Conference dinner at the Museum of Natural History. |
Four members have just attended the “4th International Berlin Bat Meeting: "Movement Ecology of Bats”, giving talks (Per Henningsson and Jonas Håkansson) and presenting a poster (Lasse Jakobsen).
The
conference had about 300 attendees and from a CAnMove perspective it was spot
on. We have heard a great number of fascinating talks, many presenting tracking
data using microdata-loggers to record GPS positions and many other variables.
One study reported on bat movements where the bats also had microphones to
record encounters with other bats, to show that they aggregate as they forage
around the lake of Genezareth. Sharon Swartz, Brown University, gave a plenary
about the recent work on skin properties and the function of inter-membrane
muscles. We also had a very nice section about bat migration, where Liam
McGuire talked about the network of receives that is put up in North America to
study bird and bat migration. Other topics were movements and sociality and
movement of bats in relation to the spreading of zoonotic disease.
On the morning before the
conference started we also made a visit to the Berlin Botanic Garden, where
especially the green houses can be recommended if you visit Berlin.
//Anders Hedenström
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