Program for
33rd Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research
The Cornhusker Hotel
Lincoln, Nebraska
8-11 October 2003

Wednesday, October 8, 2003
Lower Level, Conference Center

2:00 - 9:00 p. m. Registration - Lower Level Lobby

6:00 p. m.  Board of Directors Meeting (Directors only please) - Ivanhoe Room

8:00 p. m.  No-Host Reception (Everyone welcome) - Lancaster Room
 

Note:  All meeting activities (platform sessions, poster session, breaks, banquet, etc.) will be held in the Lower Level of the Cornhusker Hotel Conference Center.
 
 

Thursday, October 9, 2003

7:30 - 11:00 a. m. Registration for Late Arrivals - Lower Level Lobby

7:30 a. m.  Contintental Breakfast -- Muffins, Pastries, Coffee, Tea, Decaffeinated Coffee
Note:  Continental Breakfast items will be available in the Lower Lobby beginning at 7:30 a. m. each morning.
 
 

Lancaster Room - IV/V/VI

8:00 a. m. -- Call to Order: Trish Freeman, Host

              Welcome:  Dr. John Owens, Vice President and Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Natural Resources,
                                    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

                  Announcements:  Tom Griffiths, Program Director;  Trish Freeman, Host
 
 

Student Competition
Roy Horst, Chair

8:15 a. m.   Identification and Distribution of Myotis yumanensis in Oregon.
Shonene A. Scott*, Patricia C. Ormsbee, Jan M. Zinck, Deborah A. Duffield, and Luis A. Ruedas, Portland State University, Portland, OR; USDA Forest Service, Eugene, OR
Bat Conservation International Award-winning Paper

8:30 a. m.   Re-defining Our Understanding of Myotis lucifugus Identity and Distribution.
Tanya A. Dewey*, Jan Zinck, and Maarten Vonhof, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, MI; Portland State University, Portland, OR; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

8:45 a. m.   Phylogeographic Structuring and Volant Mammals:  A Case Study Using the Pallid Bat (Antrozous  pallidus).
Sarah E. Weyandt* and Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

9:00 a. m.   Historical Biogeography of the Bats of the West Indies.
Liliana M. Dávalos*, American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University, New York
Karl F. Koopman Award-winning Paper

9:15 a. m.   Evolution of the Bare-backed Fruit Bats, Dobsonia (Pteropodidae).
Deanna G. P. Byrnes*, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

9:30 a. m.   Development of Thermoregulation and Metabolic Savings Associated With Clustering in Big Brown Bats, Eptesicus fuscus.
Lydia Hollis*, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

9:45 a. m.   Morphology and Thermoregulatory Behaviour of Reproductive Female Western Long-eared Bats (Myotis evotis) in the Mountains and Prairies of Alberta.
Donald I. Solick*, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Bat Research News Award-winning Paper

*Indicates author who will present paper.


10:00-10:30 Break  -- All breaks will be held in the Lower Lobby of the Cornhusker Hotel Conference Center.


Student Competition (cont.)
Betsy Dumont, Chair

10:30 a. m.   Insectivorous Bats as Predators During an Outbreak of Western Spruce Budworm.
Joanna M. Wilson*, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

10:45 a. m.   Life on the "Big Muddy" Missouri:  The Importance of Riparian Corridors as Habitat for Bats in the Northern Great Plains.
Vicki J. Swier*, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD

11:00 a. m.   Summer Roost Selection of Eastern Red Bats (Lasiurus borealis) in the Pocomoke River Watershed, Maryland.
Dana L. Limpert* and Dixie L. Birch, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD; Maryland Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Princess Anne, MD

11:15 a. m.   paper moved to Saturday, 10/11/03, at 2:15 p. m.
 

11:30 a. m.   Censusing Brazilian Free-tailed Bats Using Infrared Thermal Imaging and Computer Vision Methods.
Diane E. Hirsh*, Margrit Betke, Stephen Crampton, Jason Horn, and Thomas H. Kunz, Boston University
Lubee Bat Conservancy Award-winning Paper

11:45 a. m.   Late-winter and Summer Roosting Habits of the Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis).
Justin G. Boyles* and Lynn W. Robbins, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

*Indicates author who will present paper.


