Wednesday, November 6, 2002
Radisson Hotel Burlington
2:00 - 6:00 p. m. Registration - Mezzanine, Radisson Hotel
6:00 p. m. Board of Directors Meeting (Directors only please) - Burlington Conference Room, Radisson Hotel
8:00 p. m. No-Host Reception (Everybody welcome) - Lake Champlain Room, Mezzanine, Radisson Hotel
Thursday, November 7, 2002
Radisson Hotel Burlington
7:30 - 10:30 a. m. Registration for Late Arrivals - Prefunction Lobby, Adirondack Ballroom
8:00 a. m. Contintental Breakfast -- Muffins,
Pastries, Coffee, Tea, Decaffeinated Coffee
Note: Continental
Breakfast items will be available each morning prior to the opening morning
session.
Adirondack Ballroom A/B
8:30 a. m. Call to Order: Roy Horst and Bill
Kilpatrick, Co-Hosts
Welcome: Dr. John Bramely, Provost, University of Vermont
Announcements: Tom Griffiths, Program Director;
Roy Horst and Bill Kilpatrick, Co-Hosts
Student Competition, Roy Horst, Chair
8:45 a. m. Roost Fidelity of Rafinesque's
Big-eared Bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii, in Southern Mississippi.
Austin W. Trousdale* and David C. Beckett, University
of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
9:00 a. m. Roost Switching, Roost Sharing
and Social Cohesion in Forest-dwelling Big Brown Bats.
Craig K. R. Willis* and R. Mark Brigham, University of
Regina, Regina, SK
9:15 a. m. Thermoregulation and Microclimate
in Maternity Colonies of Eptesicus fuscus: The Consequences
of Roost Structure.
Cori L. Lausen*, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
9:30 a. m. The Unequal Division of Labor:
Sex Differences in the Thermoregulation and Water Loss of Migratory Hoary
Bats (Lasiurus cinereus).
Paul M. Cryan*, USGS Arid Lands Field Station/University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Bat Research News
Award-winning
Paper
9:45 a. m. Paper canceled
*Indicates author who will present paper.
10:00-10:30 Break
Student Competition (cont.), William Kilpatrick, Chair
10:30 a. m. Ecology and Conservation of the
Comoros Rousette, Rousettus obliviosus.
Brent J. Sewall*, Elise F. Granek, and Will J. Trewhella,
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; Projet Conservation de la
Biodiversité
et Développement Durable aux Comores, République
Fédérale
Islamique des Comores; Action Comores, Nottingham, UK
10:45 a. m. Effects of Wildlife Stand
Improvements
and Prescribed Burning on Bat Communities on the Buffalo Ranger District,
Ozark National Forest, AR.
Jeremy L. Jackson*, Shane R. Prescott, and J. D. Wilhide,
Arkansas State University, State University, AR
11:00 a. m. Conservation of Co-roosting
Philippine
Flying Foxes: What's Happening to the Endemics?
Tammy L. Mildenstein*, Sam C. Stier, C. E. Nuevo-Diego,
Apolinario B. Carino, and L. Scott Mills, University of Montana, Missoula,
MT; University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines; Silliman University,
Dumaguete City, Philippines
11:15 a. m. Influence of Forest Ecosystem
Type on Bat Habitat Use in the Northern Skagit Watershed, British
Columbia.
Tanya M.J. Luszcz*, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
11:30 a. m. Patterns in Batfly Morphology
and Host-Site Preference on Neotropical Bats.
Hannah ter Hofstede*, York University, Toronto, ON
Basically Bats Wildlife Conservation
Society Award-winning Paper
11:45 a. m. Evidence of Territoriality in
the Neotropical Tent-roosting Bat, Rhinophylla pumilio in Eastern
Ecuador.
J. Benjamin Rinehart*, Boston University, Boston, MA
*Indicates author who will present paper.
12 - 2:00 Lunch
Student Competition (cont.), Nancy Simmons, Chair
2:00 p. m. Regulation of Leptin and Leptin
Receptor Expression During Pregnancy in Myotis lucifugus.
Jing Zhao*, Thomas H. Kunz, and Eric P. Widmaier, Boston
University, Boston, MA
Lubee Foundation Award-winning
Paper
2:15 p. m. Bats and Panmixis: Investigating
Population Genetic Structure in Large Populations of Migratory Bats.
