Staff Member
Laci Sharee Coleman
Master's
Email: colemanl@vt.edu
Education
- MS Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2013
- Other University of Georgia 2011
Biography
I am from Kennesaw, GA where I grew up with my mom and older brother. I got my Bachelor's of Science and Forest Resources in wildlife management from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. I am most interested in studying nongame and endangered species management and conservation.. Monitoring bat populations has been of interest at Ft. Drum, NY since 2003 and has become more crucial since the onset of white-nose syndrome in 2006.The project at Ft. Drum focuses on acoustic monitoring of bats using Anabat technology. We hope to determine the most effective ways to monitor bats acoustically by comparing the detection probabilities of varying methods of Anabat use. We will also compare mist-net data with acoustic data to show which monitoring technique is ultimately most successful at detecting species. The results of this study may provide valuable information for the most efficient and effective monitoring techniques of bats as white-nose syndrome continues to spread.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Jachowski, D.S., C.A. Dobony, L.S. Coleman, W.M. Ford, E.R. Britzke, and J.L. Rodrigue. 2014. Disease and community assemblage: white-nose syndrome alters spatial and temporal niche partitioning in sympatric bat species. Diversity and Distributions 20:1002- 1015 | Abstract | April 2014 |
| Ford, W.M., C.A. Dobony, D.S. Jachowski, L.S. Coleman, T. Nocera and E.R. Britzke. 2020. Case Study One: Acoustic Surveys at Fort Drum Military Installation – the Value of Long-term Monitoring. Pages 78-81in: E.E. Fraser, A. Silvis, R.M. Brigham and Z. Czenze (eds). Bat Echolocation Research: a Handbool for Planning Acoustics Studies. Bat Conservation International, Austin TX. 116 p. | May 2020 |
| Coleman, L.S., W.M. Ford, C.A. Dobony and E.R. Britzke. 2014. Effect of passive acoustic sampling methodology on detecting bats after declines from white nose syndrome. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment 6:56-64 | Abstract | January 2014 |
| Colelman, L.S., W.M. Ford, C.A. Dobony, and E.R. Britzke. 2013. Comparison of radio-telemetric home range analysis and acoustic detection for little brown bat habitat evaluation in northwestern New York, USA. Northeastern Naturalist 21:431-435 | May 2014 |
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Acoustical Sampling Following White-nose Syndrome at Fort Drum, New York: Pilot Test to Determine Efficacious Techniques to Address Surveillance Needs | December 2013 |
| Post WNS bat ecology in the eastern United States | December 2024 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Diggins, C,A,, A. Silvis, A. Kniowski, W.M. Ford, G.J. Graeter, and L. Coleman. 2016. ASSESSING WINTER ACTIVITY OF HIBERNATING BATS USING ULTRASONIC ACOUSTICS: LESSONS LEARNED. 26th Annual Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States. Guntersville, AL. February 18-19 | February 2016 |
| Coleman, L.S., W.M. Ford, C.A. Dobony, and E.R. Britzke. 2013. A comparison of mist netting and acoustic sampling for detecting bat species in the post-white nose syndrome world. Virginia Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. February 12-13. | February 2013 |
| Coleman, L.S., W.M. Ford, C.A. Dobony and E.R. Britzke. 2014. EFFECT OF PASSIVE ACOUSTIC SAMPLING METHODOLOGY ON DETECTING BATS AFTER DECLINES FROM WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME. 2014 Northeastern Bat Working Group, Port Clinton, NJ. | January 2014 |
| Coleman, L.S., C.A. Dobony, W.M. Ford and E.R. Britzke. 2013. On overview of little brown bat habitat preferences at the Fort Drum Military Installation. 2013 Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the South. Pikeville, Tennessee. February 14-15. | February 2013 |
| Coleman, L.S., C.A. Dobony, W.M. Ford and E.R. Britzke. 2013. Uncertainty in home range estimates of little brown bats at Fort Drum Military Installation. 2013 Northeast Bat Working Group Meeting. Albany, New York. January 9-11. | January 2013 |
| Coleman, L.A., C.A. Dobony, W.M. Ford and E.R. Britzke. 2013. A Comparison of Passive and Active Acoustic Sampling for Monitoring a Bat Community Impacted by White-nose Syndrome. Abstracts of the 2013 Wildlife Society, Milwaukee, WI. Oct 5-9. | October 2012 |