Cori Lausen
Box 606, 202 B Ave.,
Kaslo, B.C. V0G 1M0
corilausen@birchdalebc.ca or info@batsRus.ca (250) 353-7339
www.batsRus.ca
specializing in bat survey and
research, acoustic analysis, and training
EDUCATION: University of Calgary
¨
PhD (Landscape
Genetics & Roosting Ecology of bats 2007)
¨
MSc
(Ecophysiology and Behaviour of bats 2001); BSc (Biology 1994), BEd
(Secondary 1994)
SELECTED EXPERIENCE:
FIELD AND RESEARCH BIOLOGIST
Projects
Documenting
Winter Bat Activity & Locating Hibernacula in West
Kootenays, B.C. <Nov.
2009 – ongoing>
· Independent
research (preliminary research for postdoctoral program)
· Recording
winter bat activity, identifying overwintering species, documenting flight and
foraging behaviour during winter, and locating hibernacula.
· Results to date:
I have located several bat hibernacula; I mistnet captured California Myotis
bats in January, Feb., and March 2010 in
association with their apparent use of mines as foraging habitat; I
radiotracked Silverhaired bats in January 2010, determining both tree and mine
use for hibernation.
Testing Hypotheses
of Why Bats Fly in Winter.
<Oct. 2009 – ongoing>
· Independent
research (preliminary research for postdoctoral program)
· This
project stems from my winter bat work in 2002-2005 when I discovered cold
mid-winter bat activity in AB prairies, and located first hibernacula (see below).
· Recording winter bat activity at
heated water tank to determine whether cold winter bat flight is associated
with drinking (in Dinosaur Provincial
Park, AB).
· Additional hypotheses to be tested
as research continues: cold winter bat
flight outside of hibernacula due to mating/roost switching and/or to prevent
muscle atropy.
Differentiating similar bat
species -- Taxonomy, Genetics, and Acoustics of Long-Eared bat species in B.C. (Myotis keenii, M. evotis, M.
septentrionalis, M. thysanodes).
<2007 - current>
· Project conducted in collaboration
with B.C. Ministry of Environment (Laura Friis).
· Field component completed in
collaboration with Dave Nagorsen and Doug Burles. I am currently completing the acoustic and
statistical components.
Roost selection of northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) and Townsend’s
Big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
in the Columbia Basin, B.C. <July 2009>
· Project conducted in collaboration
with B.C. Hydro, Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program.
· Field component completed; report
in progress.
Roost selection of fringed
Myotis (Myotis thysanodes) in the Flathead River Valley, M.T. <Aug. 2009>
· Project conducted in collaboration
with the Flathead Indian Reservation.
· Field component completed; report
in progress.
Beyond mtDNA: Nuclear gene flow suggests taxonomic
oversplitting in little brown bats (Myotis
lucifugus). (2002-2008)
· Project conducted in conjunction
with PhD work, University
of Calgary.
· Findings in brief: The recent claim that two
subspecies of little brown bats are genetically distinct enough to warrant separate
species designations does not hold.
Using both mtDNA and nuclear DNA I conclusively demonstrated that
despite mtDNA differences, the two subspecies fully interbreed and cannot be
morphologically or behaviourally distinguished from one another. I concluded subspecies designations should be
dropped. I also caution other genetics
researchers from making taxonomic conclusions based on mtDNA alone (e.g. Bar
Code of Life Project) and encourage the use of nuclear DNA.
· Published paper, magazine article,
and several conference presentations.
An investigation of
behavioural and morphological differences between bats living north of the 60th
parallel with those in more southerly latitudes. (2007- 2008)
· Project conducted in collaboration
with the Yukon Government (Tom Jung).
· Findings in brief: In Yukon, little brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus) forage in more
cluttered environments likely due to high light levels (predator avoidance); I
revealed that in the northern part of its North American range, this species
produces a different structure of echolocation call and has longer ears.
· Paper in prep, and has been
presented at several conferences.
Establishing bat species diversity in southern Yukon. (2007 – 2008)
· Project conducted in collaboration
with the Yukon Government (Tom Jung).
· Findings in brief: Northern bats (Myotis septentrionalis) were captured NE
of Watson Lake, extending this species northern distribution by >200 km; low
frequency bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans
and/or Eptesicus fuscus) and
long-eared myotis (M. evotis) were
acoustically detected, although these species have yet to be captured in Yukon.