Amy L. Russell*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
TN
Karl F. Koopman Award-winning
Paper
2:30 p. m. Seasonal Use of Bridge Roosts
in Louisiana.
Francesca J. Ferrara* and Paul L. Leberg, University
of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
2:45 p. m. Behavioral Dynamics of Large-scale
Nightly Emergences and Dispersal of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats (Tadarida
brasiliensis).
Jason W. Horn*, Raymond Dezzani, and Thomas H. Kunz,
Boston University, Boston, MA
3:00 p. m. Associations of Lunar-correlated
Activity Rhythms of Neotropical Katydids with Activity Patterns of the
Gleaning Insectivorous Round-eared Bat, Tonatia silvicola.
Alexander B. Lang*, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Dina K. N.
Dechmann, and Cécile Bockholdt, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria;
University of Ulm, Germany;
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama; University
of Zurich, Switzerland
3:15 p. m. Habitat Use by Insectivorous Bats
in a Mega-urban Environment.
Rafael Avila-Flores*, York University, Toronto, ON
*Indicates author who will present paper.
3:30 - 4:00 p. m. Break
Student Competition (cont.), Tom Kunz, Chair
4:00 p. m. Long Term Spatial Relationships
of Indiana Bats: A Conceptual Model?
Timothy Carter* and Eric R. Britzke, Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, IL; Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville,
TN
4:15 p. m. Bats, Insects, and Islands:
Predator-Prey Interactions and the Effect of Island Size on Abundance and
Species Richness.
Heidi K. Rice*, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti,
MI
4:30 p. m. Predator-Prey Interactions:
A New Analysis of the Bat-Moth Arms Race.
Nickolay I. Hristov* and William E. Conner, Wake Forest
University, Winston-Salem, NC
Bat Conservation International
Award-winning Paper
4:45 p. m. Brief Business Meeting - Tom Griffiths & Robert Barclay
*Indicates author who will present paper.
OPTIONAL
(extra fee and registration required)
7:30 - 10:00 p. m. Bat Photography
Workshop
Convenors, Brock Fenton and Merlin Tuttle
Please contact Brock Fenton or Pat Ludden
about registering for the Workshop!
Friday, November 8, 2002
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8:30 a.m. to 10. a.m. Friday Adirondack Ballroom A/B Student papers (not judged) Al Kurta, Chair 8:30 a. m. Starting a Bat Population Monitoring
Project with
8:45 a. m. Diet of Two Endemic Bats in the
Antilles:
The Importance of Protein.
9:00 a. m. Food Habits of the Free-tailed Bats
Nyctinomops
femorosaccus and Tadarida brasiliensis from Big Bend
National Park, Texas.
9:15 a. m. Food Habits of the Co-roosting Golden
Crowned Flying Fox (Acerodon jubatus) and Philippine Giant Fruit
Bat (Pteropus vampyrus lanensis): Implications for Conservation
and Forest Restoration.
9:30 a. m. Whatës Your Zone? Determining
the Implications of Variation in the Zone of Reception.
9:45 a. m. Do Echolocation Calls Provide a Good
Indication about which Species of Bats Occur in an Area?
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8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday Adirondack Ballroom C/D Student papers (not judged) Mark Brigham, Chair 8:30 a. m. Are You What You Eat? Developmental
Changes in Thermoregulation and Influence of Diet on Torpor Use by Big
Brown Bats.
8:45 a. m. Localization Performance and Behavioral
Flexibility in the Frog-eating Bat, Trachops cirrhosus.
9:00 a. m. Paper changed to poster.
9:15 a. m. Long Term Re-use of Trembling Aspen
Cavities as Roosts by Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus).
9:30 a.m. Comparing the Diet of Myotis
yumanensis,
the Yuma Bat, in Two Different Habitats along the Guadeloupe River.
9:45 a. m. Northern Bats (Eptesicus nilssonii)
Use Vision But Not Flutter-detection When Searching for Large Prey in
Clutter.
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*Indicates author who will present paper.
