Dr. Rick Sherwin

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Sherwin Research Lab

"Education outside of the classroom can often best be achieved through involvement outside of academia, in more wide reaching forums such as the media and popular literature."

Dr. Rick Sherwin

 

The SHERWIN RESEARCH LAB >  is centered on the population ecology and conservation of Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii). 

Graduate and Undergraduate students, who are intellectually curious, self-motivated and who enjoy lab and field work are always welcome to apply for student research positions.  Check out the details >

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IN THE FIELD:

Alaska

Arizona

Idaho

Mexico

Nevada

New Mexico

Utah

 ON VIDEO look for:

 Mining for Bats >

 New Extended Reel >

 

 

 
bullet Collaborative Research:
 

William L. Gannon, Ph.D. >  Department of Biology, University of New Mexico

 

Markus Mika  >  University of Nevada, Las Vegas

"The effects of gating on Townsend's Big-eared Bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) in Logan Cave, Utah."

"Short-term response of a Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) maternity colony to wildfire."

  Dr. Paul Cryan >  U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
  Dr. Jacob Goheen >  Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
 
bullet Laboratory Products >
 
bullet Grants >
 

Active research projects include:

  • Impacts of abandoned mine reclamation on populations of Townsend's big-eared bat.
  • Identification of free-flying bats in Alaska.
  • Protection of abandoned mines in Alaska as refugia from changing global temperatures.
  • Bioinventories and survey of abandoned mines for Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining.
  • Importance of Pinyon-Juniper woodlands to bats in Nevada.
  • Impacts of landscape-level disturbances on landscape genetics of breeding colonies of bats.
 
 
 

Explore your options:

Student

Research Team

Biographies>



Sam Skalek and Jeff Frederick
Ela-Sita Carpenter
Jonathan Warren
Rebecca East
 
Robin Ives Lab Supervisor
Robin Ives
 
 
 
 

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