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Joy M. O’Keefe Vitae Current as of 1 December 2015
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Vitae of
Joy M. O’Keefe, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
812.237.4520
Academic History
Present Rank: Assistant Professor
Tenure status: Not tenured
Graduate Faculty Status: Granted in 2011
Highest degree earned: Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, 2009
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Additional credentials: M.S., Biology, 2004
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
B.S., Zoology, 1997
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Professional Positions
Director, Center for Bat Research, Outreach, and Conservation, Indiana State University, Terre
Haute, Indiana, June 2012–present
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, January
2011–present *Rated as Contributing Exceptionally in Fall 2015
Research Wildlife Biologist (GS 11, Step 2), USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station,
Clemson, South Carolina, October 2009–December 2010
Biological Consultant, self-employed, South Carolina, December 2003–September 2009
Biologist and Environmental Educator, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Winchester, Kentucky,
June 2000–December 2003
Center for Bat Research, Outreach, and Conservation
Director, Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation, June 2012-present
Director-elect, January 2011−May 2012
Direct two staff members year-round, and 20-25 students and technicians each summer
Changed name of Center in March 2013
Research $2.5 million in contracts and grants, Jan 2011-present
Support for research by 5 PhD and 6 M.S.c. students
Mentored 7 undergraduate students in research, Jan 2011-present
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Outreach Maintain webpage: www.isubatcenter.org and Facebook page
Host annual bat festival for ~1000 people:
9th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, held 21 September 2015
8th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, held 13 September 2014
7th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, held 21 September 2013
6th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, held 15 September 2012
Edited and produced Bats of Illinois, March 2015
Conducted 51 outreach programs, Jan 2011-present
Conservation Collaborate with state and federal partners to conserve endangered (E) and
threatened (T) bats and their habitats. Multiple projects on Indiana bats (E) and
northern long-eared bats (T), and one project on Virginia big-eared bats (E).
Bush honeysuckle removal with students from ISU IUPUI each spring and fall,
Fall 2013-present
9 invited seminars on bat conservation to scientists and land managers, Jan 2011-
present
Instructional Activity
Undergraduate Courses
Course Name and
Number Years My part
Credit
Hours
Avg. Annual
Enrollment Intro to Human Biology
BIO 112
2011-2015
100%
3
70
Freshwater Biology BIO
491
2012, 2014
100%
4
8.5
Mammalogy
BIO 428/428L
2011, 2013,
2015
80-100%
3
19
Graduate Courses
Course Name and
Number Years Participation
Credit
Hours
Avg. Annual
Enrollment Mammalogy
BIO 528/528L
2011, 2013,
2015
80-100%
3
2.5
Freshwater Biol.
BIO 691
2012, 2014
100%
3-4
5.5
Introduction to R
BIO 691
2012
100%
2
19
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Graduate Research Supervision
Proposal-defended, Exam-written and oral exams, Defense-completed thesis or dissertation defense
Names of students for whom I served as committee chair or co-chair are in bold font
Student Degree Participation Month-Year
Completed Nicholas Gikas M.Sc. Member, Proposal, Defense Dec. 2011
Rebecca Sanker M.Sc. Member, Proposal, Defense Incomplete
Kristina Hammond M.Sc. Chair, Proposal, Defense Aug. 2013
Tara Thomson M.Sc. Chair, Proposal, Defense Aug. 2013
Zach Kaiser M.Sc. Chair, Proposal, Defense May 2014
Lily Arias Ph.D. Member, Proposal, Exam, Defense May 2014
Joey Weber M.Sc. Chair, Proposal, Defense Aug. 2015
Joey Pettit Ph.D. Co-Chair, Exam, Defense Aug. 2015
Caroline Byrne M.Sc. Chair, Proposal, Defense Dec. 2015
Katherine Caldwell^ M.Sc. Outside Member, Defense Dec. 2015
Jake Pruett Ph.D. Member, Proposal, Exam Exp. 2016
Scott Bergeson Ph.D. Chair, Proposal, Exam Exp. 2017
Robert Arndt Ph.D. Member, Proposal, Exam Exp. 2017
Vanessa Rojas Ph.D. Chair Exp. 2018
Tim Divoll Ph.D. Chair Exp. 2019
Laura D’Acunto* Ph.D. Outside Member, Proposal, Exam Exp. 2017
Julia Hoeh M.Sc. Chair Exp. 2017
^Ball State University
*Purdue University
Undergraduate Mentoring and Research Supervision
Student Dates Experience & Products Current Position Daniel Schaefer May 2011-May
2012
Creative inquiry research
exp., 1 research poster
Graduated, Biology,
Veterinary medicine
student at Purdue
Katie Ellingsworth Mar-Dec. 2012 Creative inquiry outreach
exp., 1 research poster
Graduated, Science
Education, Vigo Co.
High School Teacher
Candace Dean May-Dec 2012 BIO 492 research credit Graduated, Biology,
Vet Tech
James Cox Jan 2013-Dec
2014
Creative inquiry research
exp., 1 research poster
Graduated, Biology.
Lab Manager, IU
Medicine-TH
Zach Nickerson Nov 2012-May
2015
Creative inquiry research
exp., 2 conference oral
presentations.
Graduated, Biology
Seth Wiram Jan 2013-Dec
2014
Research experience Senior, Marketing
Jordan Holmes Jan-present Research experience, 1
conference poster
Senior, Biology
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Scholarly Activity
Refereed Publications
*indicates graduate student advisee
17. Pettit*, JL, JM O’Keefe. In review. Impacts of white-nose syndrome on a bat community
near the Indianapolis Airport, Indiana. Submitted to Biological Conservation.
16. Weber* JA, JM O’Keefe. In review. Characteristics of Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus roosts in North Carolina and Tennessee. Submitted to Journal of Mammalogy.
15. Weber* JA, JM O’Keefe. In review. Springtime movements and foraging habitat use by
Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus in North Carolina and Tennessee. Submitted to
Journal of Mammalogy.
14. Hammond* KR, JM O’Keefe, SC Loeb, SP Aldrich. In second revision. A presence-only
model of Indiana bat Myotis sodalis summer roosting habitat in the southern Appalachian
Mountains, USA. Submitted to PLoS One.