· Northern bat range extension has
been published, but further work is intended to capture the species that were
acoustically detected only. I was interviewed by Discovery Channel, Daily
Planet – aired winter of 2007-2008.
Winter activity of prairie bats in Alberta. (2002 – 2005)
· Project conducted in conjunction
with PhD work, University
of Calgary.
· Findings in brief: Big brown bats, western small-footed bats and
long-eared Myotis are active throughout winter months in the Alberta prairies, despite extreme cold
winter temperatures. Flights in
temperatures as low as -8oC were documented. I have hypothesized the need for water drives
these winter flights. Using radiotelelemetry and ropes for rappelling, I
discovered two hibernacula – deep rock crevices that allow the animal(s) to get
below the frost-line. This was the first
discovery that prairie bats hibernate in river valleys rather than making long
treks to mountain caves.
· Published
paper; several magazine articles were written about my work; guest on CBC
Radio’s Quirks and Quarks to talk about my findings.
Roost selection and population genetics of western
small-footed bats (Myotis ciliolabrum)
in SE Alberta. (2002-2004)
· Project conducted in conjunction
with PhD work, University
of Calgary.
· Findings in brief: Western small-footed bats
select erosion crevices in mud-stone that receive high solar incidence. Colonies are small and always consist of
closely related females. Males typically
do not disperse, returning to the natal area during the summer, but mating up
to 60 km from summer roosting areas prior to hibernation in fall. All bats found within a 100 m radius tend to
be closely related (same mtDNA haplotype).
· Chapter in PhD Dissertation. Paper in prep. Results already incorporated into Habitat
Suitability Model for Milk
River Basin in AB
(MULTISAR), and into the Alberta Status Report for this species (written by C.
Lausen).
Landscape genetics of prairie bats.
(2001-2007)
· PhD project, University of Calgary,
supervisor Dr. Robert Barclay. I carried
out all field work in SE Alberta and North-Central Montana; I genetically
analyzed all samples in Dr. Curt Strobeck’s lab, University of Alberta.
· Findings in brief: Big brown bats, western
small-footed Myotis and little brown Myotis were contrasted in their use of
rivers and river systems. Using genetic
microsatellites, and mtDNA sequencing I determined that western small-footeds
(obligate rock-roosting bats) do not travel far, living and breeding within
river valleys. Little brown bats,
stronger fliers, and capable of roosting in buildings were more highly
structured than hypothesized, living and breeding within river systems. Big brown bats, the strongest fliers of the
species compared, also found to roost in buildings, showed the least amount of
genetic structure, breeding across the entire study area, and dispersing
between river systems.
· PhD Dissertation. Paper in prep. Several conference presentations.
Establishing bat species diversity in southwest Northwest Territories.
(2006)
· Remote survey (float plane and
whitewater raft) of bats on Nahanni
River conducted with support
from Parks Canada.
· Findings in brief: Two species of bats were
previously known, but 4 species were captured and an additional 3 species were
recorded acoustically.
· Report, presentation and several
posters were made to disseminate results.
Relative abundance of the endangered bat, Allen’s
Lappet-eared bat (Idionycteris
phyllotis), in the Gila Forest of New
Mexico. (2005)
·
Assisted New Mexico Fish and Wildlife
Service Endangered Branch Chief, Lyle Lewis, in a remote survey (pack
horse/mule) to find an endangered species of bat previously known to reside in
the forest, prior to extreme drying and disappearance of many water sources.
Establishing the northern distribution of the western
small-footed bat (Myotis ciliolabrum)
and the southern distribution of the northern bat (M. septentrionalis) in Alberta. (2005-2006)
· Findings in brief: Captured bats and acoustically
monitored in the northern part of Red Deer River and Battle
River; determined northern edge of
western small-footed range to be the Red Deer River, despite suitable habitat
on the Battle River.
Northern myotis was captured on the Red Deer River, extending the
southern range of this species in Alberta.
· Report prepared for Alberta Natural
Heritage Information Centre.
Mark-recapture
population estimate of a prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis) hibernaculum at Kennedy Coulee, Red Deer
River near Bindloss, Alberta.
