Meetings Attended & Papers Presented

 
1966 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Long Beach, CA
 
  • Fall and winter bat activity at a desert spring.
1967 Symposium on Physiological Systems in Semi-arid Environments, Albuquerque, NM
 
  • Temperature relationships of the western pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperus.
1968 12th Annual Meeting of the Arizona Academy of Sciences, Flagstaff, AZ
 
  • Activity patterns of bats over a desert spring.
1968 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Fort Collins, CO
 
  • Minimum body temperature for flight in some desert bats.
1970 Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Division of AAAS, Las Vegas, NM
 
  • Fall metabolism in relation to ambient temperature in three species of Myotis
  • Autumn fat deposition and gross body composition of three species of Myotis.
1970 50th Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, College Station, TX
 
  • Caloric utilization and water requirements of captive Myotis thysanodes and M. lucifugus.
1970 1st Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Tucson, AZ
 
  • Thermoregulation in Myotis thysanodes and M. lucifugus
  • Prenatal and postnatal growth and development in Myotis thysanodes and M. lucifugus.
1972 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Tampa, FL
 
  • Preliminary observations of winter activity in sagebrush rodents.
1973 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Pacific Grove, CA
 
  • Coexistence in twelve species of rodents in a sagebrush community.
1973 IBP Symposium on small mammals: their productivity and population dynamics, Warsaw, Poland
 
  • Density estimations of small mammal populations.
1974 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Savannah, GA
 
  • Population dynamics and emergence activity patterns in Myotis thysanodes and M. lucifugus.
1974 1st Symposium on Mineral Cycling in Southeastern Ecosystems, Augusta, GA. Chairman, Session on Terrestrial Ecosystems: animal components.
 
  • Elemental assimilation in the cotton rat, (Sigmodon hispidus). 
1974 54th Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Binghamton, NY
 
  • Comparative reproductive cycles of some small mammals in South Carolina.
1974 25th Annual AIBS Meeting of Biological Societies, Tempe, AZ
 
  • Seasonal activity patterns of rodents in a sagebrush community.
1974 5th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Lubbock, TX. (Served as Chairman, Session on Behavior)
 
  • Some hematological aspects of southwest bats. 
  • Comparison of differential warming rates in rectal and chest muscle temperature in some species of desert bats. 
  • Comparative aspects of minimum body temperature for flight and wing loading in some desert bats. 
  • Cyclical changes in flight characters, body composition and organ weights in Myotis thysanodes and M. lucifugus
  • Comparative thermal relationships of some desert bats.
1975 55th Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Missoula, MT
 
  • The use of live trapping with the assessment line method for density estimation of small mammal populations. 
  • Preliminary observations on population dynamics of rodents of the creosote bush community in southern Nevada.
1975 6th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Las Vegas, NV. (Served as Chairman and Host of Local Committee.
 
  • Wing muscle contraction in relation to ambient temperature in some species of desert bats. 
  • Seasonal changes in brown fat deposits in Pipistrellus hesperus and Myotis californicus
  • Summer activity patterns of some desert bats. 
  • Night roosting behavior in some species of desert bats.
1976 56th Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Lubbock, TX
 
  • Preliminary report on reproductive cycles in Pipistrellus hesperus and Myotis californicus in southern Nevada.
1976 7th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Gainesville, FL
 
  • Echolocation with long CF/FM orientation sounds by the bat Plecotus phyllotis.
1977 57th Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Lansing, MI
 
  • Preliminary report on the effects of feral burros on the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
1977 8th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Ottawa, Canada
 
  • Informal presentation of new WESTEC bat detector.
1978 58th Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Athens, GA
 
  • The assessment line technique for density estimation. 
  • Field implementation of the assessment line technique for density estimation.
1978 II. Congressus Theriologicus Internationalis, Brno, Czechoslovakia
 
  • The assessment line technique for density estimation. 
  • Field implementation of the assessment line technique for density estimation.
1978 5th International Bat Research Conference and 9th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Albuquerque, NM. (Served as Organizer and Editor for Special Symposium on Physiological Ecology of Bats
 
  • Physiological ecology of the genus Myotis.
1979 59th Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Corvallis, OR
 
  • Population ecology of rodents in the Mojave Desert of northern Arizona.
1979 10th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, St. Louis, MI
 
