bat Taxonomy Working Group. I have also been working with an International Team of Scientists in the Peruvian Amazon on bat distribution, sample collections for multiple projects. I held a breakfast with a mentor session in Knoxville. My goal is to share best practices and updates for transitioning ftom Esri ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro, and I am eager to discuss the advanced work that can be done and the use of the R-Bridge in this new spatial platform.

Gerald Carter The Ohio State University (Mentor Type: Academic)I’m an assistant professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University. I study bat social behavior, especially cooperation, communication, and cognition in vampire bats. I do my fieldwork at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. See my website for more information-- socialbat.org

Nate Fuller Texas Tech University (Mentor Type: Academic/Consulting)I am a vertebrate ecophysiologist and bat ecologist by training. My current research interests focus on the impacts of disease on host physiology and behavior, and how host traits influence disease outcomes. I am also interested in how interspecific variation in host traits lead to differential susceptibility in groups of at-risk host species. More broadly, my work examines the mechanisms that dictate energy expenditure decisions in mammals and how an understanding of animal physiology can be used as a tool for conservation. My research combines established laboratory techniques and innovative field-based techniques to collect physiological data from previously understudied species.

Matina Kalcounis-Ruppell University of Alberta (Mentor Type: Academic)Dean of Science and Professor of Biological Sciences. Over 20 years of bat ecology and conservation work in North America. Everything from behavior to landscape level analyses. Currently involved in the North American Bat Monitoring program, social calls from acoustic data sets, and winter ecology of bats. Also, study the behavior of ultrasound production in North American rodents.


Tigga Kingston Texas Tech University (Mentor Type: Academic)I am a Professor at Texas Tech University, and co-Chair for the IUCN Species Survival Commission Bat Specialist Group (Old World). My research focuses on the conservation ecology of bats in the Old World tropics, and I take an integrative approve that ranges from functional morphology through community ecology to human dimensions of bat conservation and human-bat conflict.

Rodrigo Medellin Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mentor Type: Academic)Bats and life in every combination drive my life. I work on endangered species, ecology, and behavioral ecology oriented towards bat conservation. I am committed to recruiting as many young people as I can for the cause of bat conservation and biology.

Bruce Patterson Field Museum of Natural History (Mentor Type: Museum)Curator of mammals at one of the world’s major natural history museums. Decades of work with bats in South America (Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil) and East Africa. Strong interest in host-parasite relations. Currently involved in phylogenetic reconstructions and integrative taxonomies of 10 genera of Paleotropical bats in 7 families.

DeeAnn Reeder Bucknell University (Mentor Type: Academic)I am a professor of Biology at Bucknell University (a research-intensive liberal arts institution) and have studied bats for 19 years. My research focuses on biodiversity (especially South Sudan), disease ecology (WNS in North America, fruit bats in Africa), and conservation (everywhere)! I’ve really enjoyed the mentor lunches in the past!

Bill Schutt LIU-Post, American Museum of Natural History (Mentor Type: Academic/Museum)Professor of Biology (Anatomy and Physiology); Research Associate @ AMNH (Mammalogy). Author of over 20 scientific publications, popular fiction (The R.J. MacCready Series) and non-fiction, popular science (Dark Banquet, Cannibalism, Pump). I’m always interested in speaking with students about careers in academia, research and writing. My research interests center around functional morphology (i.e., quadrupedal locomotion in bats, the calcar, vampire bats).

Nancy Simmons American Museum of Natural History (Mentor Type: Museum)I am a museum curator who specializes in morphology, systematics, and evolution of bats. I work with both living and fossil species, and I’m interested in phylogenetics, patterns of species diversification, and evolution of ecological diversity. A morphologist by training, my students and collaborators have pulled me into many new research areas in recent years including genome/pheonome connections, ectoparasites, microbiomes, and conservation biology. I conduct fieldwork yearly in the Neotropics but have also worked in Southeast Asia. I recently joined the Board of Directors of Bat Conservation International, and I serve as Chair of the Global Bat Taxonomy Working Group.

Sharon Swarz Brown University (Mentor Type: Academic)I am a full professor at a private PhD-granting university and run a research group that focuses on the evolution of bat flight and the physical structures and systems that support locomotion. I have long-standing interests in teaching undergraduates and graduate students topics at the biological/physical science interface. This year, I’m serving as a rotating Program Director (Physiological Mechanisms and Biomechanics) at the National Science Foundation. My career has given me a good perspective on diverse paths to many kinds of success in teaching and research, and I love to share my experiences.


Ryan Zimmerling Canadian Wildlife Services (Mentor Type: Government)As the manager of the Wildlife Health Unit of the Canadian Wildlife Service, my responsibilities include the development of beneficial management practices, assessing the impacts of industrial projects on bats (i.e., environmental assessments), and working with federal partners to track and mitigate the impacts of white-nose syndrome. My research is primarily focused on assessing spatial and temporal factors that increase the risk of bat mortality at wind energy facilities and how such risks can be mitigated.