(2003-2006)
· Co-investigator
(with Dr. Michael Proctor, Birchdale Ecological Ltd. and Ed Hofman, Alberta
Sustainable Resource Development) -- capture and pit-tag rattlesnakes for
mark-recapture den size estimate and trend.
· Assisted
in analysis and writing of report.
Thermoregulation and roost selection by big brown bats
(Eptesicus fuscus) in the Alberta prairies. (2001)
· MSc Thesis, University of Calgary.
· Field component completed in 2000,
and thesis completed and defended in 2001.
· Findings in brief: Big brown bats roosting in
buildings experience energetic advantages over those roosting in natural rock
crevices, resulting in reproductive advantages.
Rock roosts were selected based on predation risk and microclimate (matching
reproductive stage).
· Three papers published.
Protecting little-known
species: The case of the African bat Otomops martiensseni (Chiroptera: Molossidae). (2002)
· Assisted York
University bat researcher, Dr. Brock
Fenton, in a radio-telemetry roost and foraging study of a bat species thought
to be at risk in South
Africa.
· Co-authored published paper.
The bat fauna of Lamanai, Belize:
Roosts and trophic roles. (2001)
· Assisted York
University bat researcher, Dr. Brock
Fenton, in a radio-telemetry roost and foraging study of bat species in Belize.
· Co-authored published paper.
CONTRACT WORK and PROVIDING TRAINING
I
have captured >7000 bats and >30 species; extensive experience in
handling bats, banding, genetic sampling, species identification, acoustic
monitoring and analysis (Anabat, B.A.T., Pettersson/Sonobat); experience with remote survey in back-country environments.
I have been contracted to do bat-related
work (including acoustic monitoring, acoustic analysis, acoustic training, capture,
and/or radio-telemetry) for the Canadian
and U.S. agencies/companies listed below.
Much of this work included a training component where I would train company/agency
staff to capture bats and/or conduct acoustic monitoring. I have
provided formal acoustic analysis workshops in both the U.S. and in Canada.
Bat Conservation International
has recommended my acoustic analysis training workshops to companies seeking
training. As of April 2010, I begin
teaching all of the North American workshops for Titley Electronics, Australia
(makers of Anabat bat detectors).
I have also advised a number of
these companies on wind farm
pre-construction protocols.
LEADERSHIP
and ADVISORY ROLES IN CONSERVATION
In addition to leading a number of
scientific projects (as listed in Projects section), I have taken leadership
roles in the following issues:
WIND TURBINES
AND BATS
·
Lead author of the following document written to advise the
Alberta Government on issues of wind farm siting and guidance for
pre-construction monitoring. This document was subsequently adopted and
adapted by many agencies for use across Canada and the U.S.
Lausen, C., E. Baerwald, J. Gruver, and R. Barclay. 2008. APPENDIX 5: Bats and Wind Turbines.
Pre-siting and pre-construction survey protocols, May 2008 Update. University of Calgary. In: Vonhof, M. 2002. Handbook of Inventory Methods and Standard
Protocols for Surveying Bats in Alberta.
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Division,
Edmonton, Alberta. Revised 2005.
Lausen, C., E. Baerwald, J.
Gruver, and R. Barclay. 2006. APPENDIX
5: Bats
and Wind Turbines. Pre-siting and pre-construction survey protocols. University of Calgary. In: Vonhof, M. 2002. Handbook of Inventory Methods and Standard
Protocols for Surveying Bats in Alberta.
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Division,
Edmonton, Alberta. Revised 2005.
The above document was written on behalf of the Alberta Bat Action Team; I have been a
core member of this working group since its inception in 2000.
·
Advised Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
(Jamie Smith) during the production of their protocol: Guideline
to Assist in the Review of Wind Power Proposals: Potential Impacts to Birds and
Bird Habitats
· Advised and reviewed Canadian Wildlife Service document:
Recommended Protocols for
Monitoring Impacts of Wind Turbines on Birds (Dr. Charles Francis)
·
Co-chair of the Western
Bat Working Group Wind Energy Committee. Organized the first practical workshop for
Wind Energy and Bats held in Austin, TX April 2009. This targeted consultants and administrators
from across North America, to educate and train them in the conservation issues
surrounding bats and wind turbines.
·
Current
vice-president of the Western Bat
Working Group. Our group coordinates
efforts of bat biologists, and provides an information network between
biologists and government agencies regarding issues of bat conservation. Currently we are working to facilitate bat
conservation issues at multi-national and multi-jurisdictional levels (Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and
Ecosystem Conservation and Management, AFWA
– Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, WAFWA, NABCA – North
American Bat Conservation Alliance).
