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词条 Thomas Kunz
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  1. Early life

  2. Education

  3. Career

  4. Awards and honors

  5. Personal life

  6. Selected publications

  7. References

Thomas H. Kunz is an American biologist specializing in the study of bats.

He has been credited with coining the study of aeroecology; additionally, he has written several fundamental textbooks and publications on bat ecology.

Early life

Kunz grew up in Missouri.

He credits his interest in biology to his fifth-grade teacher, who was passionate about silkworms.[1]

Education

Kunz received a BA in biology in 1961 and MA in education in 1962 from the University of Central Missouri.[2][1]

He went on to receive another MA from Drake University in biology in 1968, and gained his PhD from the University of Kansas in systematics and ecology in 1971.[2][1]

Career

Kunz taught high school in Kansas after receiving his MA in education.[1]

Kunz states that his first experience working with bats was before he attended Drake University.

While caving, he and a friend encountered a banded bat.

He called in the number on the band and later would collaborate with the professor who banded the bat.

Kunz became a professor at Boston University in 1971.[7]

Kunz edited or coedited six book on the biology and ecology of bats.

His book Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats "is widely praised as one of the best resources available for professional bat researchers, educators and conservationists."[3]

He also helped establish the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in Ecuador in 1995 to promote the study of rainforest ecology.[4]

He helped distinguish the new scientific discipline of aeroecology, which integrates geography, ecology, atmospheric science, and computational biology.

A key concept of aeroecology is thinking of the aerosphere as part of the biosphere, as many organisms depend upon the aerosphere for resources.[5]

He conducted research on the ecosystem services of bats in a study published in Science, concluding that their services are worth $3–54 billion per year.[6]

He retired in 2011 after being seriously injured in an accident.[7]

Awards and honors

In 1984, he won the Gerritt S. Miller Award from the North American Society for Bat Research.[8]

In 2003, the University of Central Missouri presented him with their Distinguished Alumni Award, calling him "one of the world's leading mammalogists."[9]

In 2011, Kunz was named a Boston University William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor,[10] which is its highest academic award.[7]

He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was formerly President of the American Society of Mammalogists.

He was also a recipient of the C. Hart Merriam Award for his contributions to the field of mammalogy.[2]

In 2015, Boston University began the Thomas H. Kunz Fund in Biology to "train the next generation of ecologists."[7]

PhD candidates in the Ecology, Behavior & Evolution program are eligible for the Thomas H. Kunz Award, which is a financial award from the Thomas H. Kunz Fund.[11]

Personal life

Kunz is married to Margaret Kunz.

He has two children, Pamela and David.[12][13]

Selected publications

  • Nowak, R. M., Walker, E. P., Kunz, T. H., & Pierson, E. D. (1994). Walker's bats of the world. JHU Press. {{ISBN|0801849861}}
  • Kunz, T. H., & Fenton, M. B. (Eds.). (2005). Bat ecology. University of Chicago Press. {{ISBN|0226462072}}
  • Kunz, T. H., Arnett, E. B., Erickson, W. P., Hoar, A. R., Johnson, G. D., Larkin, R. P., ... & Tuttle, M. D. (2007). {{doi-inline|10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[315:EIOWED]2.0.CO;2|Ecological impacts of wind energy development on bats: questions, research needs, and hypotheses}}. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 5(6), 315-324.
  • Kunz, T. H., Gauthreaux Jr, S. A., Hristov, N. I., Horn, J. W., Jones, G., Kalko, E. K., ... & Dudley, R. (2008). {{doi-inline|10.1093/icb/icn037|Aeroecology: probing and modeling the aerosphere}}. Integrative and comparative biology, 48(1), 1-11.
  • Kunz, T. H., & Parsons, S. (2009). Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats. Johns Hopkins University Press. {{ISBN|0801891477}}.
  • Kunz, T. H., Braun de Torrez, E., Bauer, D., Lobova, T., & Fleming, T. H. (2011). {{doi-inline|10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06004.x|Ecosystem services provided by bats}}. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1223(1), 1-38.
  • Boyles, J. G., Cryan, P. M., McCracken, G. F., & Kunz, T. H. (2011). {{doi-inline|10.1126/science.1201366|Economic importance of bats in agriculture}}. Science, 332(6025), 41-42.

References

1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web| url=http://buquad.com/2010/03/14/bus-own-batman-professor-kunz/|title=BU’s Own Batman, Professor Kunz|last=Tarvin|first=Becca|website=The Quad| publisher=The Quad|date=14 March 2010|access-date=3 August 2018}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.bu.edu/cecb/bat-lab-update/bats/kunz-bio/|title=Kunz Biography|website=BU|publisher=Boston University|access-date=3 August 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.batcon.org/resources/media-education/bats-magazine/bat_article/1140| title=A tribute to Tom Kunz|last1=Fenton|first1=Brock|last2=Tuttle|first2=Merlin|website=batcon.org|publisher=Bat Conservation International|year=2012|access-date=3 August 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.bu.edu/cecb/tiputini/| title=Tiputini Biodiversity Station|website=BU|publisher=Boston University|access-date=3 August 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218111338.htm|author=Boston University| title=New discipline of aeroecology introduced|website=ScienceDaily|publisher=ScienceDaily|date=18 February 2011|access-date=3 August 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/04/bat-value/| title=Bats Are Worth at Least $3 Billion Per Year|last=Keim|first=Brandon|date=1 April 2011|website=Wired|publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=3 August 2018}}
7. ^1 2 {{cite web| url=http://www.bu.edu/biology/people/kunzfund/|title=The Thomas H. Kunz Fund| website=BU|publisher=Boston University|access-date=3 August 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.nasbr.org/25|title=A Brief History of the First Twenty-five Years of NASBR|website=NASBR|publisher=NASBR|access-date=3 August 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401235928/https://www.ucmo.edu/alumni/awards/banchar.cfm|title=Distinguished Alumni to be Honored|year=2003|archive-date=1 April 2013|access-date=3 August 2018|url=https://www.ucmo.edu/alumni/awards/banchar.cfm|website=University of Central Missouri}}
10. ^1 {{cite web| url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/An-Honored-Biologist-Works/128374| title=An Honored Biologist Works Into the Night for a Threatened Species| last=Mangan|first=Katherine|date=24 July 2011| website=The Chronicle of Higher Education|publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=3 August 2018}}
11. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.bu.edu/biology/2018/03/29/rebecca-branconi-receives-the-thomas-h-kunz-award/| last=Honeycutt|first=Christina|title=Rebecca Branconi Receives the Thomas H. Kunz Award|date=29 March 2018|website=BU|publisher=Boston University|access-date=3 August 2018}}
12. ^{{cite web| url=https://dailyfreepress.com/blog/2012/10/29/bu-prof-overcomes-odds-battles-brain-injury-1-year-after-crash/| title=‘Bat Man’ overcomes odds 1 year after crash|website=The Daily Free Press| publisher=The Daily Free Press| date=29 October 2012|access-date=3 August 2018}}
13. ^{{cite book| last=Kunz|first=T.H.|year=2013| title=Ecology of Bats| publisher=Springer Science & Business Media| isbn=1461334217|page=46}}
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