45th Annual Symposium North American Society for Bat Research

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45 Annual Symposium
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North American Society
for Bat Research
Monterey, CA
October 28th-31st 2015
Local Hosts
Dave Johnston and Shahroukh Mistry
Program Directors
Frank Bonaccorso, Gary Kwiecinski and Shahroukh Mistry
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Program At-a-Glance
Thursday
8:15
8:30
8:45
Welcome
Keynote Address
James Brown
9:00
Spallanzani - Rubén Barquez
9:15
Spallanzani - Paul Webala (9:20)
9:30
9:45
10:00
11:15
11:30
Tools and
Methods for
Monitoring Bats
White-nose
Syndrome
Social
Communication
Conservation
Biology
Villa - Marina Rivero (9:40)
Coffee Break
10:30
11:00
Saturday
Breakfast (Monterey Bay/Carmel)
7:00
8:00
Friday
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Student Honors
Session 1
Student Honors
Session 2
Ecology I
Wildlife Health,
Parasites and
Disease
Business Meeting I
Business Meeting II
11:45
Lunch
12:00
1:30
1:45
2:00
2:15
2:30
Student Honors
Session 3
Student Honors
Session 4
Ecological
Energetics
2:45
Ecology and
Adaptation in
Tropical
Ecosystems
Ecology II
Systematics and
Population
Genetics
Predator-Prey
Behavior
Roosting
Behavior
3:00
3:15
3:30
Coffee Break
4:00
4:15
4:30
4:45
5:00
Student Honors
Session 5
Student Honors
Session 6
Addressing Gaps
in African Bat
Research
Functional
Morphology and
Development
Mixed Topics
(5:35)
Wind Energy
(5:35)
5:15
5:30
5:45
6:00
7:00
8:00
Poster Session I (6:05 - 8:05)
Student Social (8:15)
Cocktail Social
Poster Session II (6:30 - 8:30)
Banquet Dinner
Awards & Auction
NASBR thanks the following individuals for their assistance in hosting
the Monterey conference:
Dave Johnston & Shahroukh Mistry
Winifred Frick, Dave Wyatt
Samantha Chavez, Tina Cheng, Rebekah Christiansen, Elizabeth Gruenstein,
Brian Kornelly, Elissa Olimpi, Savannah Robinson
Logo Design by Kelly Terry
Rick Adams
Mylea Bayless
Frank Bonaccorso
Deanna Byrnes
Paul Cryan
Emily Davis
Erin Gillam
Dave Johnston
Allen Kurta
Gary Kwiecinski
Burton Lim
Shahroukh Mistry
Rebecca Patterson
DeeAnn Reeder
Jorge Ortega Reyes
Ashley Rolfe
Maria Sagot
Bill Schutt
Luis Víquez
Mike Warner
Heather York
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NASBR Board of Directors
University of Northern Colorado
Bat Conservation International
U.S. Geological Survey
Carthage College
USGS Fort Collins Science Center
Speleobooks
North Dakota State University
H.T. Harvey & Associates
Eastern Michigan University
University of Scranton
Royal Ontario Museum
Butte College
Bat Conservation International
Bucknell University
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
University of Northern Colorado
State University of New York at Oswego
Long Island University and AMNH
Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, México
Speleobooks
Buena Vista University
Policy & Public Relations
2016 Co-host
Associate Program Director
Past Chair
Policy & Public Relations
2014 Co-host
Secretary, Spallanzani Chair
2015 Co-host
Chair of the Board
Program Director
Finance
Associate Program Director; 2015 Co-host
2016 Co-host
Treasurer
Student Awards
Student Representative
Nominations Chair, Sponsorships
Sponsorships Chair; Policy & Public Relations
2014 Co-host
Education and Outreach
45th Annual Symposium
Tuesday
Tue. - Wed.
Pre-Conference Events
Kayaking in Elkhorn Slough
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Meet in the Plaza Hotel Lobby at 8:00
Carmel Valley Wine Tour
10:45 am - 3:00 pm
Meet in Front of the Plaza Hotel at 10:45
Wednesday
Whale Watching Tour
8:00 am - 1:30 pm
Meet at Chris’ Whale Watching office at 8:00 am
(End of Fisherman’s Wharf - a 25 min. walk)
Registration
2:00 to 7:00 pm
Fairway
Board of Directors Meeting
(Invitation Only)
2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Ocean Club
Welcome Reception
(Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar)
7:00 - 10:00 pm
Upper Plaza
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7:00 am 8:00 am
Breakfast
7:00 am
- 6:00 pm
Registration
Fairway
10:00 am
- 8:00pm
Poster Group 1 (Student Awards) - available for viewing
Dolphins
Monterey Bay/Carmel
Thursday
Cypress Ballroom
8:00
Welcome
8:15
9:00
9:20
Keynote Address
Spallanzani Award Spallanzani Award Tough Conservation Decisions in an Overcrowded World
Conserving the Bats of Argentina: a Challenge of 40 Years
Bat Research and Conservation in Kenya
Dave Johnston & Shahroukh Mistry
9:40
Villa Award
Seed Dispersal and Habitat Selection by Tent-roosting Bats in the Great Lacandona Ecosystem
Marina Rivero
Coffee Break
10:00
Student Honors Session 1
10:30
James Brown
Rubén Barquez
Paul Webala
Point Lobos Foyer
Cypress Ballroom 1&2
Chairs: Gary Kwiecinski, Rebecca Patterson
Estradiol Transfer from Male to Female and Between Female Conspecifics in Big Brown Bats
Lucas Greville, Tyler Pollock, Denys deCatanzaro, and Paul Faure
10:45
Cutaneous Microbes of Cave-hibernating Bats: Clues to Resistance to White-nose Syndrome?
Kyle George and Allen Kurta
11:00
Habitat Fragmentation Effects on Ectoparasite Loads of Bats in a Tropical Costa Rican Premontane Forest
Daniel Zamora-Mejías, Juan Morales-Malacara, Paul Hanson and Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera
11:15
The Environmental Reservoir of Pseudogymnoascus destructans
11:30
Tina Cheng, Joseph Hoyt, Kate Langwig, Jeff Foster, Katy Parise, Marm Kilpatrick, and Winifred Frick
The Intracellular Entry Receptor Niemann-Pick C1 Controls Filovirus Susceptibility in African Pteropodid Bats
11:45
Melinda Ng, Esther Ndungo, Maryska Kaczmarek, Andrew Herbert, Tabea Binger, Rebekah James, et al.
Health and Immunity Differ by Sex and Reproductive Class in the Little Epauletted Fruit Bat
Imran Ejotre, Laura Kurpiers, Juliane Schaer, Mary Swartz, Kat DeRuff, Kenneth Field, and DeeAnn Reeder
Lunch
12:001:30
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Lunch with a Mentor - Meet at Registration Desk
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Discussion on Identifying Bats by their Echolocation Calls: Limitations and Ways to Minimize Them
12:30-1:15 Cypress Ballroom 1&2
Auto-identification of echolocation calls is becoming more and more popular, but there are concerns regarding the
accuracy of identifications, and the potential for mis-use of information. Another concern is how confirmation of
identifications can be made. This will be a relatively informal discussion of these concerns and ways to overcome them and
improve the accuracy of identifications and our understanding of the limitations. Bring your experiences and suggestions.
Chairs: Allen Kurta, Mylea Bayless
1:30
Maternal Care and Mother-Pup Recognition in the Lesser Long-nosed Bat
1:45
Begoña Iñarritu, Rodrigo Medellín, Robyn Hudson, Oxána Bánszegi, Péter Szenczi, and Ana Ibarra
Widespread Anti-bat Ultrasound Production in Moths
2:00
Krystie Miner, Brian Leavell, Peter Houlihan, Jesse Breinholt, Adam Keener, David Plotkin, et al.
Multimodal Aposematism Increases Signal Efficacy in Bat-Firefly Interactions
2:15
Brian Leavell, Adam Keener, Juliette Rubin, Krystie Miner, Marc Branham, and Jesse Barber
Isotopic Insight into Foraging by Two Very Different Species of Bats
Sierra Sell and Paul Moosman
*Presenting Author
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James Brown attended Cornell University and received his Ph. D. from the University of Michigan. He held
faculty appointments at the University of California at Los Angeles, University of Utah, University of Arizona, the
Santa Fe Institute, and the University of New Mexico, where he has been Professor Emeritus since 2012. He is
known for his empirical research in desert ecocosystems and biogeography and his more theoretical research
in macroecology, biological scaling, and metabolic ecology. He has written or edited seven books and more than
200 papers. He has received several honors and awards, including election to the National Academy of Sciences,
the Wallace Award from the International Biogeography Society, the Odum and MacArthur Awards from the
Ecological Society of America, the Merriam and Grinnell Awards from the American Society of Mammalogists,
the Marsh Award from the British Ecological Society, and the Grinnell Medal from the University of California at
Berkeley.
10:30
Chairs: Heather York, Jorge Ortega
Genetic Variation and Potential Geographic Structure in the Hawaiian Hoary Bat
Thursday
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presentation.
Corinna Pinzari, Donald Price, Frank Bonaccorso, Pawel Michalak, and Lin Kang
10:45
Myotis Diverge, but with Migration
Ariadna Morales, Nathan Jackson, Brian O’Meara, and Bryan Carstens
11:00
Phylogenetic Analysis of Afrotropical Malaria Parasites Identifies Bats as Ancestral Hosts
Holly Lutz, Bruce Patterson, Julian Kerbis, Paul Webala, William Stanley, Thomas Gnoske, Shannon Hackett, et al.
11:15
Evolution by Terminal Addition Generates Diverse and Adaptive Skull Shapes of Phyllostomid Bats
11:30
Jasmin Camacho, Alexander Heyde, Bhart-Anjan Bhullar, Danny Haelewaters, Nancy Simmons, and Arhat Abzhanov
Dispersal of Bats in an Island System
Kelly Speer and David Reed
11:45
Biometric Recognition of Individual Bats
Jeanette Bailey, Lisa Powers, and Allen Kurta
Lunch
12:001:30
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Discussion on Identifying Bats by their Echolocation Calls: Limitations and Ways to Minimize Them
12:30-1:15 Cypress Ballroom 1&2
Auto-identification of echolocation calls is becoming more and more popular, but there are concerns regarding
the accuracy of identifications, and the potential for mis-use of information. Another concern is how confirmation of
identifications can be made. This will be a relatively informal discussion of these concerns and ways to overcome them and
improve the accuracy of identifications and our understanding of the limitations. Bring your experiences and suggestions.
