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100TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAMMALOGISTS 14 – 18 JUNE 2021 -VIRTUAL MEETING- CONFERENCE PROGRAM The logo for the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists was designed by Danielle Forte. It features the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), which is included in the official logo for the society. 100TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAMMALOGISTS 14 – 18 JUNE 2021 -VIRTUAL MEETING- 1 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAMMALOGISTS (ASM) The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was established in 1919 for the purpose of promoting interest in the study of mammals. An Overview In addition to being among the most charismatic of animals, mammals are important in many disciplines from paleontology to ecology and evolution. We, of course, are mammals and thus are in the interesting position of studying ourselves in quest of a greater understanding of the role of mammals in the natural world. The ASM is currently composed of thousands of members, many of whom are professional scientists. Members of the Society have always had a strong interest in the public good, and this is reflected in their involvement in providing information for public policy, resources management, conservation, and education. The Society hosts annual meetings and maintains several publications. The flagship publication is the Journal of Mammalogy, a journal produced six times per year that accepts submissions on all aspects of mammalogy. The ASM also publishes Mammalian Species (accounts of individual species) and Special Publications (books that pertain to specific taxa or topics), and we maintain a mammal images library that contains many exceptional photographs of mammals. We encourage you to peruse the ASM web site (www.mammalogy.org) for information about mammals and the American Society of Mammalogists. Check out our interesting history by clicking on the Our History tab on the Archives Committee page. We hope it will stimulate your interest in mammals and further your appreciation of their importance. ASM Leadership The ASM is led by a group of scientists who are elected by the membership. ASM Committees Much of the work that the ASM does is accomplished through a large number of volunteer committees. These committees work to further the aims of the Society and the science of mammalogy as a whole. ASM Endorses Human Diversity The ASM is dedicated to ensuring the opportunity for active, equal participation in all ASM functions by all members, regardless of gender, race, ethnic background, age, physical disabilities, or sexual orientation. http://www.mammalsociety.org/ 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Professional Code of Conduct ...................................................................................................................... 5 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Sponsor List .................................................................................................................................................. 7 General Meeting Information ........................................................................................................................ 8 Board of Directors, Members, and Committee Meetings .............................................................................. 9 Virtual Fieldtrips .......................................................................................................................................... 10 Workshops .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Symposia .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Opening Social Speaker ............................................................................................................................. 13 Plenary IA Student Award Speakers .......................................................................................................... 14 Plenary IB Student Award Speakers .......................................................................................................... 15 Plenary II Senior Award Speakers .............................................................................................................. 16 Plenary IIIA Student Award Speakers ........................................................................................................ 17 Plenary IIIB Student Award Speakers ........................................................................................................ 18 Plenary IV Senior Award Speakers ............................................................................................................ 20 Capstone Speaker ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Undergraduate Honoraria Award Recipients .............................................................................................. 22 Social Events .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Program At-A-Glance.................................................................................................................................. 25 Monday, June 14th ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Tuesday, June 15th .................................................................................................................................... 29 Wednesday, June 16th ............................................................................................................................... 35 Thursday, June 17th ................................................................................................................................... 47 Friday, June 18th ........................................................................................................................................ 53 Author Index ............................................................................................................................................... 59 2022 Meeting Announcement ........................................................................................... Inside Back Cover 3 WELCOME Dear Friends, Colleagues, and fellow Mammalogists – I am pleased to welcome you to the 100th annual meeting, and the first Virtual Annual Meeting, of the American Society of Mammalogists. Not since World War 2 has the ASM been compelled to cancel a meeting, but the COVID-19 pandemic mandated just that action last year. As a result, for many of us this is certain to be somewhat bittersweet – I am thrilled to be coming back to an ASM meeting, and I applaud the heroic efforts of our Program Committee in making this happen – but I will miss the opportunity to meet with many of you in person. I first attended an ASM meeting in 1984, and I joined the society the following year when I started graduate studies. Since then I have missed our annual meetings only when I was out of the country conducting fieldwork. I will miss the hallway discussions, the boisterous poster sessions, the energy that one feels in the room during oral presentations, and all the one-on-one interactions that make the Annual Meeting as much a homecoming and a reunion as it is an adventure in mammalogy. However, I would rather address you from afar than risk spreading COVID-19 among this extended family. In addition to being our first virtual meeting, this is a record-setting event in many other ways. I hope you will join us for the opening social, this year featuring an interactive presentation by Charlie Engelman that your entire family will enjoy. At the other end of the meeting our capstone speaker will be renowned tropical ecologist and conservation biologist, Rodolfo Dirzo. These presentations will bookend an impressive array of talks, workshops, symposia, and social events. We will be showcasing work from 758 conference participants from 40 countries and all five continents. Well over half of these participants are students, reinforcing the benefits of our lengthy history of promoting and supporting the next generation of colleagues. We have 336 oral presentations planned, and 122 posters. Because we were unable to hold plenary sessions in 2020, this year we have four such sessions, providing a venue for recipients of student and senior awards from both 2019 and 2020 to tell us about their work. You may participate in virtual tours of the Duke University Lemur Center, the Washington State University Bear Research Center, and the National Museum of Natural History Marine Mammal collection. In addition to over thirty technical sessions you may enjoy workshops on use of CT data, on camera trap data, mentoring, application of CUREs in pedagogy, and acoustic monitoring, among others, as well as symposia covering topics such as global trends on mammal, trait-based mammal ecology, the role and value of museums in mammalian pathobiology, and more. As always, we have our Gordon Kirkland Run for Research (all proceeds support student research!) and