Publications and Presentations
Publications
Wolcott, D.M., A.C. Grow, A.E. Houston, C.A. Goudie, E. Ozdenerol, B.D. Carver, L.R. Miller, B.A. Simco, and M.L. Kennedy. 2012. Checklist of medium and large mammals at Shelby Farms Park, Memphis, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 87(2):99-104.
Carver, B. D., M. L. Kennedy, A. E. Houston, and S. B. Franklin. 2011. Assessment of temporal partitioning in foraging patterns of Virginia opossums and raccoons. Journal of Mammalogy 92(1):134-139.
Carver, B. D. and N. Ashley. 2008. Roost tree use by co-occurring populations of Rafinesque’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) and southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius). American Midland Naturalist 160(2):364-373.
Jennings, J. B., M. L. Kennedy, A. E. Houston, and B. D. Carver. 2006. Predation on artificial nests of northern bobwhites, Colinus virginianus, by mammalian mesopredators: Does the problem-individual paradigm fit? Canadian Field Naturalist 120(4):452-456.
Carver, B. D., J. W. Lamb, L. Jennings, R. Moore, and G. West. 1998. Great blue heron colony status and nest site characteristics at Sinking Pond, Tennessee. The Migrant 69(4): 176-178.
Selected Presentations
Lereculeur, A.E., H.T. Mattingly, and B.D. Carver. 2013. Summer roosting ecology of the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) at Catoosa WMA. 23rd Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States, Fall Creek Falls State Park, Pikeville, TN. February 15.
Harbach, L., G. Ammons, C. Greene, S. Savage, S. Tucker, and B. Carver. 2010. An analysis of spatiotemporal activity of sympatric mammalian mesopredators at artificial bait stations. 3rd Annual Research Day of the School of Sciences and Mathematics, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN. April 21.
McInnis, K., J. Lawson, L. Harbach, S. Varney, and B. Carver. 2009. Bats in trees: Patterns of roost tree use by Corynorhinus rafinesquii and Myotis austroriparius in western Tennessee. 2nd Annual Research Day of the School of Sciences and Mathematics, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN. April 15.
Varney S., J. Lawson, K. McInnis, L. Harbach, and B. Carver. 2008. Patterns of roost tree use by Corynorhinus rafinesquii and Myotis austroriparius in western Tennessee. 5th Annual meeting of the Tennessee Bat Working Group, Nashville. November 20.
Nasir, A. M., F. A. Okenkpu, J. R. Hisey, P. A. Atairu, M. L. Kennedy, and B. D. Carver. 2008. Raccoon movements, mating tactics, and effective population size. Joint 68th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists and 50th Annual Meeting of Tri-Beta National Biological Honor Society Southeastern Region, Furman University, Greenville, SC. April 16-19.
Atairu, P. A., J. R. Hisey, M. L. Kennedy, and B. D. Carver. 2008. Genetic structuring of lineages in a solitary carnivore. 55th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Memphis, TN. April 10-12.
Nasir, A. M., F. A. Okenkpu, J. R. Hisey, P. A. Atairu, M. L. Kennedy, and B. D. Carver. 2008. Genetic substructuring and effective population size in raccoons. 55th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Memphis, TN. April 10-12.
Carver, B. D., J. Lawson, S. Bell, D. Dickey, K. McInnis, and T. McPherson. 2008. Patterns of roost tree use by Corynorhinus rafinesquii and Myotis austroriparius in western Tennessee. 18th Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States, Blacksburg, VA. February 22.
Lawson, J., S. Bell, and B. D. Carver. 2007. Colony size of Myotis austroriparius in a West Tennessee bottomland hardwood forest. 4th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Bat Working Group, Nashville, TN. November 15.
Carver, B. D. and N. Ashley. 2007. Characteristics of tree roosts of Rafinesque's big-eared bats and southeastern myotis in western Tennessee. 17th Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States, Destin, FL. February 15-16.
Hessen, E., B. D. Carver, J. R. Hisey, and M. L. Kennedy. 2005. Temporal variation in sex-bias response of raccoons (Procyon lotor) to live traps. 15th Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States, Paris Landing State Park, TN. February 18.
Jennings, J. B., M. L. Kennedy, A. E. Houston, and B. D. Carver. 2005. Predation by mammalian mesopredators on artificial nests of Northern Bobwhites: Testing the problem individual hypothesis. 15th Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States, Paris Landing State Park, TN. February 18.
Carver, B. D. 2004. Improving statewide bat distribution knowledge through the Tennessee State Parks ATBI project. 1st annual meeting of the Tennessee Bat Working Group, Nashville, TN. November 9.
Akins, J. B., B. D. Carver and M. L. Kennedy. 2004. An examination of species richness in mammals using scent-station methodology in three habitats. 14th Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States, Unicoi State Park, GA. February 13.
Hessen, E., B. D. Carver, J. R. Hisey, and M. L. Kennedy. 2003. An assessment of sex-biased response of raccoons (Procyon lotor) to live traps in western Tennessee. 113th Annual Meetings of the Tennessee Academy of Science. Franklin, TN. November 13-15.
Carver, B. D., M. L. Kennedy, and A. E. Houston. 2002. An assessment of spatial partitioning of habitat among mammalian mesopredators. The Wildlife Society 9th Annual Conference, Bismarck, ND. September 24-28.
Rochier, A. L., B. D. Carver, and M. L. Kennedy. 2002. Long-term density fluctuations in raccoons (Procyon lotor). The University of Memphis Undergraduate Research Forum, TN. April. (Poster)
Carver, B. D., and M. L. Kennedy. 2002. Capture trends from a mark-recapture study of male and female raccoons in western Tennessee. 25th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Fall Creek Falls State Park, TN. March 6-8.