13. Clement MJ, JM O’Keefe, BL Walters. 2015. N-mixture models for estimating
abundance of over-dispersed unmarked animals. Ecosphere 6:art184.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00180.1
12. Kaiser* ZDE, JM O’Keefe. 2015. Data acquisition varies by bat phonic group for two
types of bat detectors when waterproofed and paired in field settings. Wildlife Society
Bulletin. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.572
11. Kaiser* ZDE, JM O’Keefe. 2015. Factors affecting acoustic detection and site occupancy
of Indiana bats near a known maternity colony. Journal of Mammalogy 2015 96 (2): 344-
360. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv036
10. Loeb SC, JM O’Keefe. 2014. Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and prescribed fire
in the Appalachians: challenges and considerations. Pp. 73-81 in Waldrop, T.A., ed.
Proceedings, Wildland Fire in the Appalachians: discussions among managers and
scientists. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-199. Asheville, NC, USDA Forest Service Southern
Research Station, 208 pp.
9. O’Keefe JM, SC Loeb, HJ Hill, Jr., JD Lanham. 2014. Quantifying clutter: a comparison
of four methods and their relationship to bat detection. Forest Ecology and Management.
322:1–9.
8. O’Keefe JM, SC Loeb, PD Gerard, JD Lanham. 2013. Effects of riparian buffer width on
activity and detection of common bats in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Wildlife
Society Bulletin, 37:319–326.
7. Lima SL, JM O’Keefe. 2013. Do predators influence the behavior of bats? Biological
Reviews, 88:626-644.
6. Loeb SC, JM O’Keefe. 2011. Bats and gaps: the role of early successional patches in the
roosting and foraging ecology of bats. Pp. 167–189 in Greenburg, C. H., B. Collins, and F.
Thompson, eds. Sustaining young forest communities: ecology and management of early
successional habitats in the central hardwood region, USA, Springer Press.
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5. Whitaker JO, Jr., JM O’Keefe. 2011. Managing forest habitat for bats. Appendix 2 in
Vories, K.C., Caswell, A. K., and Price, T. M., eds. Proceedings of Protecting Threatened
Bats at Coal Mines: A Technical Interactive Forum. South Charleston, WV.
4. O’Keefe JM, M LaVoie. 2011. Maternity colony of eastern small-footed myotis (Myotis
leibii Audubon and Bachman) in a historic building. Southeastern Naturalist, 10:381–383.
3. O’Keefe JM, SC Loeb, JD Lanham, HS Hill, Jr. 2009. Macrohabitat factors affect day
roost selection by eastern red bats and eastern pipistrelles in the southern Appalachian
Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management 257:1757–1763.
2. Loeb SC, JM O’Keefe. 2006. Habitat use by forest bats in SC in relation to local, stand,
and landscape characteristics. Journal of Wildlife Management 70: 1210–1218.
1. Gumbert MW, JM O’Keefe, JR MacGregor. 2002. Roost site fidelity by Indiana bats in
Kentucky. Pg. 143–152 in Proceedings of the Symposium on the Indiana Bat: Biology and
Management of an Endangered Species (A. Kurta & J. Kennedy, eds.). Bat Conservation
Int’l.
Popular Articles
1. O’Keefe, J.M. 2013. Bats in your woods. Indiana Woodland Steward, 22: 6-8.
Grants and Contracts
Extramural Grants Pending Review
National Park Service – Long term monitoring of endangered bats after declines from
WNS in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, PI(s): JM O'Keefe, BL Walters, and VG
Rojas; May 2015-May 2016; $77,728
Extramural Grants, Awarded
2015 Wildlife Management Institute – Analyzing diets and foraging habits of endangered
Myotis to assess potential economic benefits and inform rangewide habitat conservation.
PI(s): TJ Divoll and JM O'Keefe; Aug 2015-June 2016, $23,773
National Park Service – Distribution of bats across the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, with a focus on two declining Myotis (M. septentrionalis and M. sodalis), PI(s): JM
O'Keefe, BL Walters, and R Blakey; May 2015-Sept 2015; $100,985
Energy Company – Bat Consultation Project, PI(s): JM O'Keefe and BL Walters; Feb
2015-Jan 2016, $10,589
USFS-CNF – Estimating occupancy of Indiana bats on northern districts of the Cherokee
National Forest, mod 4, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; May 2015-Dec 2017, $6,794
Pisgah National Forest – Bat survey on the Pisgah National Forest, NC, PI(s): JM O’Keefe
and BL Walters; June 2015-May 2016, $4,000
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2015 USFS-SRS – Distribution of bats across the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with a
focus on two declining Myotis (M. septentrionalis and M. sodalis), PI(s): JM O'Keefe and
BL Walters; June 2015-Sept 2015; $ 3,125
Ecological Solutions – Analysis and evaluation of acoustic data, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; Nov
2015-Dec 2016, $1,300
2014 Indianapolis Airport Authority – Bat monitoring and reporting on Indianapolis Airport
Authority lands, PI(s): JM O'Keefe and BL Walters; April 2014-April 2017; $757,308
Department of the Navy – Indiana bat and northern long-eared bat population survey and
roost ecology at NSA Crane, PI(s): JM O'Keefe and BL Walters; Sept 2014-Sept 2015;
$95,796
National Park Service – Summer roost ecology of northern long-eared bats and Indiana
bats across Great Smoky Mountains National Park, PI(s): JM O'Keefe and BL Walters; June
2014-Oct 2014, $82,308
Purdue University – Bat survey of the Hardwoods Ecosystem Experiment (2014-2016),
