Dear colleagues, I am a PhD student from Western Sydney University (WSU) working on an exciting project deciphering the social communication of the ghost bat (Macroderma gigas). This project is a collaboration between researchers from WSU, the University of Adelaide and the Cornell Bio-acoustics Research Program. Recent technological advances now allow us to research the function of the ghost bat's complex repertoire of vocalizations and gain much-needed insight into the species' social organization.
The acoustic recording equipment needed for the study is expensive and we have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help purchase some of the more specialised equipment (read more: https://pozible.com/project/bat-chat-decoding-ghost-bat-talk<https://email.westernsydney.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?REF=22EFGRQClQi2tSYASX1NMV2l8ciMOFL-MoclVCoLtyPR_1P4OyDUCAFodHRwczovL3BvemlibGUuY29tL3Byb2plY3QvYmF0LWNoYXQtZGVjb2RpbmctZ2hvc3QtYmF0LXRhbGspLg..>. Ghost bat populations are currently in decline and the data collected will be used for determining the key threatening processes impacting the species, for designing management plans and for developing new innovative monitoring methods. We have raised 20% of our total so far and could really use your help to reach our target! Every little bit helps and we appreciate any amount you can pledge. Please visit our project page 'Bat Chat for Conservation' at https://pozible.com/project/bat-chat-decoding-ghost-bat-talk<https://email.westernsydney.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?REF=22EFGRQClQi2tSYASX1NMV2l8ciMOFL-MoclVCoLtyPR_1P4OyDUCAFodHRwczovL3BvemlibGUuY29tL3Byb2plY3QvYmF0LWNoYXQtZGVjb2RpbmctZ2hvc3QtYmF0LXRhbGspLg..> to donate and pick up some great rewards! If you can't manage to donate, we would greatly appreciate you sharing our campaign with your networks. Kind regards, Nicola Nicola Hanrahan, PhD Candidate Lab of Animal Ecology Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Ph: +61(0) 2 4570 1133 Mob: +61(0) 412 452 811 Web: http://www.animalecologylab.org/nicola-hanrahan.html