  • Echolocation signals of Euderma
  • Tape recorder modifications for use with portable bat detectors.
1980 Annual American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Regional Workshop. Central Regional Workshop, Tulsa, OK
 
  • Captive management and display techniques for bats.
1980 5th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council, Riverside, CA
 
  • Impact of military activities on the Desert Tortoise at the Mohave "B" Ranges. 
  • Tortoise populations on the Second Community of California City.
1980 60th Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Kingston, RI
 
  • Use of ultrasonic bat detectors in ecological studies.
1980 11th Annual North American Symposium of Bat Research, Los Angeles, CA
 
  • Gross body composition of some bats from the Bismark Archipelago. 
  • Bat ultrasonic echolocation signal characteristics and electronic instrumentation for measuring.
1981 12th Annual North American Symposium of Bat Research, Ithaca, NY
1984 64th Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Arcata, CA
 
  • Small mammal community structure in northeastern Nevada. 
  • Aspects of the natural history of the Stephens' kangaroo rat. 
  • Occurrence and status of Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi) in the Valle de San Jose, San Diego County.
1988 Symposium on Rare and Endangered Species in Southern California, Irvine, CA
 
  • Stephens' kangaroo rat: Natural history, distribution, and current status.
1992 Annual Meeting 1992 of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society, San Diego, CA
 
  • Establishment of a habitat and population monitoring program for Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi).
1992 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Soc. of Mammalogists, Salt Lake City, UT
 
  • The use of mesh live traps for small mammals: Are Sherman live traps deceptive?
1993 Annual Meeting 1993 of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society, Monterey, CA
 
  • Ex situ solutions for reducing impacts to sensitive small mammals. 
  • Methods for minimizing impacts to sensitive small mammals.
1994 75th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Washington, D.C.
 
  • Habitat dynamics in Peromyscus truei: Eclectic females, density dependence, or reproductive constraints?
1996 76th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Grand Forks, ND
 
  • A new examination of echolocation calls of some neotropical bats (Emballonuridae and Mormoopidae) using Anabat.
1997 Annual Meeting 1997 of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society, San Diego, CA
 
  • Use of Anabat II for the development of vocal signatures as a method for accurate identification of free flying bats.
1997 Annual Meeting 1997 of the Arizona-New Mexico Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Gallup, NM
 
  • Comparison of capture versus acoustic techniques for bat inventories.
1997 3rd Interdisciplinary Conference, University College, Belize City, BZ, Central America.
 
  • Use of vocal signatures for the inventory of free flying Neotropical bats.
1997 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Stillwater, OK
 
  • Can free-flying insectivorous bats be identified by their calls?
1997 27th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Tucson, AZ
 
  • Acoustical identification of free-flying bats in Belize using Anabat II: It really works. 
  • Techniques for evaluating echolocation calls of free-flying bats using the Anabat detector: I. Qualitative identification.
1998 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Blacksburg, VA
 
  • Bat foraging behavior and echolocation calls.
1998 28th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Hot Springs, AR
 
  • Anabat: How you use it determines what you learn about bat communities. 
  • A passive monitoring system for Anabat II using a laptop computer.
1999 Annual Meeting 1999 of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, Monterey, CA
 
  • Translocation of the endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat. 
  • Determination of inventory and activity of bats by acoustic monitoring: preliminary autumn results.
1999 79th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Seattle, WA
 
  • Comments on the geographic variation in the echolocation calls of bats.
1999 29th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Madison, WI
 
  • Contribution of acoustic methods to the study of insectivorous bat diversity in protected areas from northern Venezuela.
  • Thermal-imaging infrared cameras: seeing what bats are really doing.
2000 Annual Meeting 2000 of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, Riverside, CA
 
  • Thermal-imaging infrared cameras: a new tool for bat management.
2003 2nd Four CornersRegional Bat Conference, Durango, CO
 
  • Habitat distribution of bats in a riparian corridor in the Mojave Desert of southern Nevada.
  • A continuously operating acoustic monitoring station at the Moapa National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, NV.
2004 Department of Defense Natural Resources Training Workshop, Spokane, WA
 
  • Use of continuously operating acoustic monitoring stations for the study and evaluation of bat populations.
  • A continuously operating acoustic monitoring station at the Moapa National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, NV.
2005 35th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Sacramento, CA
 
  • Long-term monitoring of bat populations associated with extensive riparian restoration in Las Vegas Wash, Clark County, NV.