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--Apple-Mail-339--778588749 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Blomidon Naturalists Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7:30 PM on Monday, December 12th in the basement auditorium of the Irving Environmental Science Centre, Acadia University Population Biology and Impending Issues of Conservation and Management of Maritime Bats by Dr. Hugh Broders. Bat species that are year-round residents of temperate areas like Nova Scotia have a number of interesting characteristics in common. Despite their small size they have a life expectancy of decades, have low reproductive rates, are highly social and are active for only 25-30% of the year. Over the last decade or so my students and I have been trying to better understand the resource selection, movement dynamics and population structure of this group of animals. In this talk I will discuss bat population biology, what we know about bats in the region and finally talk about a major impending threat to our bat populations: white nose syndrome. White nose syndrome is the name given to the condition of bats that are affected by a fungus that grows on the nose of bats that was first documented in the winter of 2005/06 and has since wiped out millions of bats in the northeastern United States and Canada. Based on the rate of spread of the condition is seems unlikely that the Maritimes will be spared from It ravaging effects. If the fungus makes its way to our region and the local effects are consistent with those documented in the northeastern US, we can expect to lose up to 95% of our bats in the first few years, if not more. I hope these predictions are wrong but regardless we are in for a challenging time! Dr. Broders works at the Department of Biology at St. Mary's University. Originally from Tilting, Newfoundland, he earned his PhD from the University of New Brunswick and has been a faculty member at Saint Mary's University since 2003. He teaches courses in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology and is a population ecologist with specific interests in bats and the biology of small populations. Together with keen and enthusiastic students he does research on a variety of species and subjects, most notably the social and population structure of bats. For more information, visit http://www.blomidonnaturalists.ca/ = = ======================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = = ======================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = = ======================================================================== MAIL COURIER PO Box 15000 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Canada = = ======================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca = = ======================================================================== --Apple-Mail-339--778588749 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div id=3D"tabs-wrapper">The = Blomidon Naturalists Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at = 7:30 PM on Monday, December 12th in the basement auditorium of the = Irving Environmental Science Centre, Acadia University</div><div = id=3D"tabs-wrapper"><b><br></b></div><div = id=3D"tabs-wrapper"><b>Population Biology and Impending Issues of = Conservation and Management of Maritime Bats</b> by Dr. Hugh = Broders. </div><div = id=3D"node-246"><div><div><div><br></div><div><div = id=3D"node-246"><div><div><div>Bat species that are year-round residents = of temperate areas like Nova Scotia have a number of interesting = characteristics in common. Despite their small size they have a = life expectancy of decades, have low reproductive rates, are highly = social and are active for only 25-30% of the year. Over the last = decade or so my students and I have been trying to better understand the = resource selection, movement dynamics and population structure of this = group of animals. In this talk I will discuss bat population = biology, what we know about bats in the region and finally talk about a = major impending threat to our bat populations: white nose = syndrome. White nose syndrome is the name given to the condition = of bats that are affected by a fungus that grows on the nose of bats = that was first documented in the winter of 2005/06 and has since wiped = out millions of bats in the northeastern United States and Canada. = Based on the rate of spread of the condition is seems unlikely that the = Maritimes will be spared from It ravaging effects. If the fungus = makes its way to our region and the local effects are consistent with = those documented in the northeastern US, we can expect to lose up to 95% = of our bats in the first few years, if not more. I hope these = predictions are wrong but regardless we are in for a challenging = time!</div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><i>Dr. Broders = works at the Department of Biology at St. Mary's University. Originally = from Tilting, Newfoundland, he earned his PhD from the University = of New Brunswick and has been a faculty member at Saint Mary's = University since 2003. He teaches courses in ecology, evolution, and = conservation biology and is a population ecologist with specific = interests in bats and the biology of small populations. Together with = keen and enthusiastic students he does research on a variety of species = and subjects, most notably the social and population structure of = bats</i>.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>For more information, = visit <a = href=3D"http://www.blomidonnaturalists.ca/">http://www.blomidonnaturalists= .ca/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; 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