Issues we are currently coordinating include Wind Turbines and Bats, and
White Nose Syndrome (see below).
·
I spear-headed
the formation of the new (as of May 2009) B.C.
Bat Action Team, a working group of government biologists, consultants, and
researchers. An action item that we will
tackle in the spring of 2009 is the development of a Wind Turbine Protocol for
B.C.
WHITE NOSE SYNDROME
·
As
Vice-president of the Western Bat
Working Group I have been facilitating the quick response to this
devastating fungus affecting bats in eastern North America. As co-chair of the WBWG Scientific Advisory
Committee, I have helped the WBWG White Nose Syndrome Committee develop
protocols for cavers and bat biologists in western North America.
· Due to its urgency, I developed a White Nose Syndrome
prevention strategy (in collaboration with the new B.C. Bat Action Team) which
was adopted by the B.C. government and attached as guidelines to all bat
permits issued this summer. These
protocols, together with some information brochures and magazine articles, were
reviewed (and developed in conjunction with) the small mammal specialist in B.C. Ministry of Environment (Purnima
Govindarajulu) and the government veterinarian (Helen Schwantje).
· I delivered an invited plenary presentation on White
Nose Syndrome to The Wildlife Society,
Alberta Chapter in Red Deer Mar. 2010, prompting the AB and Canadian Chapters
of the TWS to back both ABAT and BCBAT in their attempts to gain the support of
the Canadian Caving Association.
COORDINATING
EFFORTS
·
As the Western Canada
Bat Working Group Coordinator, I network people across the Pacific
Northwest through a newsletter I write two times per year. I am in touch with
all people doing bat work across North America, and am therefore able to
compile the latest information. This
keeps all agency and industry biologists/managers and researchers in the
Pacific Northwest abreast of current issues and findings in bat biology and conservation.
·
I also coordinate bat conservation, research and management
through involvement with the Alberta Bat
Action Team (core founding member), the Western Bat Working Group (Vice-President), and the B.C. Bat Action Team (core founding
member).
ANALYTICAL,
ORGANIZATIONAL, and OTHER SKILLS:
- working knowledge of many statistical
techniques and am proficient with many software packages
- communicate well, and have excellent
organizational, leadership and writing skills
- naturally gravitate to leadership
roles
- make extensive efforts to network the
bat community and government biologists, especially in the northwest by
attending conferences, volunteering as editor for two bat newsletters, and being
an elected board member of the Western Bat Working Group.
SCIENTIFIC
PUBLICATIONS:
Lausen, C. L., Jung, T. S.
and Talerico, J. M. 2008. Range extension of the Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis
septentrionalis) in the Yukon. Northwestern Naturalist 89: 115-117.
Lausen, C. L., Delisle, I., Barclay, R.
M. R. and Strobeck, C. 2008. Beyond
mtDNA: nuclear gene flow suggests
taxonomic oversplitting in little the brown bat (Myotis lucifugus).
Canadian Journal of Zoology 86:
700-713, 1083.
Lausen, C. L. 2007. Roosting ecology and landscape genetics of prairie bats. 2007. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Calgary, Alberta.
Lausen, C. L. and Barclay, R. M.
R. 2006.
Bat activity in the Canadian prairies.
Canadian Journal of Zoology 84:
1079-1086.
Lausen, C. L. and
Barclay, R. M. R. 2006. The
benefits of living in a building:
Comparing maternity colonies of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in rock crevice and building roosts.
Journal of Mammalogy 87: 362-370.
Lausen, C. L. and Barclay, R. M.
R. 2005.
Account No. 784: Pipistrellus
nanus. Mammalian
Species.
Lausen, C. L. 2005. First record of hosts for the bat tick, Carios kelleyi (Acari: Ixodida:
Argasidae) in Canada and Montana.
Journal of Medical Entomology:
497-501.
Fenton,
M. B., Taylor, P. J., Jacobs, D. S., Richardson, E., Bernard, E., Bouchard, S.,
Debaeremaker, K., ter Hofstede H., Hollis, L., Lausen, C. L., Lister, J.,
Ratcliffe, J. M., Rambaldani, D., and Reddy, E.