Chairs: Maria Sagot, Gerald Carter
1:30
Roosting Behaviour of Reproductive Myotis septentrionalis in Northern Canada
1:45
Cactophily Extends to Frugivory in Antrozous pallidus
2:00
Jaclyn Aliperti, Douglas Kelt, Paul Heady III, and Winifred Frick
Influence of Tent-roosting Bats on Dispersal and Establishment of Large-seeded Plants in the Northwestern Costa Rica
2:15
David Villalobos-Chaves and Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera
Gape, Habitat, and Foraging Strategy Predict Open Space Echolocation Call Peak Frequency in Vespertilionid Bats
Laura Kaupas and Robert Barclay
Jeneni Thiagavel and John Ratcliffe
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Student Honors Session 3 (cont.)
2:30
Chairs: Allen Kurta, Mylea Bayless
A Method for Quantifying Summer Populations of the Eastern Small-footed Bat
Thursday
Mitch Dannon, Daniel Warner, and Paul Moosman
2:45
Prey Discrimination Requires both Visual and Auditory Cues in a Gleaning Bat
3:00
Adam Keener, Brian Leavell, and Jesse Barber
Population Genetics of Artibeus jamaicensis in Mangrove Forests along the South Coast of Guatemala
3:15
Stefania Briones, José Echeverría, and Andrés Ávalos
Roost Selection by Desmodus rotundus and Interspecific Interactions
Alma Moreno, Ana Ibarra, Ivar Vleut, and Rodrigo Medellín
Coffee Break
3:30
Point Lobos Foyer
Chairs: Miranda Dunbar, Hugh Broders
4:00
Home Range and Habitat Use of Foraging Myotis grisescens from Five Maternity Sites in Northern Arkansas
4:15
Patrick Moore, Keith Morris, Thomas Risch, and Virginie Rolland
Winter Activity Patterns of Bats on the Cumberland Plateau
Leanne Burns, Susan Loeb, and Patrick Jodice
4:30
Seasonal and Nightly Activity of Mexican Long-nosed Bats in Texas
4:45
The Impacts of Two Ubiquitous Invaders on the Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat
5:00
Jessica Welch, James Fordyce, and Daniel Simberloff
Annual and Seasonal Fluctuations in Roost Use by Tadarida brasiliensis in a Highway Overpass, San Angelo, Texas
Erin Adams and Loren Ammerman
Stephanie Martinez, Loren Ammerman, and Robert Dowler
5:15
Impact of Agriculture on Global Bat Assemblages
Elissa Olimpi, Raphaël Arlettaz, Bea Maas, Peter Taylor, and Kimberly Williams-Guillén
5:30
Factors Influencing Emergence Times of Indiana Bats in Central Indiana
Robert Arndt, Jordan Holmes, Joy O’Keefe, William Mitchell, and Steven Lima
End of Award Presentations
5:45
A 45-year History of NASBR
Frank Bonaccorso
Poster Session I
6:05 8:05
(Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar)
8:15
Student Social
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Dolphins Ballroom
Coopers Pub
Student Honors Session 4 (cont.)
2:30
Chairs: Maria Sagot, Gerald Carter
Using LiDAR Derived Three-dimensional Forest Metrics to Predict Bat Species Habitat Use in New England
Adam Rusk
2:45
Flying under the LiDAR: Relating Forest Structure to Bat Community Diversity
Christine Swanson and John Weishampel
Fur Mercury Concentrations Differ in Two Chinese Bat Species
3:15
Laura Heiker, Rick Adams, and Claire Ramos
A Graphical Approach to Complex Interactions between Bats, their Prey, and Landscape Features
Julie Faure-Lacroix, André Desrochers, Louis Imbeau, and Anouk Simard
3:30
Coffee Break
Point Lobos Foyer
Chairs: Anna Nele Herdina, Burton Lim
4:00
Bat Use of Forest Openings in Relation to Landscape Characteristics and Prey Abundance
4:15
Personality Affects Pathogen Dynamics in Bats
Jonathan Brooks, Patrick Gerard, and Susan Loeb
Thursday
3:00
Quinn Webber and Craig Willis
4:30
An Assessment of Social Transmission of Migratory Behaviours among Bats
4:45
Applications of Fatty Acid Signatures in Tree Bat Migration Ecology
Erin Baerwald
Jeffrey Clerc, Ted Weller, and Joseph Szewkzak
5:00
Migration Timing and Body Composition of Lasionycteris noctivagans
5:15
Kristin Jonasson and Christopher Guglielmo
Cold-hearted Bats: Cardiac Function and Metabolism during Torpor in Two Species of Australian Bats
Shannon Currie, Gerhard Körtner, and Fritz Geiser
End of Award Presentations
5:30
Improving Bat Conservation Strategies for Canadian Wind Farms
5:45
Local Middle School Students Presenting their Research at a NASBR Conference
Lauren Hooton and Ryan Zimmerling
Dave Johnston and Kelly Terry
6:05 8:05
8:15
Poster Session I
Student Social
Dolphins Ballroom
Coopers Pub
Marina Rivero, 2015 Villa award recipient, studied Biology at the Faculty of Sciences at UNAM, Mexico.
She participated in several conservation and research projects on jaguars, bats and other mammals. Her
thesis focused on documenting seed dispersal by tent-making bats, as well as tent density and habitat
selection. Her work highlighed the ecological role of bats in the regeneration of tropical forest and the
importance of the roosting behavior in tent-making bats. She is currently carrying out research projects in
the Selva Lacandona and the Sierra Madre in Chiapas with tapirs, white-lipped peccaries and jaguars.
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Poster Session I
Dolphins Ballroom
(Posters should be mounted between 9:00 and 10:30 am and removed after the evening session)
Thursday
Student Honors Posters
H1
Abundance of Eastern Red Bats over a Six-year Period in the Eastern United States
H2
A Cry in the Dark: Using Acoustics to Determine Habitat Use of the Florida Bonneted Bat
Amanda Bailey, Holly Ober, and Robert McCleery
H3
Surface Texture Discrimination by Bats: Implications for Reducing Mortality at Wind Turbines
Christina Bienz, Victoria Bennett, and Amanda Hale
H4
Population Estimates and Emergence Trends of Mexican Free-tailed Bats Using Image Processing Tools
Zelda Blowers, Laura Kloepper, Meike Linnenschmidt, and James Simmons
H5
Nectar Feeding Schedules of Two Species of Bat
H6
Species Limits and Cryptic Diversity of the Widespread Genus Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) in Kenya
Natalia Cortés-Delgado, Paul Webala, Carl Dick, and Bruce Patterson
H7
A Molecular Diet Analysis of Parastrellus hesperus
H8
Dilution Effect and the Relationship between Habitat Degradation and Bat Fly Infestation in a Neotropical Savanna
Daniel Figueiredo and Ludmilla Aguiar
H9
The Summer Roosting Ecology of Myotis ciliolabrum in Southeastern Alberta, Canada
H10
Resource Selection by Foraging Big Brown Bats in Agricultural Landscapes
H11
Movement and Migratory Behavior of Tree Bats (Lasiurus and Lasionycteris) within the Western Basin of Lake Erie
Shaylyn Hatch and Gregory Smith
H12
Social Behavior of Indiana Bats Selecting Among Artificial Roosts
H13
Echolocation Behavior of Flying Big Brown Bats is Not Affected by Noise Exposure
Kelsey Hom, Meike Linnenschmidt, Andrea Simmons, and James Simmons
H14
Identifying and Characterizing Roosts of Lasiurus ega and Lasiurus intermedius
Citlally Jimenez, Ben Skipper, and Loren Ammerman
H15
Preliminary Analysis of the Terrestrial Abilities of Bats in the Families Emballonuridae and Vespertilionidae
Matthew Jones and Stephen Hasiotis
H16
Southeastern Myotis Roosting Habits in an Old-growth Bottomland Hardwood Forest
Piper Kimpel, Susan Loeb, and Patrick Jodice
H17
The Health and Viral Community of African Fruit Bats from Disturbed and Undisturbed Habitats
Laura Kurpiers, DeeAnn Reeder, Imran Ejotre, Jenni Prokkola, and Kenneth Field
H18
A New Species of Molossus (Chiroptera, Molossidade) with Comments on Its Phylogenetic Relationship
Livia Loureiro, Mark Engstrom, and Burton Lim
H19
A Proposal for Pollination Services Provided by Fruit Bat Species to Baobab Trees in South Africa
Macy Madden, Peter Taylor, and Tigga Kingston
H20
Survey and Conservation of Cave-dwelling Bats in Coastal Kenya
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Giorgia Auteri
Samantha Chavez, Paul Heady III, and Winifred Frick
Krysta Demere and Loren Ammerman
Stephanie Findlay
Devaughn Fraser and Robert Wayne
Julia Hoeh and Joy O’Keefe
Beryl Makori
Poster Session I
Dolphins Ballroom
H21
Looking for Bats in All the Right Places: Spatial Patterns at Effigy Mounds National Monument
Kayla McLaughlin and Gerald Zuercher
H22
A Different Kind of Black Gold: Molecular Characterization of Bat Guano Reveals Unique Pest Management Strategies
Devon O’Rourke and Jeff Foster
H23
Habitat Use of Bats on the UC Big Creek Reserve in Coastal California
Savannah Robinson, Paul Heady III, and Winifred Frick
H24
The Evolution of Hindwing Shape as an Anti-bat Strategy in Silkmoths
H25
Faster, Cheaper, and Easier Plasma Metabolite Analysis: β-hydroxybutyrate Analysis in the Field with a Handheld Meter
Amie Sommers, Alice Boyle, and Liam McGuire
H26
A Scalable and Repeatable Acoustic Site Selection Framework for the Northern Long-eared Bat
Zachary Warren and Michael Whitby
Juliette Rubin, Akito Kawahara, and Jesse Barber
P1
A Decade of Bat Monitoring in the Missouri Ozarks
Sybill Amelon, Clarissa Starbuck, Kathryn Womack, and Frank Thompson III
P2
Energetics of Stenoderma rufum (Phyllostomidae): a Tree-roosting Bat Endemic to the Puerto Rican Bank (West Indies)
Lynnette Andújar-González and Armando Rodríguez-Durán
P3
Bats and the Vertebrate Skin Microbiome: Multiple Factors Influence Skin Symbiont Communities in North American
Bat Species
Christine Avena, Holly Archer, Winifred Frick, Kate Langwig, Karen Powers, Rob Knight, et al.