12 - 2:00   Lunch  (on your own)


Student Competition (cont.)
Tom Kunz, Chair

2:00 p. m.   Bats of the Zona Reservada Allpahuayo-Mishana:  Comments on the Ecology, Biogeography, and Conservation of a Peruvian Hotspot of Biodiversity.
Christine L. Hice*, Paul M. Velazco, and Michael R. Willig, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; Field Museum of Natural History and University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

2:15 p. m.   Influence of Landscape Characteristics on Presence and Relative Abundance of Bats in Managed Forests in Western Oregon.
Edward B. Arnett* and John P. Hayes. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
 
 

Student Papers (Not Judged)

2:30 p. m.   A Comparison of the Effective Region of Maximum Bite Force Production in Bats.
Natasha D. Korobov* and Elizabeth R. Dumont, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA

2:45 p. m.   Morphological Differentiation Among Large Species of Genus Lophostoma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with Comments on the Centers of Speciation for Phyllostominae Bats in the Neotropics.
René M. Fonseca* and Robert J. Baker, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

3:00 p. m.   A New Carollia (Phyllostomidae) from Peru and Bolivia, with a Cladistic Hypothesis of Its Relationships.
Victor Pacheco, Sergio Solari*, and Paul M. Velazco, UNMSM, Lima, Peru; Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; The Field Museum, Chicago, IL; University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

3:15 p. m.   Comparative Phylogeography of Short-tailed Bats (Carollia: Phyllostomidae).
Federico G. Hoffmann* and Robert J. Baker, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

*Indicates author who will present paper.


3:30 - 4:00 p. m.   Break


Special Sessions
Population Biology and Behavior
Robert Barclay, Chair

4:00 p. m.   Defining the Molecular Landscape of Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) from Central Nevada:  Spatial and Temporal Delineation of Genetic Populations.
William L Gannon*, Richard E. Sherwin, and Jerry W. Dragoo, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

4:15 p. m.   Flocking Bats?
M. Brock Fenton*, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

Special Session
Rabies:  Conservation and Public Health Issues

4:30 p. m.   Bats, People, and the Issue of "Cryptic" Rabies Cases.
Charles E. Rupprecht* and Gary F. McCracken, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

4:45 p. m.   Implications of Rabies for Bat Conservation Efforts.
Gary F. McCracken* and Charles E. Rupprecht, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
 

5:00 p. m. Brief Business Meeting - Tom Griffiths, Margaret Griffiths, and Robert Barclay
 

*Indicates author who will present paper.


Thursday evening, October 9, 2003
7:30 - 9:30 p. m.

Special Workshop on Rabies and Bats
Lancaster IV/V/VI








7:30 - 9:30 p. m.   Rabies and Bats:  Concerns for Conservation and Public Health  --  An Open Discussion
Gary McCracken and Charles Rupprecht, Conveners


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Friday, October 10, 2003
Lancaster IV/V/VI

Student Papers (Not Judged - cont.)
Gary McCracken, Chair

8:00 a. m.   Offspring Sex Ratios Provide Evidence for Local Mate Competition in Rhinophylla pumilio in Eastern Ecuador.
J. Benjamin Rinehart*, Boston University, Boston, MA

8:15 a. m.   Foraging Behavior of Leptonycteris curasoae on Agave palmeri and Hummingbird Feeders.
Katharine E. Hinman*, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY

8:30 a. m.   Acoustic Warfare in Space and Time:  3D-Analysis of Bat-Tiger Moth Interactions.
Nickolay I. Hristov* and William E. Conner, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

8:45 a. m.   Sound or Silence:  When Do Tiger Moths Answer Bats?
Jesse R. Barber* and William E. Conner, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

9:00 a. m.   Roosts as Information Centers:  Social Transmission of Flavor Preferences in the Short-tailed Fruit Bat, Carollia  perspicillata.
John M. Ratcliffe* and Hannah M. ter Hofstede, University of Toronto, ON; York University, ON

9:15 a. m.   The Role of the Hindlimbs during Non-aerial Locomotion in Bats.
Daniel K. Riskin*, John W. Hermanson, and John E. A. Bertram, Cornell University; Florida State University

9:30 a. m.   The Five W's of Colour Patterns in Bats:  Who, What, Where, Why and When.
Jen Blasko*, York University, North York, ON

9:45 a. m.   Does Feeding Time Constrain Energy Intake for Neotropical Fruit Bats?
Francois Villeneuve* and Don W. Thomas, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

*Indicates author who will present paper.