PI(s): JM O'Keefe; May 2014-April 2016; $59,545
USFS-CNF – Estimating occupancy of Indiana bats on northern districts of the Cherokee
National Forest, mod 3, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; June 2014-Dec 2017, $15,045
Energy Company – Bat Consultation Project, PI(s): JM O'Keefe and BL Walters; Jan 2014-
Dec 2014, $10,258
USFS-SRS – Estimating occupancy of Indiana bats on northern districts of the Cherokee
National Forest, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; April 2014-Dec 2017, $6,056
USFS-SRS – Summer roost ecology of northern long-eared bats and Indiana bats across
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, PI(s): JM O'Keefe and BL Walters; July 2014-Dec
2014, $2,700
Moore Family Farms – Mistnetting survey at the Moore Family Farm in Montgomery
County, Indiana, PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; May 2014-Oct 2014, $2,500
National Park Service – Acoustic bat survey at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore,
PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; May 2014-July 2014, $1,760
USDA Forest Service – Analysis of acoustic data from the Savannah River Site in SC,
PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; March 2014-May 2014, $653
Ecological Solutions – Analysis and evaluation of acoustic data, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; Sept
2014-March 2015, $126
2013 Indiana DNR – Impacts of white-nose syndrome on a bat community near the Indianapolis
Airport, Indiana, PI(s): JM O'Keefe, J Pettit, and BL Walters; Aug 2013-Dec 2014, $37,500
Apogee Environmental – Bat survey in eastern Ohio, PI(s): JM O'Keefe and BL Walters;
July 2013-Dec 2013, $30,000
USFS-CNF – Estimating occupancy of Indiana bats on northern districts of the Cherokee
National Forest, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; May 2013-Dec 2017, $22,429
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2013 Purdue University – Bat survey of the Hardwoods Ecosystem Experiment, PI(s): JM
O'Keefe; Feb 2013-Feb 2014 $20,300
Environmental Solutions & Innovations, Inc. – Mist-netting surveys in Illinois and Ohio,
PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; July 2013-Dec 2013, $20,000
USFS-CNF – Estimating occupancy of Indiana bats on northern districts of the Cherokee
National Forest, mod 2, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; Aug 2013-Dec 2017, $11,499
USFS-SRS – Estimating occupancy of Indiana bats on northern districts of the Cherokee
National Forest, PI(s): JM O’Keefe; May 2013-Dec 2017, $5,412
Planning Resources – Camp Atterbury Indiana bat habitat recommendations, PI(s): JM
O'Keefe and BL Walters; Nov 2013-Mar 2015, $4,640
Sun Energy – Roost Survey, PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; June 2013-Aug 2013,
$2,000
Moore Family Farms – Acoustic bat survey at the Moore Family Farm in Montgomery
County, Indiana, PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; July 2013-Oct 2013, $1,575
Gradex, Inc. – Habitat survey, PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; June 2013-July 2013,
$1,000
2012 Indianapolis Airport Authority – Bat monitoring and reporting on Indianapolis Airport
Authority lands, PI(s): JM O'Keefe, BL Walters, and JO Whitaker; Feb 2012-April 2014,
$504,872
NC Department of Transportation – Ecology of Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus in
North Carolina, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; Nov 2012-May 2015, $303,642
WEST, Inc. – Bat surveys in Ohio, PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; June 2012-Aug
2012, $58,500
US Fish & Wildlife Service – Estimating occupancy of Indiana bats on northern districts of
the Cherokee National Forest, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; Dec 2012-Dec 2017, $54,974
Purdue University – Bat survey of the Hardwoods Ecosystem Experiment, PI(s): JM
O'Keefe and BL Walters; May 2012-Feb 2014, $16,500
Environmental Solutions & Innovations – Survey for bats along the I-69 corridor in
Indiana, PI(s): JM O'Keefe, BL Walters, and JO Whitaker; May 2012-Aug 2012, $8,000
Triad Mining – Survey for the federally endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) at the
Triad Mining Site in Knox County, Indiana, PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; April 2012-
June 2012, $7,200
Sun Energy – Survey for the federally endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) at the
Hilsmeyer Mine in Pike County, Indiana, PI(s): BL Walters and JM O'Keefe; June 2012-
June 2012, $7,200
2011 Tallassee Fund – Roost ecology of eastern small-footed bats (Myotis leibii) in the southern
Appalachian Mountains, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; July 2011-June 2013, $32,000
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2011 Joint Fire Science Program (subaward from USFS-SRS) – The effects of prescribed fire
on roosting habitat of the endangered Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis, PI(s): JM O'Keefe and SC
Loeb; Feb 2011-May 2014, $214,039
Intramural (ISU) Grants Awarded
2013 ISU Center for Student Research & Creativity – Bat activity in gaps, PI(s): JM O'Keefe;
Summer 2013, $500
2012 ISU Center for Student Research & Creativity – Bat education program for elementary
educators, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; Fall 2012, $1000
ISU Center for Student Research & Creativity – Bats and Pools, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; Fall
