Merlin Tuttle

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Tuttle, Merlin (2005). America's Neighborhood Bats: Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them (2nd revised ed.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. ISBN   978-0-292-71280-5.
  • Tuttle, Merlin; Kiser, Mark; Kiser, Selena (2005). The Bat House Builder's Handbook (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. ISBN   978-0-9742379-1-6.
  • Tuttle, Merlin (2015). The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   978-0-544-38227-5.
  • Taylor, Marianne; Tuttle, Merlin, eds. (2019). Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. ISBN   978-1-58834-647-6.
  • Tuttle, M.D. "Curriculum Vitae". MerlinTuttle.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  • Tuttle, M.D. (1970). "Distribution and Zoogeography of Peruvian Bats with Comments on Natural History". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 49 (2). University of Kansas: 45–86. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.9197 .
  • Tuttle, M.D. (1975). "Population Ecology of the Gray Bat (Myotis grisescens): Factors Influencing Preflight Growth and Development". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas (36). University of Kansas: 1–24.
  • Tuttle, M.D. (1976). "Population Ecology of the Gray Bat (Myotis grisescens): Factors Influencing Growth and Survival of Newly Volant Young". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas. 57 (56). University of Kansas: 587–595. Bibcode:1976Ecol...57..587T. doi:10.2307/1936443. JSTOR   1936443.
  • Tuttle, M.D. (1976). "Population Ecology of the Gray Bat (Myotis grisescens): Philopatry, Timing and Patterns of Movement, Weight Loss During Migration, and Seasonal Adaptive Strategies". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas (54). University of Kansas: 1–38.
  • Tuttle, M.D. (1978). "Variation in the Cave Environment and its Biological Implications". In R. Zuber; J. Chester; S. Gilbert; D. Rhodes (eds.). National Cave Management Symposium Proceedings. Albuquerque, NM: Adobe Press. pp. 108–121.
  • Tuttle, M.D. (1979). "Status, Causes of Decline, and Management of the Endangered Gray Bat". Journal of Wildlife Management (44): 955–960.
  • Tuttle, M.D. (1982). "Gray Bat". In D.E. Davis (ed.). Handbook of Census Methods for Terrestrial Vertebrates. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 127–128.
  • Tuttle, M.D. (2005). America's Neighborhood Bats: Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them (2nd revised ed.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. ISBN   978-0-292-71280-5.
  • Tuttle, M.D. (2015). The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   978-0-544-38227-5.
  • Tuttle, M.D.; Kiser, M.; Kiser, S. (2005). The Bat House Builder's Handbook: Second Edition (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. ISBN   978-0-9742379-1-6.
  • Tuttle, M.D.; Robertson, P.B. (1969). "The Gray Bat, Myotis grisescens, East of the Appalachians". Journal of Mammalogy (50): 37.
  • Tuttle, M.D.; Ryan, M.J. (1981). "Bat Predation and the Evolution of Frog Vocalizations in the Neotropics". Science . 214 (4521): 677–678. Bibcode:1981Sci...214..677T. doi:10.1126/science.214.4521.677. PMID   17839660. S2CID   5627264.
  • Tuttle, M.D.; Ryan, M.J. (1982). "The Role of Synchronized Calling, Ambient Light, and Noise in Anti-Bat-Predator Behavior of a Tree Frog". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (11): 125–131. doi:10.1007/BF00300101. S2CID   29430974.
  • Tuttle, M.D.; Ryan, M.J.; Belwood, J.J. (1985). "Acoustical Resource Partitioning by Two Species of Phyllostomatid Bats (Trachops cirrhosus and Tonatia sylvicola)". Animal Behaviour . 33 (4): 1369–1270. doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(85)80204-9. S2CID   53160674.
  • Tuttle, M.D.; Stevenson, D.E. (1977). "An Analysis of Movement as a Mortality Factor in the Gray Bat, Based on Public Recoveries of Banded Bats". American Midland Naturalist (97): 235–240. doi:10.2307/2424704. JSTOR   2424704.
  • Tuttle, M.D.; Taft, L.K.; Ryan, M.J. (1982). "Evasive Behavior of a Frog in Response to Bat Predation". Animal Behaviour . 30 (2): 393–397. doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(82)80050-X. S2CID   53161327.
  • Notes