10:00-10:30 a. m. Break
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10:30 a.m. to 12 Noon Friday Adirondack Ballroom A/B Student papers (not judged) Brock Fenton, Chair 10:30 a. m. Seasonal Dietary Changes in Costa Rican
Carollia
(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae).
10:45 a. m. Seasonality of Bat Communities in Two
Neotropical Lowland Forests.
11:00 a. m. Green Bats? Green Algae.
11:15 a. m. Insectivorous Bats as Predators During
Forest Pest Outbreaks.
11:30 a. m. Differences in Torpor Use and Roosting
Behaviour Between Mountain and Prairie Populations of the Western Long-eared
Bat (Myotis evotis) in Alberta.
Special Conservation Session
Brock Fenton*, York University, Toronto, ON |
10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Friday Adirondack Ballroom C/D Student papers (not judged) Robert Baker, Chair 10:30 a. m. Paper canceled.
10:45 a. m. Phylogeography of Myotis
californicus
and Myotis ciliolabrum in the Southwestern United States.
11:00 a. m. Discovery of Extant Natalus major
(Chiroptera: Natalidae) in Cuba, with Comments on Taxonomy, Natural History
and Extinction.
11:15 a. m. A Total Evidence Phylogenetic Hypothesis
for the Relationships among Short-faced Bats (Phyllostomidae:
Stenodermatina).
11:30 a. m. Corynorhinus Phylogeny and
Conservation
Implications: Do Molecules Match Morphology?
11:45 a. m. Nothing scheduled this room.
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*Indicates author who will present paper.
12:00 Noon - 2:00 p. m. Lunch
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2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday Adirondack Ballroom A/B Student papers (not judged) and Session on Ecology I Robert Barclay, Chair 2:00 p. m. Spring Roosting Ecology of Female Indiana
Bats (Myotis sodalis) in the Northeastern United States.
2:15 p. m. Virtual Bats: Manipulating the
Activities of Bats and Insects as a Practical Application for Integrated
Pest Control.
2:30 p. m. Virtual Bats and Real Insects:
Effects of Echolocation on the Reproductive Behavior of the Corn Earworm
Moth,
Helicoverpa zea.
2:45 p. m. A Comparison of Various Capture Versus
Acoustic Techniques for the Surveying of Bats in Belize.
3:00 p. m. Habitat Management for Forest-roosting
Bats of North America: A Critical Review of Habitat Studies.
3:15 p. m. The Use of Alternate Resources by
Nectar-Feeding
Bats in the Absence of Agaves: Bat Poo Revealed!
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2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday Adirondack Ballroom C/D Student papers (not judged) and Session on Anatomy Mike Bogan, Chair 2:00 p. m. Non- random Mating in Big Brown Bats?
2:15 p. m. The Effects of Gape Angle and Bite Point
on Feeding Performance in Bats.
2:30 p. m. Bioacoustics and the Nasal Cavity of
Hypsignathus
monstrosus.
2:45 p. m. Canine Dimorphism in Phyllostomid
Bats.
Session on Conservation I
3:00 p. m. Fragmented Tropical Forests and Seed
Dispersing Bats.
3:15 p. m. The Great Smoky Mountains Bat Blitz
of 2002.
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*Indicates author who will present paper.
3:30 p. m. - 4:00 p. m. Break
POSTER SESSION
(Friday afternoon)
Green Mountain Ballroom 4:00 - 6:00 Poster Presentations
- Authors should be present to answer questions.
(please click here for schedule of posters.)
BCI 20th ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION
(Friday evening)
Foyer, Green Mountain Ballroom 6:00 - 8:00 p. m.
Hosted
by Bat Conservation International
BCI says "Thank you" to the NASBR for 20 years of support!
Saturday, November 9, 2002
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8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday Adirondack Ballroom A/B Session on Echolocation Tim Strickler, Chair 8:00 a. m. Variability of Feeding Buzzes.
8:15 a. m. Target Interception by Echolocating
Bats Viewed Through Simultaneous Video and Acoustic Reconstruction of
Flight.
8:30 a. m. Identifying Bats Using Computerized
Analysis and Artificial Neural Networks.
8:45 a. m. Effects of Bat Detector Position and
Orientation.
9:00 a. m. Intensity Compensation in Daubentonís
Bats Myotis daubentonii.
