Bats of the United States and Canada

Acknowledgments

recto runninghead 11 Acknowledgments We thank our respective universities (MJH, Tennessee Technological University; JSA, the University of New Mexico; TLB, Auburn University ) for aid in making this publication possible. We are especially grateful to Robert R. Currie, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Keith B. Sutton, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, for their financial and editorial help in making our 1999 publication possible. We also thank those many colleagues as well as numerous graduate and undergraduate students we have had the privilege of working with during our academic careers. Because of the general nature of this publication, we have not cited or referenced the numerous authors and publications from which we obtained much of the information presented. To those scientists we owe a deep debt of gratitude. Without the use of the published results of their research, this book would not have been possible. Finally, our very sincere thanks go to our families for their tolerance , patience, understanding, and support during our numerous nocturnal forays into the world of bats. Night-vision binoculars and telescopes provide a means of observing bats in almost total darkness. J. Scott Altenbach This page intentionally left blank recto runninghead 13 bats of the United States and Canada This page intentionally left blank ...