10:00-10:30 Break


Student Papers (Not Judged - cont.)
Brock Fenton, Chair

10:30 a. m.   Does Reproductive State Affect Echolocation Signals in Eptesicus fuscus:  A Preliminary Study?
Matthew E. Grilliot*, Stephen C. Burnett, and Mary T. Mendonça, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Clayton College & State University, Morrow, GA

10:45 a. m.   Phylogeography and the Designation of Subspecies in the Brazilian Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis.
Amy L. Russell*, Yale University, New Haven, CT

11:00 a. m.   Behavioral Responses of Bats to External and Dark Zone Cave and Mine Gates.
Genevieve R. Spanjer*, York University, ON

11:15 a. m.   Conservation Planning for an African Flagship Species:  A Strategy for Livingstone's Flying Fox and the Comorian Rainforest.
Brent J. Sewall* and Elise F. Granek, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
 
 

Special Conservation Session
North American Bat Conservation Partnership

11:30 a. m.   North American Bat Conservation Partnership:  Update and Steering Committee Report.
 M. Brock Fenton, Chair

*Indicates author who will present paper.


12 - 2:00   Lunch  (on your own)


Student Papers (Not Judged - cont.)
Virginia Hayssen, Chair

2:00 p. m.   Niche Overlap Among Frugivorous Phyllostomid Bats.
Heather A. York*, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

2:15 p. m.   Reliability of the Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae for the Pollination of the Columnar Cactus Stenocereus queretaroensis.
Carlos Ibarra-Cerdeña*, Luis I. Iñiguez, and Víctor Sánchez-Cordero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.; Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

2:30 p. m.   Vertical Stratification of Bats in the Neotropics and Its Relationship with Environmental Variables.
Hugo Mantilla Meluk*, Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX

2:45 p. m.   Chiropteran Community Composition along a Sonoran Desert Riparian Corridor.
Debbie C. Buecher*, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

3:00 p. m.   Roosting and Foraging Ecology of the Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus).
Greg M. Quinn* and Hugh G. Broders, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS

3:15 p. m.   Evidence for the Thermoregulatory Function of Night-roosting in Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus).
Jason W Horn* and Thomas H Kunz, Boston University, Boston, MA

*Indicates author who will present paper.


3:30 p. m. - 4:00 p. m.   Break


POSTER SESSION
(Friday afternoon)
Lower Level Lobby
Cornhusker Hotel, Conference Center

4:00 - 6:00 Poster Presentations  - Authors should be present to answer questions.
   (please click here for schedule of posters)


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Saturday, October 11, 2003

CONCURRENT SESSION 1
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday
Lancaster IV/V/VI

Session on Physiology, Anatomy/Development, Systematics, and Evolution
Troy Best, Chair

8:00 a. m.   Baseline and Stress-induced Glucocorticoid Hormone Levels in Free-ranging Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus) During the Active Period.
DeeAnn M. Reeder*, Nicole S. Kosteczko, Thomas H. Kunz, and Eric P. Widmaier, Boston University, Boston, MA
 

8:15 a. m.   Growth and Development of Two Species of Florida Bats:  Tadarida brasiliensis and Myotis austroriparius.
John W. Hermanson* and Kenneth T. Wilkins, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Waco, TX
 

8:30 a. m.   Diversity and Constraint in Cranial Shape Among Plant-visiting Bats.
Elizabeth R. Dumont*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
 
 
 
 

8:45 a. m.   The Extinct Pleistocene Molossid Bat Tadarida constantinei from Slaughter Canyon Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.
Gary S. Morgan*, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM
 
 

9:00 a. m.   Phylogenetic Relationships Among Recent Chiropteran Families.

