2:50 p. m.   Reproductive Biology and Behavior of the Tent-making Bat Artibeus watsoni.
Gloriana Chaverri*, Boston University, Boston, MA
 
 
 
 

3:05 p. m.   Frogs, Toads, or Bob Marley? Flexibility and Learning in the Frog-eating Bat, Trachops cirrhosus.
Rachel A. Page* and Michael J. Ryan, University of Texas at Austin
 
 
 

3:20 p. m.   "Finding that 4-star Diner" or How Bats Might 'Anticipate' Productive Foraging Areas.
Debbie C. Buecher*, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
 

2:50 p. m.   Genetic Aspects of the Ecology of Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in Fort Collins, Colorado:  Preliminary Findings.
Melissa D. Andre*, Marlis R. Douglas, Michael E. Douglas, Thomas J. O'Shea, and Vidya Shankar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO

3:05 p. m.   Preliminary Findings on Winter Roost Selection by Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) Along a Plains-Mountain Interface.
Daniel J. Neubaum*, Thomas J. O'Shea, and Kenneth R. Wilson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; United States Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO

3:20 p. m.   Roosting Behavior and Dynamics of Habitat of Male Indiana Bats Myotis sodalis Following an Outbreak of Southern Pine Beetles Dendroctonus frontalis in Kentucky.
Paul R. Moosman, Jr.* and Troy L. Best, Auburn University, AL
 

4:00 p. m.  Mating System and Male Display Behavior of the Buffy Flower Bat, Erophylla sezekorni, in the Bahamas.
Kevin L. Murray* and Theodore H. Fleming, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

4:15 p. m.  Urban Non-reproductive Mixed-Sex Clusters of Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus).
Jackie D. Metheny* and Steven J. Ropski, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC; Gannon University, Erie, PA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4:30 p. m.  Comparison of Roosting Behaviour and Selection of Three Species of Insectivorous Bats in Taiwan.
Ying-Yi Ho*, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
 
 

4:45 p. m.  Roost Site Selection of Over-wintering Red Bats (Lasiurus borealis) in Southwest Missouri.
Brad M. Mormann* and Lynn W. Robbins, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
 

5:00 p.m.  Winter Roost Site Selection of the Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis) with Comparisons to Summer Roosting Sites.
Justin G. Boyles* and Lynn W. Robbins. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

5:15 p.m.  Brief Business Meeting
 

4:00 p.m.  Assessment of Bat Activity at a Proposed Wind-farm Site in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Christina Davy*, Jen Blasko, Erin Fraser and Elisabeth van Stam, University of Western, London, ON

4:15 p. m.  Evaluating Environmental Education Programs for Critically Endangered Fruit Bats in the Western Indian Ocean.
Will J. Trewhella, Kathryn M. Rodriguez-Clark, Nadia Corp, Abigail Entwistle, Simon R. T. Garrett, Elise F. Granek, Kimberly L. Lengel, Mary J. Raboude, Paola F. Reason, and Brent J. Sewall*, Action Comores (International), Hong Kong &Suffolk, U.K.; Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela; Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, U.K.; Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, U.K.; Bristol Zoo Gardens, Bristol, U.K.; Projet Conservation de la Biodiversité et Développement Durable aux Comores, Fomboni, Moheli, Union of the Comoros; Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA; Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Solitude, Rodrigues, Mauritius; University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

4:30 p. m.  Bats in a Fragmented Landscape: Changes in Species Diversity and Structure of Bat Assemblages on Small Land-bridge Islands in Central Panama.
Christoph F. J. Meyer* and Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama

4:45 p. m. The Effects of Water Quality on Bat Foraging Behavior in Stream Ecosystems of the Cape Fear River Basin.
Alison L. Boyko* and Matina C. Kalcounis-Ruppell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

5:00 p. m. The Effect of Water Quality on the Riparian Insect Community in the Headwaters of the Cape Fear River Basin in North Carolina.
Stacy R. Huff* and Matina C. Kalcounis-Ruppell, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, NC