P4
Metabolic Rate, Colony Size and Latitude, but Not Phylogeny, Affect Rewarming Rates of Bats
Allyson Menzies, *Dylan Baloun, Quinn Webber, Kristina Muise, Damien Cote, Samantha Tinkler, and Craig Willis
P5
White-nose Syndrome Lesions in European Bat Myotis myotis Linked with Hematology and Blood Chemistry
Hana Bandouchova, Jiri Pikula, Tomas Bartonicka, Hana Berkova, Jiri Brichta, Tomasz Kokurewicz, et al.
P6
Bats and Human Disease Incidence: the Need for Accurate Bat Databases
P7
Acoustic Monitoring, Species Diversity and an Endangered Bat in the Florida Everglades
Elizabeth Braun de Torrez, Megan Wallrichs, Holly Ober, and Robert McCleery
P8
Winter Activity of Lasionycteris noctivagans in British Columbia
Patrick Burke, Cori Lausen, Leigh-Anne Issac, and Mark Lozer
P9
Informal Education for the Conservation of Bats in Puerto Rico: Citizen Participation
Erik Calderón-Davila, Waldemar Feliciano-Robles, Venus Paez-Hernández, Derek González-Pérez, et al.
P10
Assessing Bats at Effigy Mounds National Monument (Iowa) for Exposure to Pseudogymnoascus destructans
Ryan Cleary, Kayla McLaughlin, Rasika Mudalige-Jayawickrama, and Gerald Zuercher
P11
Description of the Wrist and Metacarpals of Noctilio leporinus (Noctilionidae, Chiroptera)
Pablo Gaudioso, Rubén Barquez, and *Mónica Díaz
P12
Microbiomes of Neotropical Bats
P13
Movements and Demography of a US Endangered Bat at the Edge of Its Range
Alexis Diana Earl, Paul Heady III, Rodrigo Medellin, and Winifred Frick
Thursday
General Posters
Lisa Beltz
Miranda Dunbar, Joel Jameson, and Elizabeth Roberts
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7:00 am 8:00 am
Breakfast
Monterey Bay/Carmel
Women in Science Breakfast. This session focuses on finding solutions to several important challenges in today’s academic world,
such as achieving work and life balance, learning how to put your best self forward, negotiating for success in your career, and
recognizing and resolving gender bias. (Open invitation to all men and women of NASBR. Grab your breakfast and meet in Pt. Lobos)
7:15 am
- 6:00 pm
Registration
Fairway
10:00 am
- 8:30pm
Poster Group 2 (non-award) - available for viewing
Dolphins
White-nose Syndrome
Chairs: Riley Bernard, Jeremy Coleman
8:00
Invasion Dynamics of White-nose Syndrome and Long Term Impacts on Bat Populations
8:15
Range-Wide Genetic Analysis of Little Brown Bat Populations: How Far West Could White-nose Syndrome Spread?
Kate Langwig, Joseph Hoyt, Katy Parise, Joe Kath, Dan Kirk, Winifred Frick, Jeffrey Foster, and *Marm Kilpatrick
Maarten Vonhof, Amy Russell, and *Cassandra Miller-Butterworth
8:30
Climate and Impacts of White-nose Syndrome
Winifred Frick, Tina Cheng, Joseph Hoyt, Kate Langwig, and Marm Kilpatrick
8:45
Vulnerability of Bat Populations to White-nose Syndrome within a Karst Environment in the Southern Sierra
Simon Topp, Avery Shawler, Paul Heady III, and Winifred Frick
Friday
9:00
Co-infection with White-nose Syndrome Fungus and Coronavirus May Exacerbate Fungal Pathology or Risk of Viral
Spillover
Vikram Misra, Noreen Rapin, Arinjay Banerjee, Lisa Warnecke, James Turner, Trent Bollinger, Craig Willis, et al.
9:15
Investigating Bat Actinobacterial Microbiota and Natural Defenses against White-nose Syndrome
9:30
The Transcriptome of White-nose Syndrome Reveals Host Responses to Fungal Infection
Diana Northup, Nicole Caimi, Paris Hamm, Andrea Porras-alfaro, Ara Kooser, Jesse Young, *Debbie Buecher, et al.
Ken Field, Joseph Johnson, Thomas Lilley, Sophia Reeder, Elizabeth Rogers, Melissa Behr, and DeeAnn Reeder
9:45
White-nose Syndrome Survivors Have Pre-WNS Hibernation Patterns Despite Pseudogymnoascus destructans
Infection
Thomas Lilley, Joseph Johnson, Lasse Ruokolainen, Elisabeth Rogers, Cali Wilson, Spencer Schell, Kenneth Field, et al.
10:00
Genetic Diversity of the Major Histocompatibility Complex before and after White-nose Syndrome in Little Brown
Myotis
Aryn Wilder, Thomas Kunz, and Michael Sorenson
10:15
White-nose Syndrome Does Not Alter the Visible Behaviors of Hibernating Myotis lucifugus in Obvious Ways
Paul Cryan
Coffee Break
Business Meeting I
10:30
11:00
All attendes are encouraged to attend
Lunch
12:001:30
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Ecological Energetics
1:30
Point Lobos Foyer
Chairs: Mark Brigham, Liam McGuire
The Ecological Energetics of Hibernation in Temperate Bats
Craig Willis, Dylan Baloun, Mary-Anne Collis, Zenon Czenze, Kristin Jonasson, Heather Mayberry, et al.
1:45
Plasma Metabolite Analysis as a Tool for Studying the Nutritional Ecology and Energetics of Insectivorous Bats
Liam McGuire
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Rubén M. Barquez, 2015 Spallanzani award recipient, is a Professor at the University of Tucumán, Argentina,
Researcher at the National Council for Science and Technology and Director of the Program for Investigations
of Biodiversity of Argentina. His research is mainly focused on the distribution and systematics of small
mammals of Argentina, but he is intensively dedicated to the study of bats, and their conservation. He was a
founding member and president of the Argentine Society of Mammalogists, and of the Program for Conservation
of Bats of Argentina.
Chairs: Rick Adams, Ashley Wilson (Rolfe)
Tools and Methods for Monitoring Bats
8:00
Towards a Free Tool for Standardized Acoustic Identification of Bats across North America
8:15
Unraveling Zero Crossing and Full Spectrum
François Fabianek and Jean Marchal
Ian Agranat
8:30
Acoustic Population Monitoring at Tadarida brasiliensis Colonies
Laura Kloepper, Meike Linnenschmidt, Zelda Blowers, and James Simmons
8:45
Solitary vs. Social Foraging: a Comparison of Two Myotis Species Using GPS and Audio Biologgers
Edward Hurme, Katya Berg, Stefan Grief, Ofri Eitan, and Yossi Yovel
9:00
Studying Bat Behaviors and Populations Using High-frequency Radio-frequency Identification Technology
Joseph Johnson, Jessica Kropczynski, and John Treanor
Species from Feces: Reliably Identifying Global Bat Species with a DNA Mini-barcode Assay
9:30
Are All Bat Gates Created Equal?
Faith Walker, Charles Williamson, Dan Sanchez, Colin Sobek, and Carol Chambers
Friday
9:15
Patricia Brown and James Simmons
9:45
Bats Do Not Do Hula-Hoops
James Simmons, Patricia Brown, Kelsey Hom, Meike Linnenschmidt, Tyler Beck, and Zelda Blowers
10:00
Miniature GPS/Dataloggers Yield a Few Fantastic Observations Causing Re-evaluation of our Notions of Hoary Bat
Migration
Theodore Weller, Kevin Castle, Paul Cryan, Cris Hein, and Michael Schirmacher
10:15
Morning Cave Re-entry of Mexican Free-tailed Bats: Acoustical and Behavioral Observations
Meike Linnenschmidt, Laura Kloepper, and James Simmons
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break
Business Meeting I
Point Lobos Foyer
Lunch
12:001:30
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Ecology and Adaptation in Tropical Ecosystems
Chairs: Rachel Page, Rodrigo Medellín
1:30
Wake Up and Smell the Piper: Olfactory Receptor Repertoires Reflect Specialization in Carollia
Laurel Yohe, Sharlene Santana, and Liliana Dávalos
1:45
Monitoring Hawaiian Hoary Bat Activity and Prey Availability at Kaloko-Honōkohau National Historical Park
Kristina Montoya-Aiona, Corinna Pinzari, Frank Bonaccorso, and Christopher Todd
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Ecological Energetics (cont.)
2:00
Chairs: Mark Brigham, Liam McGuire
Body Temperature and Arousal Patterns of Crevice-hibernating Big Brown Bats
Brandon Klüg
2:15
Regional Differences in the Expression of Torpor
Fritz Geiser, Artiom Bondarenco, and Clare Stawski
2:30
Explosive Metabolic Rates and Physiological Counter-strategies in Tent-making Bats
Teague O’Mara, Christian Voigt, Andries ter Maat, Henry Pollock, Gary Burness, Lanna Desantis, and Dina Dechmann
2:45
Use of Geothermal Heated Caves for Winter Hibernation by Subtropical Bats
Eran Levin, Brit Plotnik, Eran Amichai, Luzie Braulke, Yorm Yom-Tov, and Noga Kronfeld-Schor
3:00
Are Hibernating Bats Just Big Babies? Ventilatory and Metabolic Responses of Bats to Low Environmental Oxygen
Yvonne Dzal, Julia York, Paul Faure, and William Milsom
3:15
Running Hot and Running Cheap: Metabolic Analysis of Running Gaits in the Common Vampire Bat
John Hermanson, Yvonne Dzal, Teri Orr, Julia York, Zenon Czenze, and Stuart Parsons
Coffee Break
Point Lobos Foyer
Chairs: Theresa Laverty, Cara Brook, DeeAnn Reeder
3:30
Addressing Gaps in African Bat Research
4:00
Elephants, Bats, and Their Food: A Food Web Approach to Understanding Bat Communities
Friday
Theresa Laverty and Joel Berger
4:15
Gaps in our Understanding of African Bat Ecophysiology - Lessons from South Sudan
DeeAnn Reeder, Imran Ejotre, Laura Kurpiers, Juliane Schaer, and Ken Field
4:30
Hepatocystis of African Fruit Bats – Evidence for Continuous and Efficient Transmission Cycles
Juliane Schaer, Megan Vodzak, Imran Ejotre, Laura Kurpiers, Frieder Mayer, Susan Perkins, Kai Matuschewski, et al.