Ronald A. Van Den Bussche* and Steven R. Hoofer, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
 

9:15 a. m.   Intrageneric Speciation and Diversification in Genera of Phyllostomid Bats.

R.J. Baker*, F. G. Hoffmann, and A. D. Brown, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
 

9:30 a. m.   Bats, Bones and Bayes:  A Complete, Interfamilial, Molecular Phylogenetic Investigation within the Order Chiroptera.
Emma  C. Teeling*, William J. Murphy, Ole Madsen, Paul Bates, Mark S. Springer, and Stephen J. O'Brien, National Cancer Institute, MD; University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands; The Harrison Institute, UK; University of California, Riverside, CA
 
 
 
 

9:45 a. m.   Mimicry of Bats by Sphingid and Saturnid 
Moths.
William A. Schutt, Jr.*, Norberto Giannini, Patricia J. Wynne, Erik Quinter, and William Godwin, Southampton College of Long Island University; American Museum of Natural History; Stephen F. Austin State University 
 

CONCURRENT SESSION 1
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday
Lancaster I/II/III

Session on Echolocation and Ecology

Paul Racey, Chair

8:00 a. m.   The Influence of Wing Morphology and Echolocation on the Gleaning Ability of the Insectivorous Bat Myotis tricolor.
David S. Jacobs* and Samantha Stoffberg, University of Cape Town, South Africa
 

8:15 a. m.   On the Manipulation of Roost Temperatures by Maternity Colonies of Townsend's Big-eared Bat.

Richard E. Sherwin* and J. Scott Altenbach, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
 

8:30 a. m.   Bat Roosts in Forests:  An Empirical Synthesis Using Meta-Analysis.
Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell*, Jennifer M. Pysllakis and R. Mark Brigham, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC; University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC; University of Regina, Regina, SK
 

8:45 a. m.   Summer Roost Characteristics of Eastern Red Bats (Lasiurus borealis) in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.
Ronald E. Thill* and Roger W. Perry, U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Nacogdoches, TX and Hot Springs, AR
 

9:00 a. m.   Inter- and Intra-specific variation in the Roosting and Foraging Ecology of Myotis septentrionalis and M. lucifugus.
Hugh G. Broders* and Graham J. Forbes, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
 

9:15 a. m.   Seasonal Environments, Dynamic Density Compensation and the Structure of Subtropical Frugivore Guilds.
Richard D. Stevens*, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
 

9:30 a. m.   Home Range and Feeding Behavior Carollia  castanea and C. perspicillata (Phyllostomidae) in Amazonian Rainforest:  Exploitative Competition.
Frank J. Bonaccorso*, John R. Winkelmann, Thomas H. Kunz, Caroline I. Agrawal, Nadia Aslami, Andrea Hsu, Phoebe E. Jekielek, Allison K. Knox, Stephen J. Kopack, Tara D. Jennings, Jesse R. Lasky, Sarah A. Menesale, Jeannine H. Richards, Jessica A. Rutland, Anna K. Sessa, Danny Shin, and Luba Zhaurova, Boston University, Boston, MA; Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
 

9:45 a. m.   Community Assembly Rules for Nectar- and Fruit-eating Vertebrates.
Theodore H. Fleming*, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
 

*Indicates author who will present paper.


10:00-10:30 a. m.   Break


CONCURRENT SESSION 2
10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday
Lancaster - IV/V/VI

Session on Zoogeography
Tim Strickler, Chair

10:30 a. m.   Phylogeography and Population Structure of the Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus).
Amy S. Turmelle*, Thomas H. Kunz, and Michael D. Sorenson, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; Boston University, Boston, MA
 

10:45 a. m.   Population Genetic Structure of Wintering Populations of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis).
Maarten J. Vonhof*, Gary F. McCracken, Robert R. Currie, and Leslie R. Saidak, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, NC
 
 

Session on Behavior

11:00 a. m.   Responses of Pipistrelle Bats to Their Experimentally Modified Distress Calls.
Jon M. Russ*, Gareth Jones, and Paul A. Racey, University of Aberdeen, UK; University of Bristol, UK
 
 
 

11:15 a. m.   The Relationship Between Bat Activity, Insect Abundance, and Weather Conditions.
 