2002. Protecting little-known species:
The case of the African bat Otomops
martiensseni (Chiroptera:
Molossidae). Biodiversity and Conservation 11:
1583–1606.
GOVERNMENT REPORTS:
Proctor, M. P., C. L. Lausen, E. Hofman, and J. Boulanger. 2008. Mark-recapture population estimate of a prairie rattlesnake
(Crotalus viridis viridis)
hibernaculum at Kennedy Coulee, Red Deer River near Bindloss, Alberta. Species
at Risk Report, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.
Alberta Sustainable
Resource Development and Alberta Conservation Association. 2008. The Status of the northern bat (Myotis septentrionalis) in Alberta. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development,
Wildlife Status Report No. 3 (2009 update), Edmonton, AB. Author:
C. L. Lausen.
Lausen, C., E. Baerwald, J. Gruver, and R.
Barclay. 2008. APPENDIX 5: Bats and Wind Turbines. Pre-siting and pre-construction survey
protocols, May 2008 Update. University of Calgary. In: Vonhof, M. 2002. Handbook of Inventory Methods and Standard
Protocols for Surveying Bats in Alberta. Alberta
Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Division, Edmonton, Alberta. Revised 2005.
Lausen, C. L., T. S. Jung,
L. Randall and J. Talerico. 2008. Bat
Diversity in Yukon: 2007 Survey Results. Yukon Department of Environment Technical
Report, 30 pp.
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development and Alberta Conservation
Association. 2008. The
Status of the western small-footed bat in Alberta. Alberta
Sustainable Resource Development, Wildlife Status Report No. 64, Edmonton, AB. Authors:
C. L. Lausen and T. Schowalter.
Lausen, C. L.
2006. Bat Survey of the Northwest Territories: Nahanni
National Park Reserve and Surrounding Areas.
Parks Canada, Ft. Simpson,
NWT & Canadian
Parks and Wilderness Society, Yellowknife, NWT.
Lausen, C., E. Baerwald, J. Gruver, and R.
Barclay. 2006. APPENDIX 5: Bats and Wind
Turbines. Pre-siting and pre-construction survey protocols. University of Calgary. In: Vonhof, M. 2002. Handbook of Inventory Methods and Standard
Protocols for Surveying Bats in Alberta. Alberta
Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Division, Edmonton, Alberta. Revised 2005.
Lausen, C.
2005. APPENDIX 4: Tissue sampling protocol for genetic study of bats. In:
Vonhof, M. 2002. Handbook of Inventory Methods and Standard
Protocols for Surveying Bats in Alberta. Alberta
Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Division, Edmonton, Alberta. Revised 2005.
Lausen, C. L. 2006. 2005-2006 bat survey of the middle Red Deer
and Battle Rivers. Alberta
Natural Heritage Information Centre, Parks and Protected Areas Division, Edmonton, Alberta.
Lausen, C. L. 2004. Writing on Stone Provincial Park bat survey
- a compilation of work since 1985. Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre, Parks and
Protected Areas Division, Edmonton,
Alberta.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/SEMINARS:
Lausen, C.L.
2010. White Nose Syndrome in
Bats: an update and implications for the
West. The Wildlife Society, Alberta
Chapter. Red Deer, March 2010. (Invited
Plenary Presentation)
Proctor,
M. P., C. L. Lausen*, E. Hofman, J. Boulanger, and J. Nicholson. 2010. Declining number of prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis viridis) in the largest
northernmost Alberta hibernaculum. The Wildlife Society, Alberta Chapter. Red Deer, March 2010. (*delivered oral
presentation)
Lausen, C. L., T.S. Jung, J. Talerico, and L.A.
Randall. 2009. Morphometrics and plasticity in
echolocation calls of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) at the
northern edge of their range. American Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting,
Fairbanks, Alaska, June 2009. (poster)
Lausen,
C. L., D. Nagorsen, D. Burles and L. Friis.
2009. Testing of a new tethering method for reference call collection: Bat-kiting. Western Bat Working Group Biennial
Conference. Austin, Texas 15 – 18 April
2009. (poster)
Lausen, C. L., J. Talerico, L.A. Randall, T.S.
Jung, B.G. Slough, D.W. Nagorsen, D. Burles, and L. Friis. 2009. Morphometrics
and plasticity in echolocation calls of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)
at the northern edge of their range. Western Bat Working Group Biennial
Conference. Austin, Texas 15 – 18 April
2009.