Saturday, October 26Lunch, 12:30-2:00, NASBR Registration Desk

Justin Boyles Southern Illinois University (Mentor Type: Academic)I am an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Southern Illinois University. I have worked on bat natural history, ecology, conservation, and physiology. My recent bat work has been on the effects of light pollution on bat foraging and various aspects of thermoregulation and energetics in bats. I am also very interested in the pedagogy of scientific research and teach classes on "efficient" experimental design, inferential scope in science, and how to optimize writing in scientific publications. In addition to "bat talk", we often discuss scientific philosophy, career advice, and international research experiences at these lunches.

R. Mark Brigham University of Regina (Mentor Type: Academic)Professor of Biology. Behavior, ecology and eco-physiology of bats.

Aaron Corcoran University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (Mentor Type: Academic)Assistant Professor of Biology. I study bat flight and echolocation in the context of predatory encounters with insects.

Winifred Frick Bat Conservation International (Mentor Type: NGO)I am the Chief Scientist at Bat Conservation International. My work broadly focuses on how we use science to inform the conservation of bats. I work on direct conservation of critically-endangered bat species around the world, including in Africa and the Caribbean. I also work on White-nose Syndrome (WNS) and ecology of desert bats in northwestern Mexico. I’m interested in promoting women and diversity in science and how we use social media to communicate science and conservation to different audiences.

Yocelyn Gutierrez Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mentor Type: Academic)I am doing my PhD I am working with bioinformatics, genomics and transcriptomics approaches in order to understand the molecular evolution behind the dietary diversification and specialization in Phyllostomids bats.

Kate Langwig Virginia Tech (Mentor Type: Academic)I am an infectious disease ecologist and my research program at Virginia Tech focuses on the role of host-pathogen interactions in population dynamics and community structure. As part of this research, I explore how variation among hosts influences epidemiological dynamics, population impacts, and effectiveness of disease interventions. In relation to bat biology, I study the impact of the infectious disease, white-nose syndrome, on bat communities and the long-term persistence of bat populations affected by disease. I use a combination of field data, historical population datasets, and quantitative modeling approaches to help inform conservation responses to preserve disease-imperiled species.


Paul Moosman Virginia Military Institute (Mentor Type: Academic)I am a recent full professor at a small liberal arts college. My job is to teach biology majors (from freshmen to seniors), provide academic advising, serve on committees, and to conduct and involve undergraduates in my research. I also help coach my college’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu club. My research is focused on conservation and ecology of bats in North America. Given my experiences, I would be best used as a mentor for undergrads interested in going to grad school, grad students or post. docs thinking about a tenure track position at a teaching-oriented school, or junior faculty members.

Jeremy Sheets Orbis Environmental Consulting (Mentor Type: Consulting)I direct the wildlife management services for Orbis Environmental Consulting. I have 17 years of experience conducting various wildlife surveys with emphasis on bat ecology and urban wildlife management. I am a certified Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Qualified Airport Wildlife Biologists who develops Wildlife Hazard Assessments (WHA) and Wildlife Hazard Management Plans (WHMP) for airports. I have identified bats for 17 years and I am federally permitted to conduct surveys in USFWS Regions 3, 4, and 5. My work in this field has included acoustic surveys, mist-netting, portal surveys, and radio telemetry.

Tom Tomasi Missouri State University (Mentor Type: Academic)I am a professor of Biology, and my research interests generally are in physiological ecology of mammals, in particular, energetics. For the last 20 years, our focus has been on hibernation energetics, and for the last 15 years on bats. Then WNS arrived. We did some work on the energetics of infected bats, but now I am collaborating with an immunologist to look at how the immune system of hibernating bats responds when infected with the WNS fungus. This includes comparisons between WNS-susceptible and WNS-resistant species, as well as using cell cultures (fibroblasts from bat wings) to assess immune function.

Susan Tsang American Museum of Natural History / Biodiversitas (Mentor Type: Museum/Consulting)I am a Research Associate at the AMNH and the National Museum of the Philippines. My research is focused on the evolution and biogeography of Southeast Asian flying foxes, with collaborations in conservation and disease ecology. By day, I work as a consultant through my consulting firm, Biodiversitas Global, to address global conservation challenges and policy, particularly in wildlife trafficking. I engage in bat conservation through community conservation projects to address hunting of flying foxes, and also serve on the steering committee of the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit to address larger capacity building and assessment/policy needs.

Daniel Urban UIUC(Mentor Type: Academic, Outreach/Education)I just began a new position as a science outreach activities coordinator. However, my bat-related research has

focused on development of wing membranes. I have experience with studying bats in field, museum, and lab settings. I would be happy to discuss any aspect of bat research and potential career opportunities with junior members seeking advice/guidance.

Craig Willis University of Winnipeg (Mentor Type: Academic)I am a Professor of Biology who has been studying bats since the mid 1990s. I’m interested in the behaviour, physiology and conservation of bats with particular interest in hibernation and, for the past 10 years, white nose syndrome. My students and I have contributed to understanding the pathophysiology of WNS and to testing a range of management options for dealing with the disease. I have really enjoyed the mentor lunch several times in the past as I get totally energized by the smart, driven up-and-coming scientists that NASBR attracts.