2012, $500
2011 ISU Center for Student Research & Creativity – Bat presence and echolocation activity
in a southern Appalachian Forest, PI(s): JM O'Keefe; Summer 2011, $1000
Graduate Student Extramural Grants Awarded
2014 Sigma Xi – Can stable isotopes inform conservation and management of imperiled species?
PI(s): TJ Divoll (PhD student) and JM O'Keefe; Fall 2014-Fall 2015, $600
Indiana Space Grant Consortium – Indiana Space Grant Consortium Scholarship –SM
Bergeson (PhD Student), June 2014-June 2015, $12,000
Indiana Space Grant Consortium – Indiana Space Grant Consortium Scholarship –CM
Byrne (MSc Student), June 2014-June 2015, $6,000
Basically Bats Wildlife Conservation Society – Pseudogymnoascus destructans and wing
tissue growth, VR Rojas (PhD Student), June 2014-May 2015, $4,789
2014 Indiana Academy of Science – Describing social behavior of Indiana bats, Myotis sodalis,
at day roost sites, CM Byrne (MSc Student), April 2014-April 2015, $2,185
2013 Indiana Space Grant Consortium – Indiana Space Grant Consortium Scholarship – SM
Bergeson (PhD Student), June 2013-June 2014, $12,000
2012 Indiana Space Grant Consortium – Indiana Space Grant Consortium Scholarship –KR
Hammond (MSc Student), June 2012-June 2014, $6,000
2011 Indiana Space Grant Consortium – Indiana Space Grant Consortium Scholarship – KR
Hammond (MSc Student), June 2011-June 2012, $6,000
Extramural Grants Submitted, Not Awarded
2015 1 submission totaling $79,412
2014 5 submissions totaling $293,387
2013 10 submissions totaling $731,625
2012 8 submissions totaling $330,117
2011 1 submission totaling $970
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Presentations at Professional Meetings (international, national, regional, or ISU)
Complete list of oral and poster presentations is at the end of the CV
2015 45th Annual Symposium of North American Society for Bat Research (2 talks & 3 posters)
1st North American Joint Bat Working Group Meeting & 25th Colloquium on Conservation
of Mammals (5 talks & 2 posters)
75th Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference, Co-Host of Bats & Forests Symposium (4 talks)
2014 44th Annual Symposium of North American Society for Bat Research (6 talks & 3 posters)
19th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network & 24th Colloquium on
Conservation of Mammals (2 talks & 3 posters)
6th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Bat Working Group (5 talks & 3 posters)
North Carolina Bat Working Group Annual Meeting (2 talks)
BATS ALIVE! Research & Education conference (1 talk)
2014 Mammoth Cave Bats & Fire Workshop (1 talk)
ISU Exposium (1 poster)
2013 16th International Bat Research Conference & 43rd North American Symposium on Bat
Research (3 talks & 1 poster)
The Wildlife Society, 20th Annual Conference (1 talk & 1 poster)
2nd American Dendrochronology Conference (1 poster)
9th North American Forest Ecology Workshop (1 talk)
18th Annual Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Meeting & 23rd Colloquium on
Conservation of Mammals (2 talks)
5th Annual Midwest Bat Working Group Meeting (2 talks & 3 posters)
128th Annual Meeting of Indiana Academy of Science (1 talk)
North Carolina Bat Working Group Meeting (1 talk)
2013 Prescribed Fire & Indiana Bats Workshop (5 talks)
ISU Exposium (3 posters)
2012 42nd meeting of the North American Society for Bat Research (2 talks & 1 poster)
18th Annual Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Meeting & 22nd Colloquium on
Conservation of Mammals (2 talks & 1 poster)
66th Annual Conference of Southeastern Fish & Wildlife Agencies (2 talks)
Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, 73rd Annual Meeting (3 talks)
4th Midwest Bat Working Group Meeting (1 talk & 2 posters)
23rd Great Smoky Mountains Science Colloquium (1 talk)
2011 41st Meeting of the North American Society for Bat Research (2 posters)
North American Forest Ecology & Management Workshop (1 talk)
17th Annual Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Meeting & 21st Colloquium on
Conservation of Mammals (1 poster)
4th Fire in Eastern Oaks Conference (1 poster)
Annual Meeting of the Southern Blue Ridge Fire Learning Network (1 talk)
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Invited Seminars
2015 Prescribed fire and bat conservation, 13 October, Webinar, Oak Woodlands and Forest
Fires Consortium, online
Prescribed fire and bat conservation, 21 September, 3rd Biennial Shortleaf Pine
Conference, Knoxville, TN
Presented forestry and habitat management module for bats in 4 sessions to 57 foresters,
11 March, Workshop for Society of American Foresters, Nashville, IN
Organizer and co-host of Bats and Forests Symposium, 10 February, 75th Midwest Fish
and Wildlife Conference, Indianapolis, IN
Effects of prescribed fire on Indiana bats, 3 February, 2015 Meeting of Tennessee
Prescribed Fire Council, Cookeville, TN
2014 Indiana bats need forests, 6 February, 116th Indiana Hardwood Lumberman’s
Association meeting, Indianapolis, IN
2013 Finding harmony between forest management and bat conservation, 5 November,
Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Bats in trouble: the truth about Indiana’s bats, 26 February, Indiana State University,
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Terre Haute, IN
2011 Ecology of bats in southern Appalachian forests. Presentation to The Wildlife Society,
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Interviews and Profiled Research
2015 WTHI News, to discuss 9th Annual Indiana Bat Festival
Live at 5 on WTWO, to discuss 9th Annual Indiana Bat Festival
Wired Magazine, to discuss white-nose syndrome research by other bat researchers
Indiana Public Media webpage and YouTube to discuss WNS effects on bats in Indiana
2014 WTIU The Weekly Special TV Show, to discuss bats of Indiana and bat conservation
ISU webpage and Terre Haute’s TribStar newspaper, to discuss two research projects in
Southern Appalachian Mountains
IN Public Media webpage and radio, to discuss bats in buildings
Knoxville News Sentinel newspaper and YouTube Channel, features on bat research in
the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (http://youtu.be/jkfj6xrkPYI)
Popular Science, “How to help bats taking a dip in our backyard pools”
Inside Science, “Mom, there’s a bat in the pool”
The Weather Channel, “Do bats crave your swimming pool?”
WBIW.com, “Bat researchers need pool owners help”
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2013 IN Public Media webpage, to discuss listing northern long-eared bats as endangered
WTWO Morning News Show, ISU webpage & Terre Haute’s Tribstar newspaper, to
discuss 7th Annual Indiana Bat Festival
WFYI Bat Features – 2 radio stories on Airport project with Leigh DeNoon
ASTV Aiken, SC TV show TalkBack Live with Ed Girardeau, to discuss bats
WFIU Indiana Public Radio, to discuss population declines in Indiana bats
USFWS Press Release, to discuss Virginia big-eared bat project
WFIU Indiana Public Radio, to discuss climate change and Indiana bats
2012 WFIU Indiana Public Radio, to discuss white-nose syndrome in bats
Popular Science, to discuss bats and Halloween
WTWO Morning News Show, ISU webpage & Terre Haute’s TribStar newspaper, to
discuss 6th Annual Indiana Bat Festival
ISU webpage and Terre Haute’s TribStar newspaper, to discuss Indianapolis Airport
research
Indiana News Service, to discuss white-nose syndrome in bats
Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks LCC newsletter, to discuss partnership with Southeastern
Bat Diversity Network
Indiana University 812 Magazine, to discuss Indiana bats
WTWO TV News, to discuss Indianapolis Airport grant renewal
2011 Southern Appalachians research featured on ISU webpage (video and article) and in
Terre Haute TribStar newspaper
Guest blog post, White-nose Syndrome in Bats Blog. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Science News for Kids
2010 Featured bat researcher in white-nose syndrome podcast produced by Great Smoky