Lausen,
C. L., I. Delisle, R.M.R. Barclay, C. Strobeck.
2009. Landscape Genetics of Prairie Bats: The Role that Rivers Play in Shaping
Population Structure. Western Bat Working Group Biennial Conference. Austin, Texas 15 – 18 April 2009.
Jung,
T.S., B.G. Slough, C.L. Lausen, D.W. Nagorsen. P.M. Kukka, L.A. Randall, K.T.
Everatt, K. Kuba, and C.D. Eckert. April 2008. A rapid assessment of mammalian and amphibian biodiversity in two
territorial parks in southern Yukon. Yukon Biodiversity Forum,
Whitehorse, Yukon.
Lausen,
C. L., I. Delisle, R.M.R. Barclay, C. Strobeck.
2008. Landscape Genetics of Prairie Bats:
The Role that Rivers Play in Shaping Population Structure. North American
Symposium on Bat Research. Scranton,
Pennsylvania.
Lausen, C. L., I.
Delisle, R.M.R. Barclay, C. Strobeck.
2008. Beyond mtDNA: nuclear gene flow
suggests taxonomic oversplitting in the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus). The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Alberta Chapter,
Red Deer, Alberta.
Lausen,
C. L., I. Delisle, R.M.R. Barclay, C. Strobeck.
2007. Beyond mtDNA: gene flow refutes
cryptic species in little brown bats (Myotis
lucifugus). Western Bat
Working Group Conference. Tucson,
Arizona.
Lausen,
C. L., I. Delisle, R.M.R. Barclay. 2006.
Interbreeding of Myotis lucifugus
subspecies in southern Alberta and north-central Montana. North American Symposium on Bat Research. Wilmington, North Carolina.
Lausen, C. L. 2006. Bats of the Northwest Territories. North American Symposium on Bat
Research. Wilmington, North Carolina.
(poster)
Lausen, C. L. 2006.
Bats of the Northwest Territories.
The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, North American Chapter, Anchorage,
Alaska. (poster)
Lausen, C. L. 2005. Winter activity of prairie bats in Canada. North American Symposium on Bat
Research. Sacramento, California.
Lausen, C. L. 2005. Winter activity of prairie bats in
Alberta. The Conservation and
Management of Bats, Western Bat Working Group.
Portland, Oregon.
Lausen, C. L. 2005. Winter
bat activity at Dinosaur Provincial Park.
The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Alberta Chapter, Nisku,
Alberta.
Lausen, C. L. and Barclay, R. M.
R. 2004.
Ecology of prairie bats in Alberta: a landscape perspective. North American Symposium
on Bat Research, Salt Lake City, Utah. (poster)
Lausen, C. L. 2004. Ecology
of prairie bats in Alberta: a landscape
perspective. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, North
American Chapter, Calgary, Alberta (poster).
Lausen, C. L. and Barclay, R.M.R. 2004. Ecology of prairie bats: a landscape perspective. Alberta
Cooperative Conservation Research Unit Symposium: Sustaining the
Grassland Ecosystem, Calgary, Alberta. (poster)
Lausen, C. L. 2003. Roost selection by prairie bats in southeastern Alberta. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Alberta
Chapter, Red Deer, Alberta.
Lausen, C. L. 2002. Thermoregulation
and microclimate in maternity colonies of big brown bats: the consequences of roost structure. North American Symposium on Bat Research,
Burlington, Vermont.
Lausen, C. L.
2002. Thermoregulation
and microclimate in maternity colonies of big brown bats: building versus rock-crevice roosts. The
Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, North American Chapter Bismarck, North Dakota.
Lausen, C. L. 2002. Thermoregulatory
behaviour of reproductive female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus).
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, Lethbridge,
Alberta.
Lausen, C. L. 2002. Thermoregulation
and roost selection by female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) roosting in rock crevices. Prairie
Universities Biological Symposium, Calgary, Alberta.
Lausen, C. L. 2001. Thermoregulation
and roost selection by big brown bats (Eptesicus
fuscus) roosting in rock crevices. North American Symposium on
Bat Research, Victoria, British
Columbia.
