Prospective Students
 







 Tim Carter
Ball State University
Dept of Biology
765-285-8842

Dept of Biology
 




 Timothy C. Carter, Ph.D.                
Assistant Professor
Wildlife Biology and Mammalogy

Curator for the Ball State University Mammalogy Collection

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Educational Background

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Ph.D. 2003
University of Georgia, M.S. 1998
University of Georgia, B.S. 1996

General Research & Interest Areas

  • Wildlife Biology and Management. 
  • Non-game and endangered species
  • Bat ecology  

My research program has focused on non-game and endangered species. Much of my interests lie in how land management affects non-game and endangered species. I have done extensive work on the federally endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) identifying and delineating critical summer habitat.  As well as examining winter hibernation habitat.

I also work with small mammal communities. Again much of this work has focused on how changes in land-use affect these animals. Additionally, I am involved in a reintroduction project for the Illinois state-endangered eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana)

Graduate and undergraduate students working with me have studied various aspects of bat ecology and small mammals. Persons interested in graduate research involving questions in wildlife biology may contact me. They should also view my document for Prospective Students.

 

Courses Currently Teaching 

 

 

Recent Publications

Carter, T. C.  2006.  Indiana Bats in the Midwest: The Importance of Hydric Habitats.  Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1185-1190.

Steffen, B. J., T. L. York Osborne, T. C. Carter, and G. A. Feldhamer.  2006.  The first record of the eastern small-footed myotis (Myotis leibii) in Illinois.  Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, 99:87-89.

MacCarthy, K. A., T. C. Carter, B. J. Steffen, G. A. Feldhamer.  2006.  Efficacy of the mist net protocol for Indiana Bats: a video analysis.  Northeastern Naturalist, 13:25-28.

Carter, T. C and G. A. Feldhamer.  2005.  Roost trees used by maternity colonies of Indiana bats and northern myotis in southern Illinois. Forest Ecology and Management 219:259-268.

Menzel, J. M., W. M. Ford, M. A. Menzel, T. C. Carter, J. E. Gardner, J. D. Garner, J. E. Hofmann.  2005.  Summer habitat use and home-range analysis of the endangered Indiana bat. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:430–436.

Carter, T. C., M. A. Menzel, B. R. Chapman, and K. V. Miller.  2004. Partitioning of food resources by syntopic Eastern red (Lasiurus borealis), Seminole (L. seminolus), and Evening (Nycticeius humeralis) bats.  American Midland Naturalist 151:186-191.

 Feldhamer, G. A., T. C. Carter, A. T. Morzillo, and E. H. Nicholson.  2003.  Use of bridges by roosting bats in southern Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 96:107-112.

Carter, T. C., M. A. Menzel, S. F. Owen, J. W. Edwards, J. M. Menzel, and W. M. Ford.  2003.  Food habits of seven bat species in the Allegheny Plateau and Ridge and Valley of West Virginia.  Northeastern Naturalist 10:83-88.

 Carroll, S. K., T. C. Carter, and G. A. Feldhamer.  2002.  Placement of nets for bats: effects on perceived fauna.  Southeastern Naturalist 1:193-198.

 Carter, T. C., G. A. Feldhamer and J. Kath.  2002.  Notes on summer roosting of Indiana bats.  Bat Research News 42:197-198.

 Menzel, M. A. Jr., J. M. Menzel, T. C. Carter, J. O. Whitaker, Jr, and W. M. Ford. 2002. Notes on the late summer diet of male and female eastern pipistrelles (Pipistrellus subflavus) at Fort Mountain State Park, Georgia.  Georgia Journal of Science 60:170-179.