Mountains National Park and Great Smoky Mountains Association
Indiana bat project featured in Chattanooga Free Press (TN)
2006 Guest expert: Bats: the strange and secret lives of bats. Expeditions with Patrick
McMillan, SC Educational Television (aired 11 February 2007)
Professional Workshops Attended
2012 Acoustic Monitoring Workshop, Bat Conservation International, Tulelake, CA
2011 New Faculty Orientation, Indiana State University, August to December
NSF ADVANCE Workshop, Women Evolving Biological Sciences. Selected
participant. Durham, NC, 6-9 November
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Service
Presentations, Short Courses, and Guest Lectures
2015 Bats of Indiana/Night Walk, McCloud Nature Park, North Salem, IN
White-nose Syndrome, 9th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Bats Eat Bugs Event, Indianapolis BugFest, Southeastway Park, New Palestine, IN
White-nose Syndrome, OLLI Program, SBDN Bat Blitz, Bluffton, SC
Bat Biology and WNS, 6 programs for intern groups, Purchase Knob Science Center, NC
Bat Biology and WNS, Asheville Astronomy Club, Purchase Knob Science Center, NC
2014 Bats of Indiana, Noble Crossing Elementary, Noblesville, IN (delivered online)
Bats of Indiana and their echolocation calls, Master Naturalist Class, Terre Haute, IN
Bats of the World, 8th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
White-nose Syndrome, 8th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
Bat Biology and Study; Bats and Climate Change, CampQuest, Aiken, SC
Bat Biology and WNS, 40 high school Interns, Purchase Knob Science Center, NC
2013 White-nose Syndrome, 7th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Bats of the World, 7th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Bats of Our Town. College of Arts and Sciences Community Semester event, 19 April, St. Mary of
the Woods College, St. Mary of the Woods, IN
2013 Bat Conservation and Management Workshop, co-instructor with others from Bat Conservation
International, 10-15 June, Portal, AZ
2012 Bats of Indiana, 2 programs for adult groups, Sullivan, IN
White-nose Syndrome, 6th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Bats of Indiana, 2/3 grade class at Sugar Grove Elementary, Terre Haute, IN
Bats of the Cherokee National Forest, presentation and mist netting demonstration for Forest Service
staff and family (~30 people), Tellico Plains, TN
2011 White-nose Syndrome, White Nose Syndrome for Cavers Workshop, 19th November, Fall Creek Falls
State Park, TN
Bat Research in the 21st Century, Bat Fest, Crossnore, NC
2011 Anabat Workshop for biologists of the Cherokee National Forest, Tellico Plains, TN
Bat Research in the 21st Century and White-nose Syndrome, 5th Annual Indiana Bat Festival, ISU,
Terre Haute, IN
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Service to International, National, and Regional Scientific Organizations
Int’l Comm Member, North American Bat Conservation Alliance, April 2014-March 2015
Nat’l Representative, White-nose Syndrome Stakeholder Committee for non-governmental
organizations, May 2012–present
Member, Data Mgmnt Work. Grp, Nat’l WNS Action Plan, April 2012-present
Co-Organizer, North American Joint Bat Working Group Mtg, St. Louis, MO, Aug. 2014-March
2015
Reg. Southeastern Bat Diversity Network: Past-president (2-year term, 2015-2017), President (2-year
term, 2013-2015), President-elect (2 year term, 2011-2013), Member of Blitz Committee (2004–
present)
Co-host, Midwest Bat Working Group Meeting, Terre Haute, IN, April 2014 & April 2012
Founder, Myotis leibii Working Group. Hosted meeting in Fall Creek Falls, TN in Feb 2013 &
Nacogdoches, TX, February 2014
Member, Mammal Technical Advisory Comm., IN DNR, March 2014-present
Bat Blitz Team Leader: Terre Haute, IN (August 2015, Bluffton, SC (July 2015), Ocoee, TN (July
2014), Kankakee Sands, IN (July 2012), Crossnore, NC (July 2011)
Student Presentations Judge: 23rd Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals, Fall Creek Falls,
TN (Feb. 2013); 73rd Annual Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conf., Wichita, KS (Dec. 2012); 22nd
Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals, Louisville, MS (Feb. 2012)
Student Posters Judge, 5th Annual Midwest Bat Working Group, Muncie, IN, April 2013
Moderator & Student Presentations Judge. 2nd Joint Eastern Bats Meeting & 21st Colloquium on
the Conservation Of Mammals, Louisville, KY, February 2011
Peer Reviews
Ad hoc Reviewer for Research Journals and Symposia
2015: Forest Ecology & Management (1), Ecosphere (1), Northeastern Naturalist (1)
2014: International Journal of Wildland Fire (1), Southeastern Naturalist (1), Indiana
Academy of Science (1)
2013: Northeastern Naturalist (1), Acta Theriologica (1)
2012: Journal of Mammalogy (1), USGS Patuxent (1)
2011: Journal of Mammalogy (1), American Midland Naturalist (1), 4th Fire in East Oak
Forests Conference (1)
Ad hoc Reviewer of Competitive Grant Proposals
2014: Bat Conservation International (10)
2012: TX Academy of Science (1)
2011: TX Academy of Science (1)
Ad hoc reviewer of Management Documents
2014: National Park Service Monitoring Protocol (1)
Joy M. O’Keefe Vitae Current as of 1 December 2015
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Service to Indiana State University
University– Chair, University Research Committee, September 2015-present
Participant, ISU Commencement, May 2015
Member, Critical Thinking Assessment Group, October 2014-December 2014
Member, Math and Writing Center Advisory Board, Jan 2014-present
Participant, Sycamore Educator Day, 2 November 2013
Participant, Faculty Panel for ISU Writing Center, 1 March 2012
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Community Sustainability, Fall 2011–present
Participant, Sustainability Working Group Retreat, 10 April 2011
College – Event host, Community Semester, Spring 2013 & Spring 2014
Member, CAS Revenue Task Force, Fall 2012–Fall 2013
Member, Themester 2013 Committee
Department – Member, Chair Search Committee, Nov 2014-May 2015
Member, Microbiologist Search Committee, Dec 2013-May 2014
Chair, Undergraduate Affairs Committee, January 2014-present
Member, Retention Committee (ad-hoc), Fall 2013
Member, Human Geneticist Search Committee, Spring 2013
Member, Department Chair Review Committee, Spring 2013
Member, Budget & Subvention Committee, 2013
Member, Curriculum Committee, 2013
Liaison to Science Librarian, 2011-present
Member, Graduate Affairs Committee, 2011-2013, 2015
Community – Participant, Community School for the Arts, Indiana State University, Aug 2014-present
Member, Communications Committee, Terre Foods Cooperative Market, Jan 2012-December
2012
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Mammalogists, Bat Conservation International, Indiana Academy of Science,
Kentucky Academy of Science, Midwest Bat Working Group, MYLE Working Group (Founder,
2013), National Speleological Society, North American Society for Bat Research, North Carolina
Bat Working Group (Founder, 2007), Sigma Xi, Southeastern Bat Diversity Network (President-
elect, 2011-2013; President, 2013-2015; Past-president, 2015-2017), The Wildlife Society
Joy M. O’Keefe Vitae Current as of 1 December 2015
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Detailed List of Conference Presentations (2011-2015)
2015
Arndt, R., J. Holmes, J. O’Keefe, W. Mitchell, and S. Lima. Factors influencing emergence
times of Indiana bats in central Indiana. 45th Annual Symposium North American Society for
Bat Research, Monterey, CA, United States *Titley Scientific Presentation Award
Divoll, T. and J.M. O’Keefe. Foraging ecology of Indiana and northern long-eared bats in a
managed forest ecosystem. 45th Annual Symposium North American Society for Bat Research,
Monterey, CA, United States
Hoeh, J. and J.M. O’Keefe. Social behavior of Indiana bats selecting among artificial roosts.