 

Tom Mudd* and Sam Hui, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford, CA; Stanford University, Stanford, CA
 

11:30 a. m.   Roost Exit and Entry Sequences, Roost Fidelity and Transport of Young by Big Brown Bats.
Sheri Mayrberger*, Eugene H. Studier, and Dennis P. Viele, University of Michigan - Flint, MI
 

11:45 a. m.   Use of a Portable Radiotelemetry Tower and Vehicular System for Habitat Use Analysis of Forest Bats in Missouri.
Sybill K. Amelon* and Frank R. Thompson, III, North Central Research Station, USFS, Columbia, MO 

CONCURRENT SESSION 2
10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday
Lancaster - I/II/III

Session on Natural History
Al Kurta, Chair

10:30 a. m.   Capture and Detection of Five Species Using Indiana Bat Protocol.
Lynn W. Robbins*, Kevin L. Murray, Justin G. Boyles, John C. Timpone, Matt N. Miller, and Scott A. Kelly, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
 

10:45 a. m.   Radiotelemetry Techniques for Tracking Bats at Night:  How to Maximize Quality and Quantity of Data.
David C. Dalton and Sandy A. Wolf*, Tucson, AZ
 
 


Session on Conservation

11:00 a. m.   The Ouachita Mountains Bat Blitz.

D. Blake Sasse*, David A. Saugey, Shawn M. Cochran, Dan A. Miller, Clay Vanhorn, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Little Rock, AR; U.S. Forest Service, Jessieville, Mena, Glenwood, Mt. Ida, AR
 

11:15 a. m.   Low Disturbance Monitoring, Gate Removal, and Cave Protection Have Yielded Dramatic Increases in Population Size of Leptonycteris curasoae, Choeronycteris mexicana, and Myotis velifer at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
Ronnie Sidner*, Ecological Consulting; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
 

11:30 a. m.   Baseline Surveys and the Developing of Monitoring Protocol for Lower Colorado River Bats.
Patricia E. Brown* and Robert D. Berry, U.C.L.A. Los Angeles, CA; Brown-Berry Biological Consulting, Bishop CA
 

11:45 a. m.   Protected Areas and the Conservation of India's Threatened and Endangered Bat Species.
Shahroukh Mistry* and Maria Daniela Biaggio, Westminster College, New Wilmington PA; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

 

*Indicates author who will present paper.


12:00 Noon -2:00 p. m.   Lunch


CONCURRENT SESSION 4
2:00 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. Saturday
Lancaster - IV/V/VI

Session on Behavior (cont.)
John Winkelmann, Chair







2:00 p. m.   Effects of Temperature on Mating 
Discrimination in Male Big Brown Bats.

Mary T. Mendonça*, Auburn University, AL
 
 

2:15 p. m.  Geographical and Interspecific Variation of Highland and Lowland Species of the Genus Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Ecuador: A Morphometric Approach.
Pablo Jarrín-V*, Boston University, Boston, MA 

CONCURRENT SESSION 4
2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Saturday
Lancaster -I/II/III

Session on Conservation (cont.)
David Saugey, Chair






2:00 p. m.   The Malaysian Bat Conservation Research Unit:  Research, Capacity Building and Education in an Old World Hotspot.
Tigga Kingston*, Zubaid Akbar, James Elder, Thomas H. Kunz, and Sucharita Gopal, Boston University, MA; University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
 

2:15 p. m.  The Effect of Post-logging Forest Recovery on a Neotropical Bat Community.
Frank M. Clarke*, Luke Rostant, and Paul A. Racey, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Scotland, UK

*Indicates author who will present paper.


2:30 p. m. NASBR Business meeting -- Lancaster IV/V/VI
Robert Barclay, Chair, Board of Directors; Margaret Griffiths, Associate Program Director; Tom Griffiths, Program Director


6:00 p. m.   Cash bar -- Lower Level Lobby
6:30 p. m.   Banquet --  Lancaster Room


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