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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20051101
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20051102
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URL:https://wellesleyconservationlandtrust.org/events/fall-2005-why-should
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SUMMARY:Fall 2005: Why Should You Care about Bats?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Thomas Kunz\nBoston University\n\nDr. Thomas K
 unz\, Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Ecology and Cons
 ervation Biology at Boston University\, as well as a noted bat expert\, de
 scribed the importance of bats in the world's ecosystem. Dr. Kunz presente
 d a brief overview of bat characteristics including what distinguishes bat
 s from other mammals\, what different species look like\, how many kinds o
 f bats are known in the World\, where they live\, what they eat\, as well 
 as their importance to both the natural and human-altered ecosystems. He s
 poke about the feeding and roosting habits of selected bat species includi
 ng tent-making bats\, cave-roosting bats and hibernating bats. Myths about
  bats are found in many cultures\, in movies\, comic books and on televisi
 on. Dr. Kunz talked about some of the common myths and folklore about bats
 \, how bats are being threatened by human activities\, and why it is impor
 tant to protect and preserve bats and the habitats on which they depend. H
 e brought a live bat and demonstrated some of the special equipment he use
 s to study bats in hollow trees and caves. \n\nDr. Kunz has been on the fa
 culty of Boston University for the past 34 years. His research focuses on 
 the ecology\, behavior\, evolution and conservation biology of bats. He is
  the author or co-author of over 200 publications and is the editor of Eco
 logy of Bats (Plenum Press\, 1982) and co-editor of Bat Biology and Conser
 vation (Smithsonian Institution Press\, 1998) and Functional and Evolution
 ary Ecology of Bats (Oxford University Press\, in press). He is an elected
  Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, past 
 president of the American Society of Mammologists and a recipient of the G
 errit S. Miller Jr. Award and the C. Hart Merriam Award. He is currently f
 unded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Park
  Service\, where his research focuses on assessing the ecological and econ
 omic impact of Brazilian free-tailed bats on agro-ecosystems and the influ
 ence of environmental factors on the prevalence of rabies infections in tw
 o species of North American insectivorous bats. He has pioneered the appli
 cations of infrared thermal imaging in ecology and behavior.
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CATEGORIES:Semi-Annual Meeting
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