4:45
New Insights into the Mating Ecology of Epauletted Fruit Bats in Kruger National Park, South Africa
5:00
From the Tidepool to the Stars: Scaling from the Individual to the Population in Bat Ecology
Rick Adams
Cara Brook, Christian Ranaivoson, and Andy Dobson
5:15
Hemoparasites in Madagascar Fruit Bats
Christian Ranaivoson, Jean-Michel Héraud, Lydia Rabetafika, and Cara Brook
Mini-break
5:30
Mixed Topics
5:35
Chairs: Scott Pederson, Ernest Valdez
Bats, Insects and New Street Light Technology
Gareth Jones, Emma Stone, Andy Wakefield, Liz Rowse, and Stephen Harris
5:50
Two Convergent Lines of Evidence that Noise Pollution Alters Bat Behavior
Jessie Bunkley, Christopher McClure, Nathan Kliest, Clint Francis, and Jesse Barber
6:05
White-nose Syndrome Severity in North American and Palearctic Bats
Jiri Pikula, Hana Bandouchova, Tomas Bartonicka, Hana Berkova, Jiri Brichta, Veronika Kovacova, et al.
6:30 8:30
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Poster Session II
Dolphins Ballroom
Ecology and Adaptation in Tropical Ecosystems (cont.)
Chairs: Rachel Page, Rodrigo Medellín
2:00
First Record of Seed Predation by Centurio senex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
David Villalobos-Chaves, Sergio Padilla-Alvárez, and *Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera
2:15
Bat Activity Patterns in Philippine Rice Fields
Jodi Sedlock, James Alvarez, Phillip Alviola, Finbarr Hogan, Renee Lorica, Alexander Stuart, and May Dixon
2:30
Water-borne Vibrations and Dynamically Inflating Vocal Sacs: a Multimodal Cocktail for Frog-eating Bats
Rachel Page, Ryan Taylor, Michael Ryan, and Wouter Halfwerk
2:45
Germination and Seedling Survival of Brosimum alicastrum under Bat Tents in the Lacandona Forest, Chiapas
Maripaula Valdés-Bérriz and Rodrigo Medellín
3:00
Chromosomal Rearrangements as Promoters of Biodiversity in Phyllostomid Bats
Cibele Sotero-Caio, Fengtang Yang, and Robert Baker
3:15
The Search for Visual Adaptations in Noctilionoid Bats: a First using Comparative Transcriptomics
Kalina Davies, Laurel Yohe, Elizabeth Dumont, Karen Sears, Liliana Dávalos, and Stephen Rossiter
3:30
Coffee Break
Point Lobos Foyer
Functional Morphology and Development
4:00
Chairs: William Schutt, Luis Viquez
Variation in Bat Fur: an Ignored Trait with Implications for Thermoregulation, Aerodynamics and Ectoparasite Load
Robert Barclay, Robyn Brown, Pauline de Jesus, Laura Kaupas, and Stephanie Findlay
Integrating the Ontogeny of Echolocation with the Development of Flight in Bats: Evolutionary Implications
Richard Carter and Rick Adams
4:30
Born to Fly? Ontogeny Suggests Pterosaurs Could Fly Right Out of the Egg
John Ratcliffe, David Hone, John Hermanson, and Robert Reisz
4:45
Go Big or Go Fish: Morphological Specializations in Carnivorous Bats
5:00
The Diverse Feet of Bats: Histology and Comparative Morphology of the Calcaneum-Calcar Joint
Friday
4:15
Sharlene Santana
Katie Stanchak and Sharlene Santana
5:15
Something to Sniff at: The Hidden Anatomy of Emballonurid Noses
Abigail Curtis and Nancy Simmons
5:30
Mini-break
Wind Energy
5:35
Chairs: Paul Cryan and Mitchell Craig
Wind, Precipitation and Feeding during Hawaiian Hoary Bat Acoustic Detections on Oahu; July 2013 - August 2015
Mitchell Craig
5:50
Tadarida Behavior at Wind Turbines
Donald Solick, Joel Thompson, Paul Rabie, and Wally Erickson
6:05
Ultraviolet Illumination as a Means of Reducing Bat Activity
Paulo Gorresen, Paul Cryan, David Dalton, Sandy Wolf, Jessica Johnson, Chris Todd, and Frank Bonaccorso
6:30 8:30
Poster Session II
Dolphins Ballroom
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Poster Session II
Dolphins Ballroom
6:30
Friday
General Posters
P14
Impact of Urban Development and Forest Fragmentation on Bat Assemblages
Waldemar Feliciano-Robles, Erik Calderón-Dávila, and Armando Rodríguez-Durán
P15
Bats Are Special: Genomic Comparison of Viral Interaction Genes
P16
Bat-Eco Interactions Database
P17
Counting the Night’s Watchmen
Conrad Schaefer, Aaron Addison, Steven Thomas, Rickard Toomey, Shauna Marquardt, and *Katie Gillies
P18
Potential Effects of Climate Change on the Endangered Leptonycteris nivalis Migratory Corridor
Emma Gomez-Ruiz and Thomas Lacher
P19
Captivity and the Genetic Diversity of a Harem-breeding Bat (Carollia perspicillata)
Kelsey Gonzales, Ashley Wilson, Rick Adams, and Mitchell McGlaughlin
P20
Patterns of Neutral Genetic Variation in Bat Populations Affected by an Emerging Wildlife Disease
Jennifer Grousd, Marianne Moore, Liliana Dávalos, and Amy Russell
P21
Use of an Urban Park by Big Brown Bats
P22
Disparity in the Cross Sectional Geometry of Limb Bones in Birds and Bats
Brandon Hedrick, Paul Mitchell, Samantha Cordero, Maya Kassutto, Janet Monge, and Elizabeth Dumont
P23
Histological Characterization of Pseudogymnoascus destructans in Perimyotis subflavus
Sarah Hooper and Sybill Amelon
P24
Investigating the Potential for Bat-friendly Agave Management for Mezcal and Other Cultural Uses in Mexico
Kristen Lear, José Flores Maldonado, Laura German, Elizabeth King, and Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman
P25
Are Bats and Sport Climbing Compatible? A Pilot Study
P26
Networking with Farmers to Encourage Bat Activity on Farms
P27
North American Bat Monitoring Pilot Surveys in Arizona
P28
Do Hummingbird Feeders Affect Bat-Plant Interactions?
P29
Rabies in Bats of Illinois
P30
Creating Bat Assemblage and Temporal Activity Baselines in Arizona: Evaluating the Utilization of Stationary Acoustic
Detectors
Ronald Mixan and Joel Diamond
P31
Genomic Inventories of Bat Antimicrobial Peptides: Implications for Resistance to White-nose Syndrome
Marianne Moore, Gregory Poterewicz, and Liliana Dávalos
P32
Bat Conservation in PG&E Hydroelectric Project Facilities
P33
Activity Patterns of the Hawaiian Hoary Bat at Pohakuloa Training Area
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Hannah Frank and David Enard
Cullen Geiselman and Tuli Defex
Krista Patriquin, *Cylita Guy, and John Ratcliffe
Susan Loeb and Patrick Jodice
Rachael Long, Sara Kross, and Katherine Ingram
Angie McIntire
Rossana Maguiña and Nathan Muchhala
Jean Mengelkoch, Joyce Hofmann, Connie Austin, and Steve Amundsen
Gina Morimoto, Heather Johnson, and Laura Burkholder
Rachel Moseley, Lena Schnell, and Peter Peshut
Poster Session II
Dolphins Ballroom
P34
Bat Species Composition at Four National Parks in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Pre- and Post-White-nose Syndrome
Juliet Nagel and Edward Gates
P35
Statewide Acoustic Monitoring of Bats: Establishing the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) in South
Carolina
Ben Neece, Susan Loeb, David Jachowski, and Mary Bunch
P36
Diurnal Activity in a Hoary Bat Maternity Roost in the Central Valley, Sutter County, California
Scott Newton, Brian Kornelly, Raquel Elander, Rebekah Christiansen, and David Wyatt
P37
Severe Declines in Bat Populations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
P38
Monitoring a Bat Population in Thailand Using Long-term Guano Harvest Records
Kevin Olival, Kathleen Apakupakul, Chumpon Kaewket, Chirapol Sintunawa, Prateep Duengkae, et al.
P39
Effect of Phyllostomidae Bat Ingestion and the Use of Hypochlorite on Seed Germination
Mikaela Pulzatto, Lindamir Pastorini, *Henrique Ortêncio Filho, Mariza Romagnolo, and Herick Santana
P40
Occupancy Patterns of Western Yellow Bats in Palm Oases in the Lower Colorado Desert
Danielle Ortiz and Cameron Barrows
P41
Steps toward The Bats of Kenya: Identification and Characterization of Rhinolophus (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae)
Bruce Patterson, Paul Webala, Carl Dick, and Natalia Cortes Delgado
P42
White-nose Syndrome in 2015
Jeremy Coleman, *Jonathan Reichard, Christina Kocer, Richard Geboy, and Michael Armstrong
P43
Genus Tadarida (Rafinesque, 1814): from Sicily with Love!
