CONFERENCE PAPERS

Spencer, H.J. and Fleming, T.H. - Roosting and Foraging Behavior of the Queensland tube- nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni), (Pteropidae). 6th International Bat Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1989.

Fleming, T.H. and Spencer, H.J. - Roosting and Foraging Behavior of the Queensland tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni). Paper presented at the International Bat Conference, Edmonton, Canada 1988.

Spencer, H.J and Flick, B.H. - Preliminary observations on the foraging behavior of the Macroglossus and Syconycteris at Cape Tribulation in the Queensland lowland wet tropics. Australia Mammal Society, Canberra, Australia, February 1990.

Flick, B. H. and Spencer, H.J. - Preliminary observations on the visitation of the cauliflorous fig (Ficus variegata), at Cape Tribulation, North Queensland, by Agaonid wasps ( F.Chalcidae). Australian Entomological Society, Canberra, Australia, July 1990.

Spencer, H.J. and Flick, B.H. - Fast food in the tropics. Bat Research Conference, Brisbane Australia, August 1991.

Spencer, H.J. and Flick, B.H. - Ecology of blossom (Macroglossus minimus) and (Syconycteris australis) and tube-nosed bats (Nyctimene robinsonii) (Pteropodidae) in lowland tropical rainforest of Australia. 22nd Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Quebec, Canada, 1992.

Spencer, H.J, Schedvin, N., and Flick, B.H. - Rediscovery of Australia's rarest bat, (Murina florium), the tube-nosed insectivorous bat in lowland rainforest in far-north Queensland, Australia. 22nd Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Quebec, Canada, 1992.

Spencer, H.J., Flick, B.H., and Johnson, A. - Infestation of a spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony by paralysis ticks (Ixodes holocyclus) in far north Queensland, Australia. 22nd Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Quebec, Canada, 1992.

Spencer, H.J. and Flick, B.H. - Urine bathing in male flying foxes isn't quite what it appears to be. Proc. 6th Australian Bat Society, Lismore, Australia, January 1994.

Spencer, H.J., Kunz, H., Tully, P., and Flick, B.H. - Rehabilitation and release of tick envenomated spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in northern Queensland, some lessons for captive breeding programs. Proc. 6th Australian Bat Society Lismore, Australia, January 1994.

Spencer, H.J., Savaglio, F., and Kikkert, C.J. - The development of an automatic radio-tracking system for bats, birds and small mammals. 22nd Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Quebec, Canada 1992.

Spencer, H.J., and Flick, B.H. - Are (Macroglossus minimus) and (Syconycteris australis) the "Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee" fruit bats of the Australian wet tropical forests? Tropical Rainforest Research, Current Issues, University of Brunei 1993.

Spencer, H.J. - Cape Tribulation, Queensland Wet Tropics, an ideal proving ground for renewable energy installations. ESAA meeting, Cairns, Australia, August 1994.

Spencer, H.J., Kunz H., and Flick, B.H. - Rehabilitation and release of tick envenomated spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus ) in northern Queensland, some lessons for captive breeding programs. International Meeting Society for Conservation Biology and Association for Tropical Biology. Guadalajara, Mexico, 1994.

Spencer, H.J., and Savaglio, F.P. - An automatic small animal radio-tracking system employing spread spectrum concepts. 13th International Symposium on Biotelemetry. Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, April 1995.

Spencer, H.J., and Flick, B.H. - Rearing and release of orphaned flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus). A significant act for species conservation or merely misguided actions? 10th International Bat Research Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1995.

Spencer, H.J., and Flick, B.H. - Midwife care of birthing in the black flying fox, (Pteropus alecto). 10th International Bat Research Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1995.

Spencer, H.J., and Flick, B.H. - Secretion of marking fluid from the penis of the spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus). 10th International Bat Research Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1995.

Clague, C.L., Coles, R.B., and Spencer, H.J. - Survey of bat fauna in the wet tropics world heritage area of northern Queensland, Australia. 10th International Bat Research Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1995.

Spencer, H.J., Savaglio, F.P., and Maskell, D. - An automatic radio-tracking system employing spread-spectrum techniques for tracking small animals. Australian Mammal Society, JCU, Townsville, Australia, September 1995.

Spencer, H.J., and Flick, B.H. - Blossom and tube-nosed bats as seed dispersers in the lowland wet tropics. Australian Mammal Society, JCU, Townsville, Australia, September 1995.

Clague, C.L., Coles, R.B., and Spencer, H.J. - Survey of bat fauna in the wet tropics world heritage area of northern Queensland, Australia. Australian Mammal Society, JCU, Townsville, Australia, September 1995.

Coles, R.B., Clague, C.L., Whybird, O.J., and Spencer, H.J. - New Hipposiderid bats in the wet tropics world heritage area of Australia. Australian Mammal Society, JCU, Townsville, Australia, September 1995.

Clague, C.L., Coles, R.B., Spencer, H.J., and Whybird, O.J. - Observations on the ecology and distribution of Kerivoula papuensis in the wet tropics world heritage area of Australia. Australian Mammal Society, JCU, Townsville, Australia, September 1995.

Spencer, H.J., Savaglio, F., and Maskell, D. - A different approach to radio location; a pulsed transmission, spread-spectrum, time-of-arrival system suitable for small animals. Accepted for Snowmass Forum on Wildlife Telemetry. Innovations, Evaluations and Research Needs. 21-23, September 1997.

DeAngelis, K., and Spencer, H.J. - Behavioral Comparison of Two Species Of Flying Fox: P. conspicillatus/ P.alecto versus P.scapulatus in a captive colony at the Cape Tribulation Tropical Research Station. Given at the 7th North American Bat Conference, November 1997.

McHold, M., and Spencer, H.J. - Assessment of control measures employed by exotic fruit farmers against crop attack by flying foxes. Australian Tropical Research Foundation Publication No. 10, 1998.

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