5:15 p.m. Brief Business Meeting (in Ballroom A)
 

8:00 a. m.  A Novel, Non-invasive Technique for Assessing Bat Cranial Morphometrics.
Lorelei E. Patrick* and Luis A. Ruedas, Portland State University, Portland, OR
 

8:15 a. m.  An Ecomorphological Analysis of the Genus Carollia (Phyllostomidae).
Heather A. York* and Monica Papes, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
 
 
 

8:30 a. m.  Use of Torpor by Pallid Bats (Antrozous pallidus) at the Northern Extreme of the Species' North American Range.
Daniela Rambaldini*, University of Regina, Regina, SK
 

8:45 a. m.  Short-term Roost Fidelity of Corynorhinus  rafinesquii, Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat.
Austin W. Trousdale* and David C. Beckett, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
 

9:00 a. m.  Cave Selection by Bats in Ankarana, Northern Madagascar.
Scott G. Cardiff*, Steven M. Goodman, and Nancy B. Simmons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL; American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

9:15 a. m.  The Bias of Bat Netting.
Alexander B. Lang*, Christa D. Weise, Elisabeth K.V. Kalko, and Heinrich Roemer, Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; University of Ulm, Germany; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama

9:30 a. m.  Vertical Stratification and Seasonal Patterns of Bats in a Neotropical Lowland Rainforest in Panama.
Christa D. Weise* and Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; University of Ulm, Germany; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama

9:45 a. m.  The Importance of Cenotes in Structuring Bat Communities in Yucatan, Mexico.
M. Cristina MacSwiney*, Frank D. Clarke, and Paul A. Racey, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

8:00 a. m.  A Preliminary Survey of Bat Species Richness within Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario.
Erin Fraser* and Christina Davy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

8:15 a. m.  Evolution of the New World Myotis Inferred from Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA.
Benoît Stadelmann*, Manuel Ruedi, Liang-Kong Lin, and Thomas H. Kunz, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland; Tunghai University, Taiwan; Boston University, Boston

8:30 a. m.  Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genus Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae).
Paul M. Velazco*, and Bruce D. Patterson, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

8:45 a. m.  The Evolution of Dobsonia (Pteropodidae). Part II: Further Comparisons Between Morphological and Molecular Patterns.
Deanna G. P. Byrnes*, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

9:00 a. m.  Learning and the Development of Plastic Echolocation.
Matthew A. Wund*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
 
 

9:15 a. m.  Individual Ultrasonic Voice Identification of the Eptesicus fuscus Population of Fort Collins, Colorado.
Elisabeth van Stam*, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
 
 

9:30 a.m.   Cancelled
 
 
 
 
 

9:45 a.m.   Cancelled

10:30 a. m.  Censusing Brazilian Free-tailed Bats with Infrared Thermal Imaging -- Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Initial Results.
Margrit Betke*, Thomas Kunz, Shuang Tang, and Diane E. Hirsh; Boston University, Boston, MA

10:45 a. m.  Community and Individual Responses of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) to Avian Predation.
Thomas G. Hallam*, Aruna Raghavan, Dali Wang, Paula Federico, Gary F. McCracken, and Thomas H. Kunz, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Boston University, Boston, MA

11:00 a. m.  Effects of Social Conditions on the Echolocation of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats: Use of a 4-Microphone Array.
Erin H. Gillam* and Gary F. McCracken, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

11:15 a. m.  Modeling the Agricultural Pest Control Service Provided by Brazilian Free-tailed Bats (Tadarida  brasiliensis) in the Winter Garden Region of South Texas.
Paula Federico*, Cutler Cleveland, A. Nelly Correa-Sandoval, William E. Grant, Thomas G. Hallam, Jason Horn, Thomas H. Kunz, Juan D. López, Gary F. McCracken, Arnulfo Moreno-Valdez, Chris G. Sansone, John K. Westbrook, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Boston University, Boston, MA; ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico; Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; USDA-ARS, College Station, TX; Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico; Texas A&M University, San Angelo, TX