9:15 a. m. Jamming Avoidance in Echolocating Bats:
Taphozous
perforatus, Tadarida teniotis, Otomops martiensseni.
Session on Ecology II 9:30 a. m. Preliminary Results from a Long-term
Study of the Biodiversity, Breeding Patterns, and Roosting Behavior of
Cave-dwelling Bats in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama.
9:45 a. m. Reproductive Energetics of Free-ranging
Brazilian Free-tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis).
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8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday Adirondack Ballroom C/D Session on Behavior Betsy Dumont, Chair 8:00 a. m. Bat Highway Crossings.
8:15 a. m. Reproductive Stage Influences Summer
Roost Use by Adult Female Eastern Pipistrelles (Pipistrellus
subflavus).
8:30 a. m. Effects of Sex Steroids and Temperature
on Mating Behavior in Male Big Brown Bats.
8:45 a. m. A Tale of Two Siblings: Multiple
Paternity in Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) Demonstrated Using
Microsatellite Markers.
Session on Systematics 9:00 a. m. Molecular Systematics of the Genus
Eumops.
9:15 a. m. Paper canceled.
Session on Conservation II 9:30 a. m. Designing Regional-scale Monitoring
for Free-flying Bats: Incorporation of Detectability Estimates.
9:45 a. m. Methods for Inventorying and Monitoring
Bats Using Genetics.
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*Indicates author who will present paper.
10:00-10:30 a. m. Break
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10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday Adirondack Ballroom A/B Session on Ecology II (continued) Troy Best, Chair 10:30 a. m. Variation in the Reproductive Rates
of Bats: Correlations and Life-History Implications.
10:45 a. m. Ecology, Life History and Longevity
of Bats.
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10:30 a.m. to 11 a. m. Saturday Adirondack Ballroom C/D Session on Conservation II (cont.) Mike Scott, Chair 10:30 a. m. Improvements in Using Aircraft
to Track Indiana Bats Myotis sodalis from Their Hibernacula to Summer
Range.
10:45 a. m. A Survey of the Bats of New Boston
Air Force Station in South-central New Hampshire.
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*Indicates author who will present paper.
11:00 a. m. NASBR Business meeting -- Adirondack
Ballroom A/B
Robert Barclay, Chair, Board of Directors and Tom Griffiths,
Program Director
12:00 Noon -2:00 p. m. Lunch
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2:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. Saturday Adirondack Ballroom A/B Session on Reproduction/Population Biology Ginny Hayssen, Chair 2:00 p. m. The Importance of Saladeros to
Frugivorous Bats During Pregnancy and Lactation.
2:15 p. m. Physiologically-based Models of
Bat Population Dynamics.
2:30 p. m. The Fort Collins Bats and Rabies
Study: Overview and Progress Report.
2:45 p. m. The Value of Variation: A Long-term
Demographic Study of the Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus.
3:00 p. m. Migration and Population
Structure in the Lesser Long-nosed Bat, Leptonycteris curasoae
yerbabuenae.
3:15 p. m. An mtDNA Perspective of the Dynamics
of a Chromosomal Hybrid Zone in Uroderma.
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2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday Adirondack Ballroom C/D Session on Conservation IV Burr Betts, Chair 2:00 p. m. Proposed Forest Management Changes
in Southern Appalachian Mountain National Forests Should Benefit Bat
Conservation.
2:15 p. m. Logging Systems and Bat Diversity
in Trinidad's Evergreen Seasonal Forests.
2:30 p. m. Species Diversity and Conservation
of Bats in Lao PDR, Asia.
2:45 p. m. The Assessment and Monitoring
of a Neotropical Bat Community in the Context of an Undergraduate Field
Course.
3:00 p. m. Paper canceled 3:15 p. m. Conservation Takes Flight:
Sharing the Importance of Bat Conservation with our Guests at Disney's
Animal Kingdom.
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*Indicates author who will present paper.
3:30 p. m. Concluding Remarks -- Adirondack Ballroom
A/B
Roy Horst and Bill Kilpatrick, Hosts
Robert Barclay, Chair, Board of Directors, NASBR
Tom Griffiths, Program Director, NASBR
7:00 p. m. Banquet -- Green Mountain Ballroom