P44
Using False-Positive Occupancy Models to Refine Distribution Models for Imperiled Myotis in Northeast Tennessee
Vanessa Rojas, Joy O’Keefe, and Susan Loeb
P45
Impact of Heavy Metal Pollution on Free-living Daubenton’s Bats
P46
Climbers for Bat Conservation: Citizen Science for Understanding Bat Use of Cracks and Crevices
Robert Schorr, Bernadette Kuhn, and Shawn Davis
P47
Roost Tree Characteristics of the Southeastern Myotis and Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat in the Bottomlands of Arkansas
Samuel Schratz, Virginie Rolland, and Thomas Risch
P48
A Review of Echolocation Detection
P49
Structure of the Plagiopatagiales Muscles in Bats
P50
Climate Change Modelling Reveals Major Shifts in Suitable Habitat Niches for Western North American Bats
Mattia Piccioloi, Hugo Rebelo, *Daniel Taylor, Trish Badeen, and Sally Butts
P51
Does the Size and Tree Composition of Monterey Pine Habitat Affect Bat Activity and Diversity?
Kelly Terry, Oscar Scholin, Niklas Kennedy, Kaeden Fletcher-Vogel, Matthew Mendez, Julius Gutierrez, et al.
P52
Bat Activity in the Sutter Buttes of California as Determined Through Long-term Acoustic Data
Rosalinda Vizina, Krystal Pulsipher, David Wyatt, William Rainey, and Elizabeth Pierson
Marco Riccucci
Sandra Ruiz, Tapio Eeva, and Thomas Lilley
Friday
Joy O’Keefe, Susan Loeb, and Joseph Pettit
Clarissa Starbuck and Carol Chambers
Justine Allen, Jorn Cheney, Beatrice Steinert, and *Sharon Swartz
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7:00 am 8:00 am
Breakfast
7:45 am
- 6:00 pm
Registration
Fairway
8:00 am12:30 pm
Teachers Workshop
Pt. Lobos
Monterey Bay/Carmel
Join Patricia Morton, Dave Johnston and othe speakers as they disucss issues related to Bat Conservation in California,
Benefits of Bats, How Bats use Echolocation, Bat Diversity and more. All Registrants Welcome.
Chairs: Michael Smotherman, Erin Gillam
Social Communication
8:00
Insights on the Evolution of Bat Song from Five Molossid Species
8:15
Singing to Maintain Foraging Territories in the African Heart-nosed Bat
Kirsten Bohn
Grace Smarsh and Michael Smotherman
8:30
Why Vampires Network
Gerald Carter
8:45
Yuma Myotis Social Calls Attract Bats to Artificial Roosts
Alyson Brokaw and Joseph Szewczak
9:00
Geographic Variation in Contact Calls Emitted by a Leaf-roosting Bat Suggests Distinct Modes of Vocal Transmission
9:15
Communication Networks in Groups of Echolocating Bats
Bianca Montero and *Erin Gillam
Amanda Adams, Kaylee Davis, and Michael Smotherman
9:30
The Origins and Evolution of Singing by Bats
Michael Smotherman, Mirjam Knörnschild, Grace Smarsh, and Kirsten Bohn
9:45
Energetic Costs of Social Communication
Maria Sagot, Gloriana Chaverri, and Mequicedec Gamba-Ríos
Coffee Break
10:00
Saturday
Ecology I
Point Lobos Foyer
Chairs: Kirsten Bohn, Gareth Jones
10:30
Echolocation in Bats and Porpoises Hunting Alone and in Pairs
10:45
Roosting Behavior of Myotis septentrionalis during Spring Emergence in Mammoth Cave National Park
Heather Mayberry, Lasse Jakobsen, Magnus Wahlberg, Annemarie Surlykke, and John Ratcliffe
Marissa Thalken, Michael Lacki, Rickard Toomey, and Steven Thomas
11:00
Hibernation Ecology of Silver-haired Bats Overwintering in British Columbia, Canada
Cori Lausen
11:15
Foraging Ecology of Indiana and Northern Long-eared Bats in a Managed Forest Ecosystem
Timothy Divoll and Joy O’Keefe
11:30
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Business Meeting II
Paul Webala, 2015 Spallanzani award recipient, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Tourism and Wildlife
Management at Massai Mara University in Narok, Kenya, and the co-chair of Bat Conservation Africa He uses
bats as a focal group, to understand animal-habitat relationships. His research is divided into four main areas:
case studies on bat ecology, comparisons of behavior, and ecology of sympatric bats, comparative community
ecology, and museum studies on taxonomy and systematics of bats. He currently focuses on ecological
questions relevant to conservation concerns, such as assessing the distribution, habitat use and fragmentation
effects on bats in Kenya and Rwanda.
Conservation Biology
Chairs: Dave Waldien, Tigga Kingston
8:00
The Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit: A Network Approach to Regional Bat Conservation
8:15
SIMMA: The Mexican National Bat Monitoring Protocol and Its Implementation
Tigga Kingston
Luis Víquez-R, Tania González-Terrazas, Ana Ibarra-Macías, Adrián Ruíz, et al.
8:30
Towards a National Acoustic Bat Monitoring Protocol: First Implementation of the Mexican Bat Acoustic Monitoring
System
Ana Ibarra-Macias, Abigail Martinez-Serena, Tania Gonzalez-Terrazas, Luis Viquez-R, Leonora Torres, et al.
8:45
Statewide Assessment of Townsend’s Big-eared Bat in California: a Collaborative Effort for a Candidate Species
Leila Harris, Michael Morrison, Joseph Szewczak, Ashley Long, and Scott Osborn
9:00
Winging It in the Islands: Bat Conservation in a Sea of Unknowns
9:15
Conservation Implications of Some Unusual Characteristics of the Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat
Afsheen Siddiqi and Angela Amlin
Holly Ober, Elizabeth Braun de Torrez, Jeffery Gore, Jennifer Myers, Amanda Bailey, and Robert McCleery
9:30
Urbanization Effects on Bats across Multiple North Carolina Cities within the NABat Sampling Framework
Han Li, Ashley Matteson, Katherine Caldwell, and Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell
9:45
Bats at the Beach: Northern Long-eared Bats are Alive and Well in Northeastern Coastal Communities
Michael Fishman
Wildlife Health, Parasites and Disease
10:00
Coffee Break
Point Lobos Foyer
Chairs: Antoinette Piaggio, Bronwyn Hogan
Viral Diversity, Prey Preference, and Bartonella Prevalence in Desmodus rotundus in Guatemala
10:45
Effects of Cave Disturbance on Multiple Health Parameters in a Least Concern Species, Hipposideros diadema
Amy Wray, Kevin Olival, David Morán, Maria Lopez, Danilo Alvarez, Isamara Navarette-Macias, et al.
Kendra Phelps and Tigga Kingston
11:00
Behavior Meets Immunology: the Relationship between Personality and Immune Function in Myotis lucifugus
Saturday
10:30
Emily Beaton, Amelia Peterson, Quinn Webber, Ana Breit, Anuraag Shrivastav, and Craig Willis
11:15
Little Brown Bats in Southeast Alaska Hibernate in Holes: Implications for the Spread of White-nose Syndrome
Karen Blejwas, Michael Kohan, Laura Beard, and Grey Pendleton
11:30
Business Meeting II
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Lunch
12:001:30
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Board Meeting - Ocean Club
By Invitation Only
Ecology II
1:30
Chairs: Amanda Adams, Paul Moosman
Are Prescribed Fire and Overstory Thinning Treatments Beneficial to Bats in Southeastern Upland Hardwood Forest?
Maxwell Cox, *Emma Willcox, Patrick Keyser, and Andrew Vander Yacht
1:45
The Response of Bats to Introduced Trout in Naturally Fishless Lakes in the Sierra Nevada, California
2:00
Living on the Edge: a Community Approach to Molecular Food Webs in the Texas Desert
Elizabeth Gruenstein, Shannon Bros-Seemann and Dave Johnston
Elizabeth Clare and Loren Ammerman
2:15
Poop
Derek Morningstar, Shadi Shokralla, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Brock Fenton, and John Fyrxell
2:30
Hedgerow Vegetation Structure is Important for Bats at Increasing Distances from Woodlands
2:45
The Dietary Breadth of Bats Captured During Winter in the Southeastern U.S.
Iroro Tanshi and John Altringham
Riley Bernard, Veronica Brown, Emma Willcox, and Gary McCracken
3:00
Habitat Use and Feeding Ecology of Bats at Uranium Mines and Adjacent Lands of Grand Canyon
Ernest Valdez
3:15
Species Distribution Models to Evaluate Risk of Invasion into the United States by Common Vampire Bats
Mark Hayes and Antoinette Piaggio
Coffee Break
3:30
Predator-Prey Behavior
4:00
Point Lobos Foyer
Chairs: Jesse Barber, Aaron Corcoran
Association of Non-prey Objects with Prey Presence in the Fringe-lipped Bat
Inga Geipel and Rachel Page
Saturday
4:15
ChiroSurveillance: the Use of Native Bats to Detect Invasive Agricultural Insect Pests
Brooke Maslo, Rafael Valentin, Karen Leu, Kathleen Kerwin, Amanda Bevan, George Hamilton, Nina Fefferman, et al.
4:30
Tempo and Mode of Anti-bat Strategies in Bombycoid Moths: Evolution of Sonar Jamming and Acoustic Deflection
Jesse Barber and Akito Kawahara
4:45
How Moths Escape Bats: Mathematical Models Explain Predator-Prey Interactions
Aaron Corcoran and William Conner
5:00
Turning Behavior and Maneuverability in European Horseshoe Bats
Nickolay Hristov, Daniela Schmieder, Louise Allen, Ivailo Borisov, and Björn Seimmers
6:00
7:00
8:00
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Cocktail Social - Cash Bar (Open to all)
Banquet (Tickets Required)
Awards & Auction (Open to all)
Cypress Prefunction
Cypress Ballroom
Cypress Ballroom
Lunch
12:001:30
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Board Meeting - Ocean Club
By Invitation Only
Systematics and Population Genetics
1:30
Chairs: Stephen Rossiter, Nancy Simmons
Bats!
Nancy Simmons and Andrea Cirranello
1:45
Two Tickets to Paradise: Multiple Dispersal Events in the Founding of Hoary Bat Populations in Hawai’i
2:00
Dispersal Spurs Diversification of Pteropus Flying Foxes across the Indo-Australian Archipelago
Amy Russell, Corinna Pinzari, Maarten Vonhof, Kevin Olival, and Frank Bonaccorso
Susan Tsang, Sigit Wiantoro, Maria Veluz, Norimasa Sugita, Nancy Simmons, and David Lohman
2:15
Phylogeography of Caribbean Bats and Systematic Relationships across the Neotropics
Burton Lim
2:30
Investigating Genetic Demography of the Common Vampire Bat at the Edge of Their Range
2:45
Testing for Non-Allopatric Speciation in Taiwanese Tube-nosed Bats
Antoinette Piaggio, Ignacio Amezcua Osorio, Alejandro Jiménez Ramírez, Jennifer Neuwald, Annie Tibbels, et al.