    1. 1 2 "Merlin's History in Bat Conservation - Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation". www.merlintuttle.org.
    2. 1 2 "The Year Austin Wanted to Exterminate the Bats". September 24, 2019.
    3. 1 2 "History of Austin's famous Congress Avenue bats flies from hysteria to city treasure". CultureMap Austin. 4 May 2018.
    4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2020-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    5. 1 2 "BATS Magazine Article: BCI Helps Samoans Gain National Park". www.batcon.org.
    6. NPS 1988
    7. Tuttle, M.D. 1975
    8. Tuttle, M.D. 1976.
    9. E.g., Barclay, Fenton, Tuttle, & Ryan 1981; Ryan, Tuttle, & Barclay 1983; Tuttle, Ryan, & Belwood 1985.
    10. Allen, W.L. 2001.
    11. Digital Photographer 2007.
    12. Bryan, C.D.B. 1994
    13. "BATS Magazine Article: Bats Go Postal". www.batcon.org.
    14. "Night Friends - American Bats On-line Activity Guide" (PDF). www.csu.edu.
    15. "House Resolution 1008" (PDF). lrl.texas.gov.
    16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tuttle, M.D. 2015
    17. "'The Secret Lives of Bats': story of a misunderstood mammal". The Seattle Times. December 20, 2015.
    18. Pain, Stephanie. "The Secret Lives of Bats: The adventures of the real batman". New Scientist.
    19. "Adventures With a Bat Biologist". To the Best of Our Knowledge via WNYC. August 28, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
    20. Tuttle, M.D. 1970
    21. Tuttle, M.D.; Robertson, P.B. 1969
    22. Tuttle, M.D.; Stevenson, D.E. 1977
    23. Tuttle, Merlin 2005.
    24. Tuttle, Merlin; Kiser, Mark; Kiser, Selena 2005.
    25. Taylor, Marianne; Tuttle, Merlin, eds. 2019.
    26. "Smithsonian Venezuelan Project". Smithsonian Institution Archives. May 26, 2016.
    27. Adventures of a Real Batman: 1966-1967
    28. "Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project / by Charles O. Handley, Jr". Smithsonian Institution.
    29. Locke, Robert (Summer 2009). "A lifetime of bats and science". Bat Conservation International. pp. 2–3.
    30. "Congress Bridge Impact" (PDF). www.batcon.org.
    31. "Loyal Friends Keep BCI Strong, Pg. 32" (PDF). upbathouses.com.
    32. "Adventurer wouldn't let Grand Canyon fall stop him". www.jsonline.com.
    33. "National Park of American Samoa Public Law 100-571 100th Congress" (PDF). www.govinfo.gov.
    34. "Text of H.R. 4818 (100th): A bill to establish the National Park of Samoa. (Passed Congress version)". GovTrack.us.

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    Merlin Devere Tuttle
    Merlin Tuttle - U8jsGjxE.jpg
    Merlin feeding a mealworm to a little big-eared bat (Micronycteris megalotis) in Trinidad, 2016
    Born (1941-08-26) August 26, 1941 (age 83)
    Known forBat ecology and photography, conservationism
    TitleFounder & Executive Director, Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation;
    Founder & Former Director, Bat Conservation International;
    Advisory Board Member, Disney's Animal Kingdom;
    Former Curator of Mammals, Milwaukee Public Museum;
    Research Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin;
    Co-Director, Smithsonian Venezuelan Project
    Awards
    • Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. Award
    • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Chuck Yeager Award
    • Chevron/Times-Mirror Conservation Award
    • Texas 77th Legislature House Resolution No. 1008 Commendation
    • Margaret Douglas Medal
    • The National Speleological Society Honorary Life Member
    • Honorary Doctorate Andrews University
    • Honorary Life Membership North American Society for Bat Research
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    Academic background
    Alma mater Andrews University (BA)
    University of Kansas (MA, Ph.D.)