Research:

My teaching and research interests include the behavior and ecology of wild mammals, especially bats and rodents and their use of ultrasound. I have taught classes in vertebrate zoology and ecology. I am a past chair of the North American Society for Bat Research.  I give regular presentations to the public about wildlife conservation, including a popular Halloween season program on bats.

Representative Publications:

Vindigni, M.A., Morris, A.D., Miller, D.A., and M.C. Kalcounis-Rüppell. 2009. Use of modified water sources by bats in a managed pine forest landscape. In Press. Forest Ecology and Management.

Morris, A.D., Miller, D.A., and M.C. Kalcounis-Rüppell. 2009. Use of forest edges by bats in a managed pine forest landscape. In Press. Journal of Wildife Management. 

Metheny, J.D., Kalcounis-Rüppell, M.C., Bondo, K., and Brigham R.M. 2008. A genetic analysis of group movement in an isolated population of tree-roosting bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences DOI:10.1098/rspb.2008.0532

Kalcounis-Rüppell, M.C., Payne, V., Huff, S.R., Boyko, A. 2007. Effects of wastewater treatment plant effluent on bat foraging ecology in an urban stream system. Biological Conservation 138: 120-130

Kalcounis-Rüppell, M.C., Metheny, J.D. and M.J. Vonhof. 2006. Production of ultrasound by wild Peromyscus mice. Frontiers in Zoology 3:3.

Classes:

Vertebrate Zoology (BIO 370)
Vertebrate Zoology Lab (BIO 370L)
Introductory Ecology Lab (BIO 302)

Contact:

435 Eberhart Building
(336) 256-2590