NASBR thanks the following individuals and organizations for their assistance in hosting

the Kalamazoo conference:

Amy Russell, Maarten Vonhof, Jady Morelli, Erika Forest,

Randy Lesagonicz and Edgar Gutierrez

Logo Design by Jady Morelli

NASBR Board of Directors

Leanne Burns Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Education & Outreach; Policy & Public Relations; Sponsorship

Riley Bernard Associate Program Director

Alyson Brokaw Student Representative 2017-2019

Alexis Brown Student Representative 2018-2020

Nate Fuller Policy & Public Relations

Erin Gillam Secretary; Spallanzani Chair; Auction Chair

Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell Ombudsperson

Gary Kwiecinski Program Director

Burton Lim Board Chair; Finance

Liam McGuire Finance Chair; Policy & Public Relations Chair

Angie McIntire 2020 Local Co-host

Shahroukh Mistry Associate Program Director

Marianne Moore 2020 Local Co-Host

Joy O'Keefe Awards; Sponsorship

Jorge Ortega Reyes 2018 Local Host

DeeAnn Reeder Treasurer

Amy Russell 2019 Local Co-host

Maria Sagot Nominations Chair; Sponsorship Chair; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Sharlene Santana Awards Chair; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Luis Viquez-R. Associate Program Director

Maarten Vonhof 2019 Local Co-host

Emma Willcox Associate Program Director

Heather York Education & Outreach

Terry Zinn Ombudsperson

The North American Society for Bat Research (NASBR) is a society dedicated to the promotion and development of the scientific study of bats (Chiroptera) in all its branches, including conservation and public education. NASBR is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For more information about the society and contact information visit www.nasbr.org

CALLING ALL BAT RESEARCHERSApplications are open for the 2019 Student Research Scholarship for Global Bat Conservation Priorities. Masters and Ph.D. researchers can apply for financial support for projects in three categories:

1. Effects of human-cause environmental change on bats

2. Understanding & resolving bat/human conflicts

3. Answering ecological & behavioral questions essential to the conservation of imperiled bat species

Applications are open from 10/1/19 - 10/31/19

APPLY TODAYBATCON.ORG/RFP Photo by Richard Jackson


NASBR Teachers Workshop October 26, 2019

9:00 am - 1:00 pm, Stone TheaterRadisson, Kalamazoo, MI

Registered NASBR participants may attend all or part of the Teacher’s Workshop at no chargeGenerous support provided by the following sponsors

Workshop Schedule

9:00 AM Registration and Introductions Veronica Brown NASBR Teacher Workshop Coordinator, The University of Tennssee

9:15 AM Bat Scientists on Social Media Veronica Brown NASBR Teacher Workshop Coordinator, The University of Tennssee

9:30 AM Bats of Michigan Al Kurta Professor, Eastern Michigan University

10:30 AM Break and Visit to BatGoods

11:00 AM Citizen Science Acoustic Monitoring Project Erin Parker Detroit Zoological Society

11:30 AM Planting for Pollinators: Gardening with Purpose David Clipner The Leslie Nature Center

12:15 PM Grow Labs in the Classroom - On a Budget Matt ShermanEastpointe High School

12:30 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Live Animal Co-workers: Working together to Change Minds David Clipner The Leslie Nature Center

1:45 PM Wrap-up Veronica BrownNASBR Teacher Workshop Coordinator, The University of Tennssee

Education Taking Flight


Bid to Host the 52nd Annual Symposium

North American Society for Bat Research&

19th International Bat Research ConferenceAustin, Texas, USA

TBD, 2022

Photo: Jon Flanders

About AustinThe capital city of Texas, with a population of about 950K citizens. The official motto for the city is the “Live Music Capital of the World”. More than 250 live music venues offer country, blues, jazz, rock 7 days a week. Austin is “the epicenter of oak-smoked BBQ and the foothold of Tex-Mex fare” (Eater Austin), but also has a blooming food scene offering venues from food trucks to fine-dining. It is also a vegan and “free-from” friendly city. • 37 craft breweries (take a tour!)• 3rd Gayest City in the US (per capita)• The place to get your cowboy boots!

Attractions• Nightly emergence of 1.5m free-tails from their roost under Congress Bridge (kayak tours available)• Extensive parks and recreational areas including the 7 mile Barton Creek Greenbelt full of trails and swimming

opportunities. • Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center• 50 Texas wineries in the nearby Hill Country region• Texas State Capitol building Other Attractions

In-Conference and Post Conference Trips • Nightly trips to Bracken Cave during the conference• Post-conference bat-catching trip to Big Bend National Park in the Chihuahua desert

Hotel & Travel• Preferred venue – Hyatt Regency Austin. $200 for double $25 additional person for triple/quad (+Tax) • Soliciting proposals from multiple other suitable downtown hotels• 5 min walk to Congress Ave bridge with the Mexican free-tailed bat emergence• Walking distance to the famous 6th Street for downtown restaurants, entertainment, live music.• Over seventeen airlines service Austin airport including non-stop flights from around North America and abroad.

Fares range from $250-$550 depending on origin.

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At over 1,400 species, bats are an incredibly diverse and successful

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