Bibliography -
Bat Research in Kentucky

For additional references, check out the Literature Reference Database on the Bat Conservation International website - click here!

Adam, M.D. 1992. Movements, habitat selection, and population status of the endangered Virginia big-eared bat in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky. M.S. thesis, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.

Adam, M.D., M.J. Lacki, and T.G. Barnes. 1994. Foraging areas and habitat use of the Virginia big-eared bat in Kentucky. J. Wildl. Manage. 58:462-469.

Adam, M.D., M.J. Lacki, and L.G. Shoemaker. 1994. Influence of environmental conditions on flight activity of Plecotus townsendii virginianus. Brimleyana 21:77-85.

Barbour, R.W. & W.H. Davis. 1969. Bats of America. Univ. Press of Kentucky, Lexington.

Bauer, Elizabeth Duffy. 1992. The summer food habits of a bachelor colony of Virginia big-eared bats in eastern Kentucky with observations on associated feeding shelters. M.S. thesis, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond.

Bryan, H.D. & J.R. MacGregor. 1988. Bat notes from eastern Kentucky. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 49:140.

Burford, L.S. and M.J. Lacki. 1995. Habitat use by Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus in the Daniel Boone National Forest. American Midland Naturalist 134: 340-345.

Burford, L.S. and M.J. Lacki. 1998. Moths consumed by Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus in eastern Kentucky. American Midland Naturalist 139:141-146.

Burford, L.S.; M.J. Lacki and C.V. Covell, Jr. 1999. Occurrence of moths among habitats in a mixed mesophytic forest:
implications for management of forest bats. Forest Science 45:323-332.

Chadwick, J.W. & W.H. Davis. 1984. Notes on Kentucky mammals: Myotis keenii and Sorex longirostris. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 45:159.

Davis, W.H., M.D. Hassell, & M.J. Harvey. 1965. Maternity colonies of the bat Myotis lucifugus in Kentucky. Amer. Midl. Nat. 73:161-165.

Fassler, D.J. 1972. An additional record of the hoary bat in Kentucky. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 33:36.

Fassler, D.J. 1973. An additional evening bat from south central Kentucky. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 34:46.

Hall, J.S. 1963. Notes on Plecotus rafinesquii in central Kentucky. J. Mammal. 44:119-120.

Hall, J.S. and N. Wilson. 1966. Seasonal populations and movements of the gray bat in the Kentucky area. Amer. Midl. Nat. 75:317-324.

Harvey, M., J. MacGregor, and R. Currie. 1991. Distribution and status of chiroptera in Kentucky and Tennessee. J. Tenn. Acad. Sci. 66:191-194.

Hassell, M.D. 1967. Intra-cave activity of four species of bats hibernating in Kentucky. M.S. thesis, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.

Hendricks, W. D., L. E. McKinney, B. L. Palmer-Ball, Jr., and M. Evans. 1991. Biological Inventory of the Jackson Purchase Region of Kentucky. KY State Nature Preserves report to KY Dept. Fish and Wildlife Resources.

Humphrey, S.R. 1971. Population ecology of the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus, in Indiana and north-central Kentucky. Ph.D. diss., Oklahoma St. Univ., Stillwater.

Humphrey, S.R. & J.B. Cope. 1976. Population ecology of the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus, in Indiana and north-central Kentucky. Spec. Publ., Amer. Soc. Mammal. 4:1-81.

Hurst, T.E. 1997. Foraging area, habitat use, population estimates and food habits of Rafinesque's big-eared bat in southeastern Kentucky. M.S. thesis, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.

Hurst, T.E. and M.J. Lacki.1997. Food habits of Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat in southeastern Kentucky. Journal of Mammalogy 78: 525-528.

Hurst, T.E. and M.J. Lacki. 1999. Roost selection, population size and habitat use by a colony of Rafinesque's Big-eared Bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii). American Midland Naturalist 142:363-371.

Hutchinson, J.T. 1998. Summer Roost Site Selection of Red Bats in Mixed Mesophytic Forests. M.S. thesis, University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Hutchinson, J.T. and M.J. Lacki. 2000. Selection of day roosts by red bats in mixed mesophytic forests. Journal of Wildlife Management 64:87-94.

Hutchinson, J.T. and M.J. Lacki. 2001. Possible microclimate benefits of roost site selection in the red bat, Lasiurus borealis, in mixed mesophytic forests of Kentucky. Canadian-Field-Naturalist 115: 205-209.

Kessler, J.S., W.M. Turner, & L. Morgan. 1981. A survey for the Indiana bat Myotis sodalis on Knob Creek, Bullitt county, Kentucky. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 42:38-40.

Kiser, J. and L.E. Meade. 1993. A survey of small mammals in the Morehead Ranger District, Daniel Boone National Forest. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 54:87-92.

Lacki, M.J. 1994. Metal concentrations in guano from a gray bat summer roost. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 55:124-126.

Lacki, M.J., M.D. Adam, and L.G. Shoemaker. 1993. Characteristics of feeding roosts of Virginia big-eared bats in Daniel Boone National Forest. J. Wildl. Manage. 57:539-543.

Lacki, M.J., M.D. Adam, and L.G. Shoemaker. 1994. Observations on seasonal cycle, population patterns and roost selection in summer colonies of Plecotus townsendii virginianus in Kentucky. Am. Midl. Nat. 131:34-42.

Lacki, M.J., L.S. Burford, & J.O. Whitaker, Jr. 1995. Food habits of gray bats in Kentucky. J. Mammal. 76:1256.

Lacki, M.J. and J.T. Hutchinson. 1999. Communities of bats in the Grayson Lake Region, northeastern Kentucky. J. Ky. Acad. Sci. 60:9-14.

Lacki, M.J. and K.M. Ladeur. 2001. Seasonal use of lepidopteran prey by Rafinesque's big-eared bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii). American Midland Naturalist 145:213-217.

Lacki, M.J. and J.H. Schwierjohann. 2001. Day-roost characteristics of northern bats in mixed mesophytic forest. J. Wildl. Manage. 65:482-488.

MacGregor, J.R. & A.G. Westerman. 1982. Observations on an active maternity site for the gray bat in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 43:136-137.

Meade, L.E. 1992. New distributional records for selected species of Kentucky mammals. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 53:127-132.

Miller, A. and J. Kessler. 1980. Investigation of Chiropteran use of the Salt River, Spencer and Anderson counties, Kentucky. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 41:157-159.

Miller, D.A., E. B. Arnett, and M.J. Lacki. 2003. Habitat management for forest-roosting bats of North America: A critical review of habitat studies. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31: 30-44.

Moosman, P.R. 2001. Bat communities of fragmented and intact woodlands in central Kentucky. M.S. thesis, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond.

Rabinowitz, A. & M.D. Tuttle. 1980. Status of summer colonies of the endangered gray bat in Kentucky. J. Wildl. Manage. 44:955-960.

Rippy, C.L. & M.J. Harvey. 1965. Notes on Plecotus townsendii virginianus in Kentucky. J. Mammal. 46:499.

Shoemaker, L.G. 1994. Diet preference of the endangered Virginia big-eared bat in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky. M.S. thesis, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.

Sievert, Gregory Arthur. 1982. A survey of the populations and environmental parameters of the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) in Jackson and Rockcastle Counties, Kentucky. M.S. thesis, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond.

Wethington, T.A. 2001. Status and management of endangered bats in Kentucky. Proceedings of the Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55: 389-395.

If you know of any studies that should be added to the above list,
please send pertinent information to Gary Ritchison (gary.ritchison@eku.edu).

Back to KBWG Homepage