Hao-Chih Kuo, Shiang-Fan Chen, Yin-Ping Fang, Gábor Csorba, Burton Lim, and *Stephen Rossiter
3:00
The Importance of Method: Lots of Phylogenetic Signal, Lots of Problems
Liliana Dávalos, Paúl Velazco, and Eliécer Gutiérrez
3:15
Myotis septentrionalis is Found in Roosts Similar to Those Used by Closely Related Species
Dale Sparks, Virgil Brack, Jr., Kory Armstrong, and Ernest Valdez
Roosting Behavior
Coffee Break
Point Lobos Foyer
Chairs: Sybill Amelon, Matina Kalcounis-Ruppel
3:15
4:00
Roost Tree Selection by Indiana Bats in an Agricultural Landscape
Kathryn Womack, Clarissa Starbuck, Sybill Amelon, and Frank Thompson III
4:15
Altitude- and Sex-specific Variation in Roosting Behavior and Thermoregulation of Myotis lucifugus in Yellowstone
National Park
4:30
Roosting and Foraging Ecology of Lasiurine Bats in the Northern Portion of the Central Valley, California
David Wyatt, Elizabeth Pierson, William Rainey, Linda Angerer, Lyle Lewis, and Kathleen Norton
4:45
Roost-Site Selection and Movements of the Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat
Michael Morrison, Joseph Szewczak, Leila Harris, Jessica Light, and Oona Takano
5:00
Saturday
Alexandra Slusher, Joseph Johnson, Michael Lacki, and John Treanor
Distribution and Roost Site Habitat Requirements of Western Red Bats across Restoration and Native Habitats in
Arizona
Joel Diamond, Ronald Mixan, and Allen Calvert
6:00
7:00
8:00
Cocktail Social - Cash Bar (Open to all)
Cypress Prefunction
Banquet (Tickets Required) Cypress Ballroom
Awards & Auction (Open to all)
Cypress Ballroom
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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
October 31st – November 3rd 2018
Travel
Price range (round ticket): $390 US to $750 US (from different cities: Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, New York,
Toronto, etc.)
Airport: Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
7.5 Km from Puerto Vallarta and 10 Km from Nuevo Vallarta
Taxis: $16- $30 US One-way
Eco-tourism and Tourism (things to do)

San Sebastián del Oeste
Tequila Town
Marietas Islands: Bird Santuary & Wildlife Reserve
Sea turtle camp & Crocodile adventure
City tour (Puerto Vallarta)
Día de los Muertos Festivities
Hotel Information
More than 264 lodging options
Price range of hotels below: $150 US to $175 US
Venues
Sheraton Buganvilias: It is ideally situated on the beach
overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Bay of Banderas. It offers lovely
views of the sea, and of the Sierra Madre Mountains. 475 rooms
and suites overlooking the sea, 300 meters from the beach and
2 spectacular swimming pools (one with Jacuzzi), Kids Club offers
supervised activities for children, Link @ Sheraton, convention
center, tennis courts, 4 restaurants and 5 bars, they will make your
stay a memorable souvenir.
Westin Resort & Spa: This beachfront resort is located on a
private beach overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and offers activities
and amenities of first class. The Westin Resort and Spa Puerto
Vallarta offers everything needed for an unforgettable stay,
massages by the beach, souvenir shop, gourmet restaurants and
a concierge desk. Beachfront pergolas and sparkling pools invite
relaxation, facilities has a fitness studio, tennis courts, or nearby
golf courses, even explore dining at the marina district across the
road.
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Reno, Nevada
October 23rd-29th, 2018
Why Choose Reno and the Silver Legacy
Reno Tahoe is a premier four-season destination with countless traveler
opportunities, including golf, skiing, exciting cultural activities and historical
attractions, in addition to the gaming and entertainment for which the region is
traditionally known.
With the Silver Legacy’s convenient complex of three properties connected by
indoor walkways our guests enjoy twenty (20) of the city’s finest restaurants, a
variety of lounges and nightclubs, top name entertainment, comedy club and
much more.
Attractions
Just outside the doors of the Silver Legacy lies all that downtown Reno has to offer:
the National Bowling Stadium, National Automobile Museum, Reno Aces Baseball
Stadium, Truckee River Arts District and River Walk, Pioneer Theater, Children’s
Discover Museum, Century Movie Theater, Boutique shops and restaurants and
more! For those that want to add vacation time before or after the conference,
Lake Tahoe is just a 40 minute drive!
Travel
The Silver Legacy Resort is just a 3.5 mile shuttle ride from the Reno-Tahoe
International Airport with shuttles operating every thirty minutes for 19 hours
of the day. The Reno-Tahoe International Airport is one of the most convenient/
efficient airports located in the United States with plenty of fights available from
throughout the country.
Hotel The Silver Legacy Resort Casino is located in the heart of downtown Reno,
3.5 miles from the Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO). Featuring simple
elegance and luxury with over 1,700 rooms and suites and 155,000 square feet of
meeting/event space at our disposal.
Group Room Rates: We are pleased to confirm group room rates for 2018 at:
$79 Sun-Thu, $119 Fri/Sat (Single/Double Occupancy)
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Proposed Changes to the Constution & By-Laws
Changes I
To the Members of NASBR:
Our Constitution and By-Laws are somewhat dated, and the Board requests a number of changes to update them. The
changes involve these main areas:
1. The Constitution was written when NASBR had only one Program Director and it states that “the Program Director” is a
nonvoting member of the Board. We now have a program director and two associate program directors, each of whom has
more knowledge about producing the annual meeting than any other member of the Board. Consequently, we are asking
for a change to allow the Program Director and the Associate Program Directors to be nonvoting members of the Board so
that we can take advantage of their institutional knowledge and experience. 2. The Constitution and By-Laws were written when NASBR had only one Local Host, and it states that “the Local Host” is
a nonvoting member of the Board. We propose a change so that up to two Local Hosts can be nonvoting members. This
acknowledges what has occurred with Ragde/Bernal in San Jose, Mike/Emily in Albany, and now Rebecca/Mylea for San
Antonio. 3. The Constitution specifies that candidates for Student Board Member are chosen by nomination from the floor of
the Annual Business Meeting. We propose to change the wording to mimic what has been approved for Regular Board
Members, which is to allow soliciting candidates for Student Board Member in advance of the meeting, as well as taking
nominations from the floor. In addition, NASBR recently increased the number of Student Board Members from one to
two, but the specific wording on election of student reps was never recorded; consequently, we propose clarifications.
4. The Constitution and By-Laws were developed at a time when all the business of the Society could be accomplished
in one Board Meeting and one Business Meeting. However, we now have two Board Meetings and two Business
Meetings, and frequently must make decisions between Annual Meetings. Therefore, we request specific
language that allows the Board to conduct business between meetings, by telephone, e-mail, or other means of
communication, and removal of language that seemingly restricts the action of the Board to an Annual Meeting.
5. An additional consequence of now having multiple meetings of the Board is that the current By-Laws specify that
the Secretary’s and Chair’s terms end at the start of the Annual Meeting, yet we do not elect the replacement until the
beginning of the second Board Meeting. Technically, we have no secretary or chair during the 1st Board Meeting.
6. The Constitution requires attendance at the Annual Meeting in order to be a Regular Member. However, we have a
membership option on our web site that involves paying a nominal fee, in lieu of attendance. We are asking that that form
of membership be formally recognized for a number of reasons. For example, if a Board Member or the Treasurer is forced
to miss the Annual Meeting because of illness or weather, he/she is no longer a member of NASBR, and if he/she is not a
member of NASBR, he/she can no longer be a Board Member or the Treasurer.
6. We corrected a number of typos/grammatical problems and standardized wording.
Please look over the suggested changes, and come to the first Business Meeting on Thursday ready to discuss and vote.
Sincerely,
Allen Kurta, Chair
Board of Directors
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Constitution
ARTICLE I. Name and Object
Section 1. The name of the organization is the North American Society for Bat Research
(abbreviated name: NASBR).
Section 2. The objectives of NASBR shall be exclusively educational and charitable and in
furtherance of those objectives:
A. To promote and develop the scientific study of bats in all its branches, including
conservation and public education,
B. To disseminate the results of bat research to interested persons,
C. To facilitate an Annual Meeting of professional bat researchers from throughout
North America, and
D. To be involved in international meetings every few years.
Section 3. The organization shall not be organized or operated for profit. No part of the net
earnings or other funds of NASBR shall inure to the benefit of or be distributable to its
members, officers or other private persons except that NASBR shall be authorized and
empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered.
Section 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, NASBR shall not carry on
any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by an organization exempt from federal
income tax under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the
corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law) or (b) by a
corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170 (c) (2) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (or corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal
Revenue Law).
Section 5. No substantial part of NASBR's activities will consist of carrying on propaganda or
otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and NASBR shall not participate in or intervene in
(including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any
candidate for public office.
ARTICLE II. Membership
Section 1. Membership is open to all persons interested in the scientific study of bats
(Chiroptera) including scientists, candidates for an academic degree, and/or persons involved in
bat research or education about bats, including their conservation. Categories of membership
are defined in the By-Laws of NASBR.
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ARTICLE III. Administrative Organization
Section 1. The officers of NASBR shall be the Program Director, the immediate past year's Local
Host(s), the Local Host(s) for the present year, the next year's Local Host(s), and a nine person
Board of Directors (hereafter Board) who are elected by the membership.
Section 2. The Program Director serves at the will and pleasure of the Board, and is selected by
the Board for an indeterminate, mutually-agreed mutually agreed upon period.