45th Annual Symposium North American Society for Bat Research, Monterey, CA, United
States *Speleobooks Award
O’Keefe, J.M., S. Loeb, and J. Pettit. Severe declines in bat populations in Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. 45th Annual Symposium North American Society for Bat Research,
Monterey, CA, United States
Rojas, V., J.M. O’Keefe, and S. Loeb. Using false-positive occupancy models to refine
distribution models for imperiled Myotis in northeast Tennessee. 45th Annual Symposium
North American Society for Bat Research, Monterey, CA, United States
Bergeson, S.M. and J.M. O’Keefe. Indiana bats don't all roost in Indiana! Variation in roost and
landscape characteristics across the species' range. 1st North American Joint Bat Working
Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States
Byrne, C.M. and J.M. O’Keefe. Describing the social behavior of the Indiana bat at day roost
sites. 1st North American Joint Bat Working Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States
*Best Paper for Midwest
Divoll, T.J. and J.M. O'Keefe. Foraging ecology of Indiana and northern long-eared bats in a
managed forest. 1st North American Joint Bat Working Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United
States
Hammond, K.R. and J.M. O'Keefe. Influence of the extrinsic environmental variables on body
temperature of female Indiana bats in summer roosts. 1st North American Joint Bat Working
Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States
Weber, J.A. and J.M. O'Keefe. Spring time roosting ecology of endangered Virginia big-eared
bats in North Carolina and Tennessee. 1st North American Joint Bat Working Group Meeting,
St. Louis, MO, United States
Holmes, J.B., R.J., Arndt and J.M. O'Keefe. The man in the moon: bats' mortal rnemy? An
exploration into bats and moonlight avoidance. 1st North American Joint Bat Working Group
Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States
Rojas, V.G., J.H. Cox and J.M. O'Keefe. Viability of P. destructans at room temperature. 1st
North American Joint Bat Working Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States
Bergeson, S.M. and J.M. O'Keefe. Indiana bat roost selection in a managed forest. 75th Midwest
Fish and Wildlife Conference, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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2015
Divoll, T.J. and J.M. O'Keefe. Foraging ecology of Indiana and northern long-eared bats in a
managed forest. 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Indianapolis, IN, United States
O'Keefe, J.M. Bats in Midwest forests. 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference,
Indianapolis, IN, United States
Pettit, J. L., J.M. O'Keefe and J.H. Speer. Comparing Indiana Bat roosts at two sites using
dendrochronology. 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Indianapolis, IN, United States
2014
Bergeson, S.M. and J.M. O'Keefe. Uncle Sodalis wants you!! 19th Annual Meeting of the
Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and 24th Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals,
Nacogdoches, TX, United States
Bergeson, S.M. and J.M. O'Keefe. Male Indiana bat roost selection in a managed forest. 19th
Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and 24th Colloquium on
Conservation of Mammals, Nacogdoches, TX, United States *Best Bat Paper
O'Keefe, J.M. and S.C. Loeb. Indiana bat roost habitat selection in the southern Appalachian
Mountains. 19th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and 24th
Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals, Nacogdoches, TX, United States
Pettit, J.L., J.M. O'Keefe, J.H. Speer. Describing Indiana bat roosts using dendrochronology.
19th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and 24th Colloquium on
Conservation of Mammals, Nacogdoches, TX, United States
Rojas, V.G. and J.M. O'Keefe. Taking attendance for bats: Who's out there?. 19th Annual
Meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and 24th Colloquium on Conservation of
Mammals, Nacogdoches, TX, United States *Best Bat Poster
Arndt, R., J.M. O'Keefe, R Mies, and M Bayless. North American Bat Conservation Alliance
Survey Results. 44th Annual Symposium of the North American Society for Bat Research,
Albany, NY, United States
Bergeson, S.M., J.M. O'Keefe. Myotis sodalis roost selection in a managed forest. 44th Annual
Symposium of the North American Society for Bat Research, Albany, NY, United States
Byrne, C.M. and J.M. O'Keefe. Describing the social behaviors at Indiana bat day roost sites.
