Faculty Profiles
John O. Whitaker Jr.
Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University
Phone: 812-237-2383
E-mail:
John.Whitaker@indstate.edu
Office: Science Building 343
Research Interests: vertebrate ecology; mammalogy, natural history.
The main thrust of Dr. Whitaker's research is the ecology of small mammals and their parasites. Whitaker has made detailed studies on food habits of mammalian species and has discovered many ectoparasites not previously known to science. Currently, Dr. Whitaker is involved in studies of the interrelationships of ectoparasite communities of bats.
By John O. Whitaker
Dr. Whitaker is the author of the National Audubon Society's Field Guide to North American Mammals.
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Selected Publications
Whitaker, J. O. 2004. Prey selection in a temperate zone insectivorous bat community. Journal of Mammalogy 85: 460-469.
Duchamp, J. E., D. W. Sparks, and J. O. Whitaker. 2004. Foraging-habitat selection by bats at an urban-rural interface: comparison between a successful and a less successful species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 1157-1164.
Veilleux, J. P., J. O. Whitaker, and S. L. Veilleux. 2004. Reproductive stage influences roost use by tree roosting female eastern pipistrelles, Pipistrellus subflavus. Ecoscience 11: 249-256.
ter Hofstede, H. M., M. B. Fenton, and J. O. Whitaker. 2004. Host and host-site specificity of bat flies (Diptera : Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) on Neotropical bats (Chiroptera). Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 616-626.
Veilleux, J. P., J. O. Whitaker, and S. L. Veilleux. 2003. Tree-roosting ecology of reproductive female eastern pipistrelles, Pipistrellus subflavus, in Indiana. Journal of Mammalogy 84: 1068-1075.
Ritzi, C. M., and J. O. Whitaker. 2003. Ectoparasites of small mammals from the Newport Chemical Depot, Vermillion County, Indiana. Northeastern Naturalist 10: 149-158.
Whitaker, J. O., and Y. Yom-Tov. 2002. The diet of some insectivorous bats from northern Israel. Mammalian Biology 67: 378-380.
Whitaker, J. O., and G. F. McCracken. 2001. Food and ectoparasites of bats on the Galapagos Islands. Acta Chiropterologica 3: 63-69.
Whitaker, J. O. and S. L. Gummer. 2000. Population structure and dynamics of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) hibernating in buildings in Indiana. American Midland Naturalist 143: 389-396.