Section 3. The Board shall be elected from a slate of at least three candidates compiled and
presented by the incumbent Board at the Annual Business Meeting of NASBR. Additional
candidates may be added to the slate by a nomination and a second from the floor of the
Annual Business Meeting. Directors will serve for a five-year term beginning with the close of
the Annual Meeting in which they were elected. The Board will be convened annually by the
Program Director who will preside until a Chair is elected from among the members of the
Board. The Chair will then preside over the election of a Recording Secretary to take minutes of
the Annual Board meeting(s) and the regular business meeting(s). Following the first term of
service, Directors may be re-elected to serve a second five year five-year term. No Director may
be elected to a term beyond the second term without first having been off the board for at
least one year. In the event that a Director does not complete his or her term on the Board, a
new Director may be elected during the next Annual Business Meeting to fill out the unexpired
term and then that Director is eligible to be nominated for one or more full terms.
Section 4. The Treasurer serves at the will and pleasure of the Board, and is selected by the
Board for an indeterminate, mutually-agreed mutually agreed upon period.
Section 5. The Local Host is an individual or individuals selected to host an Annual Meeting
three years in advance. He/she generally selects a Local Committee to assist in the planning and
execution of the symposium. The Local Committee is an ad hoc assembly of persons who
undertake to organize a single annual or international meeting. The Local Host becomes a nonvoting member of the Board in the year prior to his/her Annual Meeting, and remains a
member of the Board until the close of the Annual Meeting the year after his/her Annual
Meeting ends. The Local Host is a non-voting member of the Board, unless he/she is also
serving as a regular (elected) Board member. No more than two local hosts may be associated
with any Annual Meeting and be non-voting members of the Board.
Section 6. One Student Board Member will be elected each year. Student Board Members
shall be elected from a slate of candidates compiled and presented by the incumbent Board at
the Annual Business Meeting of NASBR. Additional candidates may be added to the slate by a
nomination and a second by student members (as defined in the By-Laws) from the floor of the
Annual Business Meeting. Two Student Board Members will be elected each year serve as a
non-voting member of the Board for a two-year term beginning with the close of the Annual
Meeting in which he/she is they were elected.
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Section 7. An officer of NASBR shall perform his or her duties, including those associated with
service on the Local or other committees established from time to time, in good faith, in a
manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of NASBR, and with such
judgment as an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar
circumstances.
ARTICLE IV. Meetings
Section 1. NASBR conducts an Annual Meeting, the venue for which is normally decided by the
NASBR Board in consultation with the Program Director at an Annual Meeting three years in
advance. In the event of no decision, or in case of emergency, the Board is empowered to select
the time and place of an Annual Meeting. When an international meeting of bat researchers is
held in North America, NASBR may be responsible for planning and administering the meeting
and its own annual event may be suspended or held in concert with the Annual Meeting. An
Annual Board Meeting or series of meetings will take place in conjunction with the Annual
Meeting to carry out normal Board duties. An Annual Business Meeting or series of meetings
will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting, for the purpose of carrying out the normal
affairs of NASBR. Between Annual Meetings of NASBR, the Board may conduct business on
behalf of NASBR by electronic mail, telephone, or any other means of communication.
Section 2. A special meeting of the Board may be called at any time by the Program Director, by
the Chair of the Board, or by the Treasurer. A special meeting of NASBR may be called at any
time by a majority of the Board, provided that notice of the purpose, place, and date of the
meeting is given to the membership at least thirty (30) days in advance.
Section 3. Fifty voting members shall constitute a quorum of NASBR at the Annual Business
Meeting of NASBR. Action by a majority of the voting members present at an Annual Meeting
or Special Meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by NASBR. Six elected
members of the Board shall constitute a quorum of that body. The act of a majority of the
voting members of the Board present at an Annual Board Meeting (s) at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of the Board, unless a larger vote is required by law or is specified
elsewhere in these By-laws. Directors may not vote by proxy. Between Annual Meetings,
actions of the Board by electronic mail or other means have the same restrictions in that
participation by six members indicates a quorum, a majority vote is sufficient unless required
by law or is specified elsewhere in the By-Laws, and Directors may not vote by proxy.
ARTICLE V. Amendments to the Constitution
Section 1. Proposed amendments to the Constitution may be initiated by a majority vote of the
Board or by a signed, written petition to the Board by any ten (10) individual members of
NASBR or by action by a majority of the Board. Amendments must be acted upon by the
attending members at the next Annual Business Meeting held after submission of such
proposed amendments. Approval of a two-thirds majority of attendees at that Annual Business
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Meeting is required for approval of an amendment. To be adopted, an amendment requires
approval of two thirds of the members of NASBR. Voting may occur at an annual Business
Meeting, by electronic mail, or by any other means of communication approved by the Board.
ARTICLE VI. Dissolution of NASBR
Section 1. Upon dissolution of NASBR, the Board shall, after paying or making provisions for the
payment of all of the liabilities of NASBR, dispose of all of the assets of NASBR exclusively for
the purposes of NASBR in such manner, or to such organization or organizations organized and
operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious or scientific purposes as shall at the
time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal
Revenue Law), as the Board shall determine. Any of such assets not so disposed of shall be
disposed of by the Circuit Court of the county in which the principal office of NASBR is then
located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations as said court
shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.
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By-Laws of the North American Society for Bat Research (NASBR)
ARTICLE I. Membership
Section 1. Membership is open to all persons interested in the scientific study of bats
(Chiroptera) including scientists, candidates for an academic degree, and/or persons involved in
bat research or education about bats, including their conservation. Categories of membership
shall include Regular Members, Student Members, Institutional Members, and Lifetime
(Emeritus) Members as defined below.
Section 2. Regular Member. Regular Members are eligible to vote and may be elected to
office in NASBR. Any person may become a Regular Member upon registering for the Annual
Meeting or by applying for membership to the NASBR and paying a fee, the amount of which is
determined by the Board. Membership shall continue until the start of the next Annual
Meeting. Cancellation of registration for the Annual Meeting results in cancellation of
membership, unless the membership fee is paid instead.
Section 3. Student Member. A Student Member must be a candidate in good standing for an
academic degree. Evidence for such standing may be provided by endorsement of the
student's research advisor or departmental chair, or by official documents asserting student
status. Student Members are eligible to vote, but may not be elected to office other than
Student Board Member. Any person may become a Student Member upon registering for and
attending the annual meeting of the NASBR at the student registration rate or by applying for
membership to the NASBR and paying a fee, the amount of which is determined by the Board.
Student membership shall continue until the start of the next Annual Meeting. Cancellation of
registration for the Annual Meeting results in cancellation of membership, unless the
membership fee is paid instead.
Section 4. Institutional Member. An association, organization, corporation, or institution
desiring to support bat research conservation, or education may apply as an Institutional
Member. Institutional membership does not, however, include voting privileges or eligibility
for office. Institutional memberships shall continue until the start of the next Annual Meeting.
Section 5. Lifetime (Emeritus) Member. Lifetime membership is conferred by the NASBR in
recognition of a long and distinguished career in bat research or education about bats. Lifetime
members shall be elected by at least a 75-percent 75 per cent vote of members of the Board at
the Annual Meeting. Lifetime Members are entitled to all the benefits of Regular Membership,
but shall be exempt from payment of the annual registration fee for all annual meetings
thereafter.
ARTICLE II. Duties of the Board of Directors
Section 1. The Board shall serve as the governing board of the NASBR and shall review and
establish policies and procedures of the NASBR in line with the provisions of the Constitution
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and By-Laws. The Board shall meet at the time of each regular Annual Meeting of the NASBR to
conduct such business as may properly come before it. In particular, the Board oversees the
actions of the Program Director and Local Host as they function to produce the Annual Meeting.
Section 2. The Program Director is a non-voting member of the Board, nominally without
voting privileges except in the case of a tie vote, in which case the Program Director may cast
the tie-breaking vote. Upon selection, the Program Director is authorized to produce the
annual symposium in conjunction with a Local Host and the Local Committee. The Program
Director may, without approval of the Board, appoint Associate or Assistant Program Directors,
or other persons to assist in the production of the annual meeting. The Program Director is
authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of NASBR with hotels, civic centers, university
conference sites, audiovisual equipment suppliers, banquet facilities, printing firms, and all and
any other organizations with goods or services necessary to the production of an Annual
Meeting.
Section 3. The Chair of the Board presides over the Annual Board Meeting(s) and co-presides
with the Program Director over the Annual Business Meeting(s) of the NASBR. The Chair
assumes overall concerns for the general affairs of the NASBR and is authorized to enter into
and sign any contract or execute and deliver any instrument on behalf of NASBR subject to the
approval of the Board. The Chair will be elected annually by members of the Board from within
their ranks, and will serve from the time of election until either re-elected or a successor is
elected at the start of the next Annual Board meeting during a Board Meeting at the next
Annual Meeting of NASBR. Neither the Program Director nor a Local Host may serve as Chair
of the Board. A Chair may be re-elected and serve an unlimited number of years, provided
he/she continues to be a bona fide elected member of the Board. Once a Chair’s term is over,
he/she will sit as a non-voting member of the Board for a term of one year in an advisory
capacity as Past Chair.
Section 4. The Recording Secretary assumes responsibility for taking minutes of the Annual
Board Meeting(s) and the Annual Business Meeting(s) of the NASBR, and for ensuring that the
minutes are added to the NASBR archives. The Secretary will be elected annually by members
of the Board from within their ranks and will serve until the start of the next Annual Board
Meeting either re-elected or a successor is elected during a Board Meeting at the next Annual
Meeting of NASBR. Any member of the Board, including non-voting members, may serve as
Recording Secretary.
Section 5. The Treasurer of the NASBR assumes overall responsibility and oversight over the
financial affairs of the NASBR. Neither the Program Director nor a Local Host may serve as
Treasurer of the NASBR. The Treasurer shall have charge of and custody of and be responsible
for all funds and securities of NASBR; receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to
NASBR from any source whatsoever, deposit all moneys in the name of NASBR, and file annual
tax returns on behalf of NASBR; and in general, perform all the duties incident to the office of
Treasurer, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the
Board. The Treasurer serves at the will and pleasure of the BoD Board of Directors and is
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selected by the BoD Board of Directors for an indeterminate, mutually agreed upon period.
The Treasurer shall serve as a non-voting member of the Board. The Treasurer is authorized to
enter into and sign any contract or execute and deliver any instrument on behalf of NASBR
subject to the approval of the Board.
ARTICLE III. Awards
Section 1. Subject to the availability of funds, the NASBR may, from time to time, make
awards to undergraduate and graduate students at the Annual Meeting, in recognition of an
outstanding platform or poster presentation of their research. Winners of student awards are
selected by an ad hoc committee of members selected by the Board each year prior to the start
of the annual meeting.
