Susan (left) and Kendra (right), Thailand 2013

Two student members of the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit (SEABCRU) presented preliminary findings of their dissertation research projects at the 5th Enrichment Workshop for U.S. Fulbright Scholars and Students in Southeast Asia held in Bangkok, Thailand on March 6 – 9, 2013.  In back-to-back paper presentations, Kendra Phelps and Susan Tsang, Fulbright Fellows to the Philippines and Indonesia respectively, discussed topics relating to the conservation of cave bats and flying foxes in Southeast Asia respectively.  Ms. Phelps gave a presentation entitled “Conserving cave bats in the Philippines: assessing the impact of cave disturbance on bats”; while Ms. Tsang gave paper and poster presentations entitled “Population genetics of widespread species of flying foxes (genus Pteropus) in Indonesia”.

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