44th Annual Symposium of the North American Society for Bat Research, Albany, NY, United
States
Clement, M., J.M. O'Keefe, B.L. Walters. A method for estimating abundance in Indiana Bat
maternity colonies from telemetry data. 44th Annual Symposium of the North American
Society for Bat Research, Albany, NY, United States
Divoll, T., J.M. O'Keefe, S. Haulton, A. Meier. Long-term Sampling of Northern Long-eared
Bats- The Hardwood Ecosystem Case Study. 44th Annual Symposium of the North American
Society for Bat Research, Albany, NY, United States
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2014
Nickerson, Z.L. and J.M. O'Keefe. Assessing bats' use of swimming pools as an alternative
water source in the United States. 44th Annual Symposium of the North American Society for
Bat Research, Albany, NY, United States
Pettit, J.L., J.M. O'Keefe, J.H. Speer. Comparing Indiana Bat roosts at two sites using
dendrochronology. 44th Annual Symposium of the North American Society for Bat Research,
Albany, NY, United States
Rojas, V.G., J.M. O'Keefe, S.C. Loeb. Validating and refining a Myotis sodalis presence
probability model. 44th Annual Symposium of the North American Society for Bat Research,
Albany, NY, United States
Weber, J.A. and J.M. O'Keefe. Spring time roosting ecology of Virginia Big-eared bats in
North Carolina. 44th Annual Symposium of the North American Society for Bat Research,
Albany, NY, United States
Bergeson, S.M. and J.M. O'Keefe. Don't forget me guys! Male Indiana bat roost selection in a
managed forest. 6th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Bat Working Group, Terre Haute, IN,
United States
Cox, J.H., S.M. Bergeson, J.M. O'Keefe. Effectiveness of ambient temperature sensitive
transmitter in measuring bat roost temperature. 6th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Bat
Working Group, Terre Haute, IN, United States *Best Poster Award
Cox, J.H. and J.M. O'Keefe. Are small canopy gaps attractive to woodland bats?. 6th Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Bat Working Group, Terre Haute, IN, United States
Kaiser, Z.D. and J.M. O'Keefe. Factors affecting the probability of acoustic detection and site
occupacy of Indiana bats. 6th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Bat Working Group, Terre
Haute, IN, United States
Nickerson, Z.L. and J.M. O'Keefe. Bats & Pools. 6th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Bat
Working Group, Terre Haute, IN, United States
Pettit, J.L. and J.M. O'Keefe. Impacts of white-nose syndrome on a bat community near
Plainfield, IN. 6th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Bat Working Group, Terre Haute, IN,
United States
Rojas, V.G. and J.M. O'Keefe. Probability of detection: Mistnet vs. acoustic surveys. 6th
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Bat Working Group, Terre Haute, IN, United States
Byrne, C.M. and J.M. O'Keefe. Describing the social behaviors at Indiana bat day roost sites.
BATS ALIVE! Research and education conference, Porter, IN, United States
Byrne, C.M. and J.M. O'Keefe. Acoustic and observable behavior at Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis) day roost sites. ISU Exposium, Terre Haute, IN, United States
O'Keefe, J.M. and S. C. Loeb. Snag decay and roost selection by Indiana bats in the southern
Appalachian Mountains. Mammoth Cave Bats and Fire Workshop, Mammoth Cave, KY,
United States
Byrne, C.M. and J.M. O'Keefe. Describing the social behaviors at Indiana bat day roost sites.
North Carolina Bat Working Group Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC, United States
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2014
Weber, JA and JM O'Keefe. Spring time roosting ecology of Virginia Big-eared Bats. North
Carolina Bat Working Group Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC, United States
2013
Byrne, C.M., J.M. O'Keefe, and B.L. Walters. Acoustic and observable behavior at Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis) day roost sites. 128th Annual Meeting of Indiana Academy of Science,
Indianapolis, IN, United States
Bergeson, S.M., J.M. O'Keefe, and K.R. Hammond. Plasticity in thermoregulatory behaviors
may provide endangered Myotis sodalis a buffer against climate change. 16th International Bat
Research Conference and 43rd North American Symposium on Bat Research, San Jose, Costa
Rica
Byrne, C.M., J.M. O'Keefe, and B.L. Walters. Acoustic and observable behavior at Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis) day roost sites. 16th International Bat Research Conference and 43rd North
American Symposium on Bat Research, San Jose, Costa Rica
O'Keefe, J.M., S.C. Loeb, and K.R. Hammond. Indiana bat roosts habitat selection in the
southern Appalachian Mountains. 16th International Bat Research Conference and 43rd North
American Symposium on Bat Research, San Jose, Costa Rica
Weber, J.A. and J.M. O'Keefe. Spring time ecology of Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus) in North Carolina. 16th International Bat Research Conference and
43rd North American Symposium on Bat Research, San Jose, Costa Rica
Hammond, K.R., J.M. O'Keefe, S.P. Aldrich, and S.C. Loeb. Presence only modeling of
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) summer roosting habitat in the southern Appalachian mountains.
18th Annual Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Meeting & 23rd Colloquium on the
Conservation of Mammals, Fall Creek Falls, TN, United States *Best Bat Paper
Thomson, T.J. and J.M. O'Keefe. Spatial patterns and roost associations among a bridge
roosting population of Myotis leibii. 18th Annual Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Meeting
& 23rd Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals, Fall Creek Falls, TN, United States
Pettit, J.P., J.H. Speer, and J.M. O'Keefe. Description of roost trees used by Indiana bats on a
mitigation site near Plainfield, Indiana. 2nd American Dendrochronology Conference, Tucson,
AZ, United States
Bergeson, S.M., and J.M. O'Keefe. Uncle Sodalis needs you!. 5th Annual Midwest Bat
Working Group Meeting, Muncie, IN, United States
Byrne, C.M., J.M. O'Keefe, and B.L. Walters. Acoustic and observable behavior at Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis) day roost sites. 5th Annual Midwest Bat Working Group Meeting, Muncie, IN,
United States
Hammond, K.R., J.M. O'Keefe, S.P. Aldrich, S.C. Loeb. Presence only modeling of Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis) summer roosting habitat in the southern Appalachian mountains. 5th Annual
Midwest Bat Working Group Meeting, Munice, IN, United States *Best Paper
Kaiser, Z.D. and J.M. O'Keefe. Acoustic detection of Indiana bats near a known maternity
colony. 5th Annual Midwest Bat Working Group Meeting, Muncie, IN, United States
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2013
Kaiser, Z.D. and J.M. O'Keefe. Difference in data acquisition with paired bat detectors. 5th
Annual Midwest Bat Working Group Meeting, Muncie, IN, United States
Bergeson, S.M., J.M. O'Keefe, H.A. Badin, and T.C. Carter. The effects of timber harvest on
the bats of the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment project area. 9th North American Forest
Ecology Workshop, Bloomington, IN, United States
Cox, J.H. and J.M. O'Keefe. Forest bat activity at ground and canopy levels. ISU Exposium,
Terre Haute, IN, United States
Kaiser, Z.D. and J.M. O'Keefe. Differences in data acquisition with paired Wildlife Acoustic
SM2bat+ and Anabat SD2 bat detectors. ISU Exposium, Terre Haute, IN, United States
Nickerson, Z.L. and J.M. O'Keefe. Bats and Pools. ISU Exposium, Terre Haute, IN, United
States
Weber, J.A. and J.M. O'Keefe. Spring time ecology of Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus) in North Carolina. North Carolina Bat Working Group Meeting,
Asheboro, NC, United States
Hammond, K.R., J.M. O'Keefe, S.P. Aldrich, and S.C. Loeb. Presence only modeling of
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) summer roosting habitat in the southern Appalachian mountains.