11:30 a. m.  Economic Value of Pest Control Services by Brazilian Free-tailed Bats in Texas Cotton Production.
Cutler J. Cleveland*, Margrit Betke, Paula Federico, Jeff D. Frank, Thomas G. Hallam, Jason Horn, Thomas H. Kunz, Juan D. López, Gary F. McCracken, Rodrigo A. Medellín, Arnulfo Moreno-Valdez, Chris G. Sansone, and John K. Westbrook, Boston University, Boston, MA; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Indigo Systems, Goleta, CA; USDA-ARS, College Station, TX; UNAM, Mexico; Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico; Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
 
 

12:00 - 12:30 p.m. NABCP Discussion and General Meeting (optional)
 

10:30 a. m.  Biting Behavior and the Biomechanics of Feeding: A Finite Element Analysis.
Elizabeth R. Dumont*, Justin Piccirillo, and Ian R. Grosse, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA

10:45 a. m.  Why are There No Flightless Bats?
John W. Hermanson*, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
 
 
 

11:00 a. m.  Higher-level Phylogeny of Chiroptera Based on Direct Optimization of Ten Genes.
Norberto P. Giannini* and Nancy B. Simmons, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
 
 
 

11:15 a. m.  Molecular Systematics and Biogeography of the Paleotropical Chiropteran Family Hipposideridae.
Antonio Guillen*, Instituto de Ecologia A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
 
 
 
 
 
 

11:30 a. m.  The Power of Hypothesis Testing in Phylogeography and Population Genetics: Lessons Learned from Tadarida  brasiliensis.
Amy L. Russell*, Yale University, New Haven, CT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

11:45 a. m. NABCP meeting in Ballroom A
 

2:00 p. m.  Build It and They Will Come: Establishment of a Founder Colony of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) in a Man-made Cave.
Thomas H. Kunz*, Margrit Betke, Diane E. Hirsh, Nickolay I. Hristov, Edward Y. Lee, Louise Allen, Jonathan Reichard, Margaret Bamberger, and J. David Bamberger, Boston University, Boston, MA; Selah Bamberger Ranch Preserve, Johnson City, TX

2:15 p. m.  Fecal DNA Analysis to Identify Species of Insects in the Diets of Bats.
Gary F. McCracken*, Veronica A. Brown, Melanie Eldridge, Ya-Fu Lee, and Sunitha Vege, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; American Red Cross, Philadelphia, PA

2:30 p. m.  Automated Detection and Tracking of Free-flying Bats using Digital Thermal Infrared Videography.
Bruce M. Sabol*, Chester O. Martin, M. Keith Hudson, and Alison Sherman, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS; Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, Florence, AL; Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS

2:45 p. m.  Using Euclidian Distances in Habitat Selection Studies of Bats.
Darren A. Miller*, Timothy C. Carter, and L. Mike Conner, Weyerhaeuser Company, Columbus, MS; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA
 

2:00 p. m.  Phylogeography and Species Status of Myotis volans.
Maarten J. Vonhof*, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
 
 
 
 

2:15 p. m.  Phylogeography of Three Evolutionary Lineages of West Indian Phyllostomid Bats: Preliminary Observations.
Theodore H. Fleming*, Kevin L. Murray, and Bryan C. Carstens, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
 
 
 
 

2:30 p. m.  Harmonic-hopping Drives Divergence in Wallacea's Bats.
Tigga Kingston* and Stephen J. Rossiter, Boston University, MA; Queen Mary University of London, UK
 
 
 

2:45 p. m.  Genetic Analyses Reveal Differing Evolutionary Histories in Two Sympatric Species of Pteropus in the South Pacific.
Ruth C.B. Utzurrum*, Amy L. Russell, Anne P. Brooke, Veronica Brown, and Gary F. McCracken, Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, American Samoa; Yale University, New Haven, CT; Guam National Wildlife Refuge, Dededo, Guam; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
 

