Staff Member
Amber Litterer
Research Associate
Email: amberlitterer@vt.edu
Education
- BS University of New Hampshire 2016
Biography
Broadly, my interests are in the protection and management of rare and endangered species, and the role education and outreach can play in conservation.
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| PFAS Bioaccumulation in Coastal Seabirds | December 2025 |
| Post WNS bat ecology in the eastern United States | December 2028 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Nelson, R.E., J.S. Lamb, P.G.R. Jodice, A.S. Litterer, and R. Lohmann. 2025. Examining PFAS bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in avian species of Charleston<br>Harbor. Waterbird Society and Pacific Seabird Group Joint Meeting, San Jose, Costa Rica. | January 2025 |
| Moran, M.L., A.S. Litterer, J.L. De La Cruz, and W.M. Ford. 2024. Relative activity of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. 34th Colloquium of Conservation of Mammals in the Southeast. Hilton Head, SC. Feb. 16. | February 2024 |
| Litterer, A.S., J.S. Lamb, R.E. Nelson, R. Lohmann, P.G.R. Jodice. 2025. Differences in movement patterns of two nearshore marine bird species in an area of elevated PFAS concentrations. Waterbird Society and Pacific Seabird Group Joint Meeting, San Jose, Costa Rica. | January 2025 |
| Litterer, A.S., J.S. Lamb, R.E. Nelson, R. Lohmann, P.G.R. Jodice. 2025. Assessing Movement Patterns of Brown Pelicans in an Area of Elevated PFAS Concentrations. Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Marine Bird Cooperative. | December 2024 |
| Litterer, A.S., H. Taylor, M.C. True, and W.M. Ford. 2022. With apologies to Marie Antoinette "let them eat cicadas" 2022 Northeast Bat Working Group, Manchester, NH. Jan. 12-14. | January 2022 |
| Litterer, A. and W.M. Ford. 2024. <b>A Comparison of Estimates of Foraging Space Use of A Little Brown Bat Maternity Colony Using An Azimuthal Telemetry Model and Traditional Bi-angulation and Triangulation. 34th Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals in the Southeast. Hilton Head, SC. Feb. 16.</b> | February 2024 |
| Blume, C., A. LItterer, and W.M. Ford. 2024. Changes in the nightly activity of northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) due to increased urban light intensity in Rock Creek Park, Washington D.C. 34th Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals in the Southeast. Hilton Head, SC. Feb. 16. | February 2024 |
| <b><b>Litterer, A.S., S.R. Freeze, M.L. Moran, R.E. Green and W.M. Ford. 2023. ACOUSTIC ACTIVITY OF LITTLE BROWN BATS (<i>MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS</i>) WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE ESTIMATED SPACE USE OF A MATERNITY COLONY. </b>2023 Northeast Bat Working Group, Burlington, VT. Jan. 19, 2023</b> | January 2023 |