A big congratulations to Michaela Rogers, who defended her M.S. thesis today! Michaela has done a stellar job over the past couple years, and all the while has held down a full-time position in the Wildlife Diversity Division of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Reources. WOOO, Michaela!
Her exit seminar can be viewed from the EKU BIOS Youtube Channel, and below:
Folks in the Dodd-Watson labs presented a ton of work at this year’s meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and Annual Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern US!!!
Special congrats to Reed Crawford for winning ‘Best Bat Presentation’ at the meeting!!!
Courtney and Evan are putting in the after hours gear prep for mesopredator surveys this winter!!!
The lab recently participated in a couple different conferences!
Most recently, Reed gave his talk at NASBR (find abstracts here), wherein he summarized progress on his ongoing thesis research!
Additionally, the lab group also participated at the annual meeting of the KY Bat Working Group. Big props to Michaela for receiving ‘best student presentation’ this year!
Also, retroactive props to Courtney for receiving her plaque at this meeting as well for the 2018 ‘best student presentation!’
Info for talks at these meeting included:
Crawford, R., O’Keefe, J.M., and L.E. Dodd. Impact of Aspect on the Microclimate of Bat Boxes and Artificial Roost Selection of Indiana Bats. 49th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Kalamazoo, MI, October 23-26, 2019.
Crawford, R., Robinson, E.P., O’Keefe, J.M., and L.E. Dodd. Artificial roost selection and emergence phenology of Indiana bats at two sites in Indiana and Kentucky. Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Bat Working Group, Carter Caves State Resort Park, KY, 17-18 October 2019.
Hayes, C. R., K. Watson, and L.E. Dodd. Patterns of mesopredator presence and interaction in Appalachian Kentucky. Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Bat Working Group, Carter Caves State Resort Park, KY, 17-18 October 2019.
Rogers, M.L., Z.L. Couch, and L.E. Dodd. Recapture trends in WNS-impacted maternity colonies of Indiana bats in Kentucky. Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Bat Working Group, Carter Caves State Resort Park, KY, 17-18 October 2019.
We’re not dead, we’ve just been busy! Just in time for Halloween 2019, the page is being updated 🙂 Look for action shots and accolades to follow!
As we wrap up the semester, a couple things to note… Congrats to undergrad Courtney Hayes for winning theLaFuze Scholarship presented by the EKU Department of Biological Sciences, and also a big thanks to all the folks that braved the rain at the EKU Family Nature Day this past weekend (esp. Alex Baecher and Kelly Watson for the pics). It was a wet time, but we were still able to ‘bug out’ under the pavilion at EKU’s Maywoods Natural Area!
Courtney Hayes and Carson McNamara recently participated in EKU’s UP Showcase for Spring 2017. Big congrats to both of them; their posters were well-received! Carson’s poster won ‘Best M.S.’ entry!
Find the news segment on the emergence of Eastern Tent Caterpillars here!
Our lab recently attended the annual meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network & Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern U.S. We had a great time attending this conference in Asheville, NC!