8:00 a. m.  Foraging and Roosting Sites for Male Spotted Bats (Euderma  maculatum), Northern Arizona.
Carol Chambers*, Michael Herder, Mikele Painter, and David Mikesic, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ; BLM Arizona Strip, St. George, UT; Kaibab National Forest, Fredonia, AZ; Navajo Nation Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, Window Rock, AZ

8:15 a. m.  Estimating Positions of Bats Using a Synchronized Array of Detectors.
Chris Corben*, Kim Livengood, Ronald Drobney, and Richard Clawson, U.S.G.S., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; Missouri Department of Conservation, Columbia, MO

8:30 a. m.  Recording Ultrasonic Calls Simultaneously with Anabat and Pettersson Detectors.
Ronnie Sidner* and Debbie C. Buecher, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

8:45 a. m.  Serological Status of Bats in Relation to Rabies: What Does the Presence of Anti-rabies Virus Neutralizing Antibodies Mean?
Thomas J. O'Shea*, Vidya Shankar, Richard A. Bowen, Charles E. Rupprecht, and Jeffrey H. Wimsatt, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO;  Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

9:00 a. m.  Experimental Aerosol Rabies Transmission in Bats.
April D. Davis*, Richard A. Bowen, and Robert J. Rudd, Colorado State University, CO; New York State Department of Health, NY

9:15 a. m.  Flutamide and Fadrazole are Ineffective in Blocking the Expression of Male Mating Behavior in Big Brown Bats.
Mary T.  Mendonça*, Auburn University Auburn AL

9:30 a. m.  Roosting Behavior and Roost Switching in Six Colonies of the Serotine Bat, Eptesicus serotinus, in Central Germany.
Solveig Lubeley*, University of Marburg, Germany

9:45 a. m.  Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Roost Selection by Reproductive Female Hoary Bats (Lasiurus cinereus).
Craig K. R. Willis and R. Mark Brigham*, University of New England, Armidale NSW Australia; University of Regina, Regina, SK

8:00 a. m.  Cooperative Efforts to Assess the Impacts of Wind Turbines on Bats.
Edward B. Arnett* and Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International, Austin, TX
 
 
 

8:15 a. m.  Bats and Wind Turbines: Infrared Analysis of Abundance, Flight Patterns and Avoidance Behavior.
Jason Horn*, Edward Arnett, and Rogelio Rodriguez, Bat Conservation International, Austin TX

8:30 a. m.  Wind Energy and Bats: Using Predictive Modeling to Enhance Conservation Efforts.
Shahroukh Mistry* and Colleen A. Hatfield, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
 

8:45 a. m.  Pre-construction Assessment of Habitat Use by Bats at the Flat Rock Wind Power Facility, New York.
D. Scott Reynolds*, St. Paul's School, North East Ecological Services, Concord, NH
 
 

9:00 a. m.  Bat Conservation Issues and Research Efforts on Department of Defense Installations.
Chester O. Martin*, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
 
 

9:15 a. m.  Lubee Bat Conservancy: Research and Worldwide Conservation Programs for Fruit and Nectar Bats.
Allyson L. Walsh*, Lubee Bat Conservancy, Gainesville, FL
 

9:30 a. m.  Bat Surveys in North America: The Implications of Who is Doing What.
Theodore J. Weller*, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Arcata, CA

9:45 a. m.  Developing a New Forest Bat Survey Protocol: Strategic Decisions to Achieve Multiple Objectives.
William J. Zielinski*, Theodore J. Weller, Elizabeth D. Pierson, Patricia C. Ormsbee, Michael Herder, Linda M. Angerer, Lori A. Campbell, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA; USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Arcata, CA; Berkeley, CA; USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Eugene, OR; USDI Bureau of Land Management, St. George, UT; Mendocino National Forest, Willows, CA; USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, CA
 