ARTICLE IV. Committees
Section 1. The Board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the voting members as from time
to time constituted, may designate one or more committees, each of which shall consist of one
or more voting members of the Board (plus any non-board members that the Board sees fit to
appoint), which committees to the extent provided in such resolution shall have and exercise
the authority of the Board in the management of NASBR. Designation of such committees and
the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board or any individual
member thereof of any responsibility imposed on it, him, or her by law.
Section 2. Other committees not having and exercising the authority of the Board in the
management of the corporation may be designated by a resolution adopted by a majority of
the voting members present at an Annual Board Meeting at which a quorum is present.
Section 3. Except as otherwise provided herein, one member of the Board shall be appointed
Chair of such committees by the Chair of the Board. The Chair of the Board and the Program
Director shall sit as non-voting members of all committees. The Chair of the committee shall
appoint other members of such committees, except as otherwise provided in the resolution
designating such committees.
Section 4. All committees shall keep minutes of their proceedings, and shall report all actions
taken by it to the Board at the Annual Board Meeting thereof held next after the taking of such
action. All action taken by such committees shall be subject to revision or alteration by the
Board at the meeting of the Board at which any such action has been reported to the Board;
provided, however that such revision or alteration shall not affect any action taken by any
officer or employee of the corporation, or by a third party, or any rights of third parties that
have vested, in reliance upon any action or direction of such committee.
Section 5. Each member of a committee shall serve from the time at which he/she is they are
appointed until the Annual Board Meeting of the following year, unless the committee shall be
sooner terminated, or unless a member is removed from such committee. Members of
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committees may be removed by the Chair of the committee, or by a majority vote of the Board,
whenever in their judgment the best interests of the NASBR shall be served by such removal.
Vacancies in the membership of any committee may be filled by appointments made in the
same manner as provided in the case of the original appointments.
Section 6. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the resolution of the Board designating a
Committee, a majority of the voting members of the whole committee shall constitute a
quorum and the act of a majority of the voting members present at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the committee.
Section 7. Each committee may adopt rules for its own governance not inconsistent with these
By-Laws or with rules adopted by the Board.
ARTICLE IV. Amendments to the Bylaws
Section 1. Proposed aAmendments to these Bylaws may be initiated by majority vote of the
Board or by individual members of NASBR at an the Annual Business Meeting. Amendments
from the floor require a second to be considered valid. Amendments may be acted upon by the
attending members at that meeting, or may be postponed for action by a majority vote until
the next Annual Business Meeting held after submission of such proposed amendments.
Approval of a two-thirds majority of attendees is required for approval of an amendment. To be
adopted, an amendment requires approval of two thirds of the members of NASBR. Voting
may occur at an annual Business Meeting, by electronic mail, or by any other means of
communication approved by the Board.
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Proposed Constutional Changes II
Article 3, section 1:
The officers of NASBR shall be the Program Director, the immediate past year’s Local Host(s), the Local Host(s) for the
present year, the next year’s Local Host(s), and a nine11-person Board of Directors (hereafter Board). who are elected
by the membership. The Board shall consist of nine non-student members, who are elected by members in any
category, and two student members who are elected only by the Student Members of NASBR.
Article 3, section 6:
One Student Board Member (Student Director) will be elected each year. Student Board Members shall be elected
from a slate of candidates compiled and presented by the incumbent Board at the by a nomination and a second by
student members (as defined in the By-Laws) from the floor of the Annual Business Meeting of NASBR. Additional
candidates may be added to the slate by a nomination and a second by student members (as defined in the By-Laws)
from the floor of the Annual Business Meeting. Up to two Student Board Members will be elected each year, and will
serve as non- A student Board Member will serve as voting member of the Board for a two-year term beginning with
the close of the Annual Meeting in which they were elected. A Student Director may not be elected to a second term
without first having been off the board for at least one year. However, in the event that a Student Director does not
complete his or her term on the Board, a new Student Director may be elected during the next Annual Business
Meeting to fill out the unexpired term and then that Director is eligible to be nominated by the Student Members for
one additional full term.
Rationale for Changing the NASBR Constitution to
Enable Student Representatives to Vote on the Board
Although, Student Representatives serve as the voice of the student members on the BoD, students do not have true
representation within the BoD because the Representatives do not have the ability to vote on BoD topics. As a society,
we cannot have a large group of members underrepresented on the BoD. Therefore, we propose a change to the NASBR
constitution so Student Representatives become voting members on the BoD.
The proposed change is that Student Representatives serve as voting members during their two-year term. Student
Representatives are elected in a “student’s only” vote at the business meeting of the society. The procedure to elect Student
Representativeswill remain the same, except for a change in the constitution that would allow Student Representatives to
vote as NASBR regular voting members.
The North American Society for Bat Research embodies the largest group of bat researchers in North America. Our
objectives as a society are:
A. To promote and develop the scientific study of bats in all its branches, including conservation and public education
B. To disseminate the results of bat research to interested persons
C. To facilitate an Annual Meeting of professional bat researchers from throughout North America, and
D. To be involved in international meetings every few years. (Constitution and By Laws: Article I, section 2).
Historically, student involvement in the society has been low. Before the Puerto Rico meeting (2012) the Student
Representatives only served one-year terms. In 2012, Riley Bernard was elected as the new Student Representative, with
Angelo Soto-Centeno agreeing to remain on the board for a second year. This was the first time Student Representatives
were allowed to serve two-year terms. This was a hallmark for student representation in the society, not only for providing
Student Representatives with wider timeframe to evaluate and act upon the student interests, but also for ensuring
guidance to new elected Student Representatives.
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It is noteworthy that one of the major accomplishments of this society is to promote the participation and professional
formation of students and early career scientists. Year after year, students travel across the region to participate in the
meeting and present the results of their research. In the annual meetings, students are able to get valuable feedback from
top researchers, meet new potential advisors, and forge new collaborations that will certainly shape the future of the
society in forthcoming years. It is important to note that students account for about 40% of all attendees, with a increasing
number of students attending the meeting each year.
Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Location
Scranton
Portland
Denver
Toronto
San Juan
San Jose
Albany
Monterey
% Students
33
35
39
45
37
40
41
36*
*as of Oct. 5, 2015
This proposal is presented by the current Student Representatives Ashley Wilson and Luis Víquez-R and is backed up by
the following members:
Luis Víquez-R - Student Member and Student Representative
Ashley Wilson - Student Member and Student Representative
Shahroukh Mistry - NASBR Member and Program Director
María Sagot – NASBR Member and Board Member
Rodrigo Medellín – NASBR Member
Cibele Sotero-Caio – NASBR Member
Camilo Andrés Calderón – Student Member
Riley Bernard – Student Member and Sponsorship Committee member
Emily Davis – NASBR Member and 2014 Host
Melquisedec Gamba-Ríos – Student Member
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NASBR Board Nominations
L
eanna Burns. I am a graduate student at Clemson University. My M.S. research focuses on the effect of prescribed fire on bat presence and foraging activity on the Cumberland Plateau, as well as studying winter activity
in the area. While at Clemson I help to actively manage my research project budget and have pursued additional
funding opportunities submitting both internal and external grant proposals that have secured $30,000 in fellowships and grants to date. Within the Clemson University community I am currently serving as my department’s
representative to the Graduate Student Senate and on the Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Board. I also serve
on both the fundraising and activities committees for the Natural Resources Graduate Student Association, raising
money for student research and travel, and organizing service and social events. I recently joined the Southeastern
Bat Diversity Network’s Bat Blitz committee as well, where I will help plan the 2016 regional Bat Blitz. Before
starting graduate school I worked in Washington D.C. for a public policy consulting firm where I managed day-today operations in direct support of lobbyists focused on energy and natural resource issues, which granted me an
inside perspective of the legislative process. I transitioned to D.C. from the non-profit world where I was a NSF
Informal Science Education Grant project assistant with the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center.
I acted as the key coordinator between external project team members and UC campus departments organizing
and facilitating meetings and communication to ensure project development. During this time I also coordinated
science events and outreach for the research center’s Education and Outreach program. I appreciate the opportunity to join the NASBR Board and am confident my enthusiasm, organization, and knowledge would be an asset.
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NASBR TEACHER’S WORKSHOP
October 31, 2015, 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Monterey Plaza Hotel, Point Lobos Room
Workshop Schedule
8:00 a.m.
Registration, Point Lobos Room
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions, Patricia Morton, Coordinator,
NASBR Teacher Workshop, Marble Falls, TX
8:45 a.m.
Bat Conservation in California: A Review of Species and
Emerging Challenges
Dr. Dave Johnston, Bat Biologist and Wildlife Ecologist,
H.T. Harvey & Associates, Los Gatos, CA, NASBR Board Member
9:15 - 11:30
Round-Robin Interactive Learning Stations
Bountiful Benefits of Bats
Cindy Meyers, SD Humane Society/Project Wildlife Bat Team, San Diego, CA
The Physics of Sound: Exploring How Bats Use Echolocation
Janet Tyburec, Janet Debelak Tyburec Consulting, Tucson, AZ
What Bat is That? Bat Diversity, Structure and Identification
Stephanie Remington, Bat Specialist, Costa Mesa, CA
What’s for Dinner? Using Bat Guano to Identify Bat Species
Dr. Dave Johnston, Bat Biologist & Wildlife Ecologist, H.T. Harvey & Associates, Los Gatos, CA
Make and Take Home a Bat House: Educators Will Participate in a World Record Contest for
Most Bat Houses Constructed in One Day in North America.
Lee Mackenzie, Co-Founder, Austin Bat Refuge, Austin, TX
11:30 a.m.
Batman, Bananas and Bugs
Rob Mies, Executive Director, Organization for Bat Conservation,
Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Generous Support for the Teacher Workshop Provided by the Following Sponsors: Bat
Conservation International, Bat Conservation and Management and Janet Debelak
Tyburec Consulting, Lubee Bat Conservancy, North American Society for Bat Research
and Member Donations, Organization for Bat Conservation, Speleobooks, and Wildlife
Acoustics.
Registered conference participants may attend all or part of the
NASBR Teacher’s Workshop at no charge
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