Prescribed Fire and Indiana Bats Workshop, Fontana Dam, NC, United States
Hammond, K.R. and J.M. O'Keefe. Indiana bat movements and roost fidelity in the Southern
Appalachians. Prescribed Fire and Indiana Bats Workshop, Fontana Dam, NC, United States
O'Keefe, J.M., S.C. Loeb, and K.R. Hammond. Indiana Bat roost habitat selection in the
southern Appalachian mountains vs. other regions. Prescribed Fire and Indiana Bats Workshop,
Fontana Dam, NC, United States
O'Keefe, J.M. and S.C. Loeb. Snag fates and temperatures in burn and control plots in the
Southern Appalachians. Prescribed Fire and Indiana Bats Workshop, Fontana Damn, NC,
United States
O'Keefe, J.M. and S.C. Loeb. Landscape-scale snag availability related to fire history in the
Southern Appalachians. Prescribed Fire and Indiana Bats Workshop, Fontana Damn, NC,
United States
Hammond, K.R., J.M. O'Keefe, S.P. Aldrich, and S.C. Loeb. Presence only modeling of
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) summer roosting habitat in the southern Appalachian mountains.
The Wildlife Society, 20th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Kaiser, Z.D. and J.M. O'Keefe. Acoustic detection of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) near a
known maternity colony. The Wildlife Society, 20th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI,
United States
2012
Hammond, K.R., J.M. O'Keefe, and S.C. Loeb. Movements and roost fidelity by Indiana bats in
the southern Appalachian Mountains. 18th Annual Southeastern Bat Diversity Network
Meeting & 22nd Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals, Louisville, MS, United States
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2012
Schaefer, D. and J.M. O'Keefe. Acoustic survey for vertical distribution of habitat use by bats
in the Nantahala National Forest. 18th Annual Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Meeting &
22nd Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals, Louisville, MS, United States *Best poster
Thomson, T.J. and J.M. O'Keefe. Roosting ecology of the eastern small-footed bat in the
southern Appalachian Mountains. 18th Annual Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Meeting &
22nd Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals, Louisville, MS, United States
O'Keefe, J.M. and S.C. Loeb. The effects of prescribed fire on roosting habitat of the
endangered Indiana bats, Myotis sodalis. 23rd Great Smoky Mountains Science Colloquium,
Gatlinburg, TN, United States
Auteri, G., J.M. O'Keefe, B.L. Walters, and A. Kurta. Climate & reproduction of big brown
bats over an 11-year period in Indiana. 42nd Symposium of the North American Society for Bat
Research, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Kaiser, Z.D. and J.M. O'Keefe. Differences in data acquisition with paired Wildlife Acoustic
SM2bat+ and Anabat SD2 bat detectors. 42nd Symposium of the North American Society for
Bat Research, San Juan, Puerto Rico
O'Keefe, J.M., S.M. Bergeson, K.R. Hammond, S.C. Loeb, B.L. Walters, J.A. Weber, and J.O.
Whitaker. Roosting ecology of Indiana bats in forested and fragmented landscapes. 42nd
Symposium of the North American Society for Bat Research, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Kaiser, Z.D. and J.M. O'Keefe. Probability of acoustic detection of the Indiana bat near a
known maternity colony. 4th Midwest Bat Working Group Meeting, Terre Haute, IN, United
States
Weber, J.A., B.L. Walters, and J.M. O'Keefe. Use of artificial roosts by Indiana bats near the
Indianapolis International Airport past and present. 4th Midwest Bat Working Group Meeting,
Terre Haute, IN, United States
Hammond, K.R., J.M. O'Keefe, S.P. Aldrich, and S.C. Loeb. Modeling Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis) summer roosting habitat in the southern Appalachians. 66th Annual Conference of
Southeastern Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Hot Springs, AR, United States
Thomson, T.J. and J.M. O'Keefe. Characteristics of day roosts used by eastern smal-footed bats
in the southern Appalachian Mountains. 66th Annual Conference of Southeastern Fish and
Wildlife Agencies, Hot Springs, AR, United States
Hammond, KR and JM O'Keefe. Utility of landscape-scale models for predicting the presence
of suitable roosting habitat for Indiana bats in the southern Appalachians. Midwest Fish and
Wildlife Conference, 73rd Annual Meeting, Wichita, KS, United States
O'Keefe, J.M., S. Bergeson, K. Hammond, S. Loeb, B. Walters, and J.O. Whitaker, Jr. Roosting
ecology of Indiana bats in forested and fragmented landscapes.. Midwest Fish and Wildlife
Conference, 73rd Annual Meeting, Wichita, KS, United States
Thomson, TJ and JM O'Keefe. Characteristics of day roosts used by eastern small-footed bats
in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, 73rd Annual
Meeting, Wichita, KS, United States
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2011
O'Keefe, J.M. and S.C. Loeb. Indiana bat roost tree selection in the southern Appalachian
Mountains. 17th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network & 21st
Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals, Louisville, KY, United States
Hammond, K.R. and J.M O'Keefe. Comparison of body temperature and movements among
reproductive classes of roosting Myotis sodalis in the Southern Appalachians. 41st Symposium
of the North American Society for Bat Research, Toronto, Canada
Thomson, T.J and J.M. O'Keefe. Roosting ecology of the eastern small-footed bat in the
southern Appalachian Mountains. 41st Symposium of the North American Society for Bat
Research, Toronto, Canada
Clark, S., K. Franzreb, C. Greenberg, T. Keyser, S. Loeb, D. Loftis, H. McNab, J. O'Keefe, C.
Schweitzer, M. Spetich. Research on effects of prescribed fire in southern ecosystems. 4th Fire
in Eastern Oaks Conference, Springfield, MO, United States
Loeb, S.C. and J.M. O'Keefe. Bats and fire: management and mitigation. Annual Meeting of
the Southern Blue Ridge Fire Learning Network, Del Rio, TN, United States
Ford, W.M., J.M. O'Keefe, R. Perry, M. Kalcounis-Rueppell, J. Johnson, S. Loeb, D. Miller, R.
Brooks, S. Castleberry, J. Edwards. Bats and forestry: Not echolocating the forest for the trees.
North American Forest Ecology and Management Workshop, Roanoke, VA, United States