10:30 a. m.  An Assessment of a Snag Model for Bats Roosting in Douglas Fir Forests.
J. Mark Perkins*, Andrew J. Perkins, Brian J. Perkins, and Joshua Schmeiser, Portland, OR
 
 

10:45 a. m.  Foraging Habitat and Home Range of Allen's Big-eared Bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) in the Arizona Desert as Determined by Radio-telemetry.
Patricia E. Brown* and Robert D. Berry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Brown-Berry Biological Consulting, Bishop, CA
 

11:00 a. m. General Business Meeting
Betsy Dumont, Chair, Board of Directors; Margaret Griffiths, Program Director; Tom Griffiths, Associate Program Director
 

10:30 a. m.  Restoration, Not Just Conservation, of Bat Caves - Need, Methods, and Case Study of a Myotis sodalis Hibernaculum.
Jim Kennedy*, Bat Conservation International, Austin, TX

10:45 a. m.  Results of the Third Annual Bat Blitz Conducted in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina.
Mary Kay Clark*, Joy O'Keefe, and Matina C. Kalcounis-Rüppell, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, NC; Clemson University, SC; University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC

11:00 a. m. General Business Meeting in Ballroom A
 

2:00 p. m.  Bat Use of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park.
Elizabeth D. Pierson*, William E. Rainey, Leslie S. Chow, Chris J. Corben, Mary Ellen Colberg, and Winifred Frick, Berkeley, CA; UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Yosemite National Park, CA; Columbia, MO; Mt. Shasta, CA; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

2:15 p. m.  Bat Surveys with Passive Acoustic Detection Systems.
William E. Rainey*, Chris J. Corben, Elizabeth D. Pierson, and Leslie S. Chow, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Columbia, MO; Berkeley, CA; Yosemite National Park, CA

2:30 p. m.  On the Distribution of Ficus  sycomorus and Movements of Epomophorus Fruit Bats in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Frank J. Bonaccorso*, John R. Winkelmann, Andrew Deacon, and S. MacFadyen, United States Geological Survey, Gettysburg College, and Kruger National Park

2:45 p. m.  Roost Selection and Foraging Movements of Peters' and Walhberg's Epauletted Fruit Bats in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
John R. Winkelmann*, Frank J. Bonaccorso, Emily Falk, and Gavin Gore
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA; United States Geological Survey
 
 

3:00 p. m. Swimming in Bats.
Dave S. Johnston*, H. T. Harvey & Associates
 
 

3:15 p. m.  Ecology and Conservation of Malagasy Bats.
Paul Racey*, University of Aberdeen, UK
 

3:30 p.m.  Closing
Betsy Dumont, Margaret Griffiths, Tom Griffiths,
Michael Herder, and Winston Lancaster (Local Host, 2005)

2:00 p. m.   Diet, Sunlight and Vitamin D in Bats (Order Chiroptera).
Lizabeth O. Southworth, Tai C. Chen, Michael F. Holick, and Thomas H. Kunz, Boston University, Boston, MA

2:15 p. m.  Historical Processes Enhance Patterns of Diversity along Latitudinal Gradients.
Richard D. Stevens*, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

2:30 p. m. Conservation Priority Hotspots: What Does Phylogenetic Diversity Add?
Kate E. Jones*, Wes Sechrest and John L. Gittleman, Columbia University, New York, NY; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
 

2:45 p. m.  Trees on Islands: Biogeographic Patterns of Diversification in Madagascar.
Amy Russell, E. Palkovacs, S. M. Goodman, J. Ranivo, and A. D. Yoder, Yale University, New Haven, CT
 
 

3:00 p. m.  A Total-evidence Phylogeny of Megabats: Implications for Understanding Biogeography and Dietary Evolution.
Nancy B. Simmons* and Norberto P. Giannini, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

3:15 p. m.  Character State Changes and Branching Orders in the Gene Trees for Phyllostomid Bats: Implications to Mode and Tempo of Evolution.
Robert J. Baker* and Steven R. Hoofer, Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX

3:30 p.m.  Closing  --  Ballroom A