Fenton, M. B.,
Taylor, P. J. Jacobs, D. S., Richardson, E., Bernard, E., Bouchard, S.,
Debaeremaker, K., ter Hofstede H., Hollis, L., Lausen, C. L, Lister J.,
Ratcliffe, J. M, Rambaldani, D., and Reddy, E.
2001. Protecting little-known species:
The case of the African bat Otomops
martiensseni (Chiroptera:
Molossidae). North American Symposium on Bat Research, Victoria,
British Columbia.
Lausen, C.
L. 2001.
Roost selection and
thermoregulation in Eptesicus fuscus. Prairie Universities Biological Symposium,
Brandon, Manitoba.
Lausen,
C.L. 2000. Thermoregulation and roost selection by rock-roosting Eptesicus fuscus. North American
Symposium on Bat Research, Miami, Florida.
SELECTED AWARDS:
BAT CONSERVATION
I provided a formal bat capture
workshop for US Forest Service employees in addition to conducting many bat
surveys for the USFS across NW U.S.A 2004 – 2009. In 2009 I was awarded the Wings Across the Americas Glass Award in Bat
Conservation in
recognition of my work for the USFS.
ACADEMIC
¨ Alberta
Ingenuity Award, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering
Research (2002-2006)
¨ Cas
Lindsey Speaker Award, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, Lethbridge, AB
(2002)
¨ Bat
Conservation International Speaker Award, 31st Annual NASBR, Victoria, B.C. (2001)
¨ Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (PGSB; 2001-2003)
¨ Donald
N. Byers Memorial Killam Prize, University
of Calgary (2001 and
2004)
¨ Izaak
Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship (Honorary), University of Calgary
(2001, 2002, 2004, 2005)
¨ Jake
Duerksen Scholarship, University
of Calgary Biological
Sciences (2000)
¨ Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (PGSA; 1999-2001)
¨ Governor
General’s Silver Medal for top institutional academic record at the Univ. of Calgary (1994)
¨ Clarence
Sansom Gold Medal in Education for top academic record in the Faculty of
Education (1994)
¨ Faculty
of Science Gold Medal for top academic record in the Faculty of Science (1994)
¨ Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Award (1993)
¨ University
of Calgary Undergraduate Merit Award (1989, 1993)
¨ Governor
General's Bronze Medallion - top academic record high school level (1989)
OTHER WORK
EXPERIENCE:
University Teacher Assistant, led Biol 380 Population
Genetics Seminar, University of Alberta [2003]; taught Biol 233 Intro Biol II
Lab, University of Alberta [1999].
High School Science teacher, Lloydminster Public School
Division
- Taught Biology 20 and 30,
Chemistry 20 and 30, Science 10 and 21, Math 10 and 20 at Lloydminster
Comprehensive High School. [Sept. 1994 – June 1999]
SELECTED VOLUNTEER
WORK:
Field Assistant
– U.S.F.W.S.
and Birchdale Ecological, Trans-border Grizzly Bear project: radio-telemetry of
bears to find linkage zones (2005 – current)
Reviewer –
Ongoing
for numerous journals: Canadian Journal
of Zoology; Journal of Zoology, London; Journal of Mammalogy; Journal of
Wildlife (Australia); grants reviewer, North American Bat Conservation Partnership
(NABCP)
Conference Organizer/Coordinator – WBWG Wind Energy and Bats Workshop, Austin, TX April 2009;
Prairie Universities Biological Symposium, Calgary (2002); Moths and Bats - A
Festival of Feralia, Edmonton (2003)
Board Member
– Vice
President, Western Bat Working Group (WBWG; current); Member at Large, WBWG
(2005 – 9)
Committee Member
– co-chair
of WBWG Scientific Advisory Committee (2007 – current); chair of WBWG Wind
Energy and Bats Committee (2008 – 2009); Alberta Bat Action Team (Alberta
Environment, Fish and Wildlife Division) (2000 - current); Bats of Alberta
Poster Design Committee (2006)
Editor – Western Canada
Bat Working Group newsletter (2003 - current); Western Bat Working Group
newsletter (2005 - 2009); WBWG Species Accounts
Educator – since 1999 I have done ~50 public
presentations about bats for schools, naturalist groups, and parks
Community Volunteer Work
– Board
Member of Kaslo Arena; Figure Skating coach; Adult Power Skating coach; judge
at various 4H speaking events, provincial debate competitions, and science
fairs.