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John O. Whitaker is a researcher affiliated with Indiana State University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields of study including Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The subfields they contribute to include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Genetics, Paleontology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Whitaker's research covers a range of topics related to animal ecology and behavior. Specific areas of focus include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Subterranean Biodiversity and Taxonomy, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, as well as Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health.

They have authored several papers, with recent publications including:

  • Food of a Chinese jumping mouse, Eozapus setchuanus (Pousargues, 1896), 2020, Mammalia
  • Dark Matter: Research on an Evolving Funerary Landscape in St. Louis, Missouri, 2021, Landscape Architecture Frontiers

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Whitaker include Stewart B. Peck and Julian J. Lewis. The primary venues where Whitaker's work has been published are Mammalia and Landscape Architecture Frontiers.

Best Publications

  • Stochasticity in Structural and Functional Characteristics of an Indiana Stream Fish Assemblage: A Test of Community Theory

    Gary D. Grossman;Peter B. Moyle;John O. Whitaker

  • Mammals of the Eastern United States

    John O. Whitaker;William John Hamilton

  • Food habits analysis of insectivorous bats

    J. O. Jr. Whitaker

  • Dietary energetics of the insectivorous Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) during pregnancy and lactation.

    T. H. Kunz;J. O. Whitaker;M. D. Wadanoli

  • An evaluation of fecal analysis for determining food habits of insectivorous bats

    Thomas H. Kunz;John O. Whitaker

  • Food of Mus Musculus, Peromyscus Maniculatus Bairdi and Peromyscus Leucopus in Vigo County, Indiana

    John O. Whitaker

  • Foraging-habitat selection by bats at an urban–rural interface: comparison between a successful and a less successful species

    Joseph E Duchamp;Dale W Sparks;John O Whitaker

  • Food habits of bats from Indiana

    John O. Whitaker

  • Food of the Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus from Maternity Colonies in Indiana and Illinois

    John O. Whitaker

  • Dietary Variation in the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana)

    John O. Whitaker;Christopher Neefus;Thomas H. Kunz

  • Host and host-site specificity of bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) on Neotropical bats (Chiroptera)

    Hannah M ter Hofstede;M Brock Fenton;John O Whitaker

  • Prey Selection in a Temperate Zone Insectivorous Bat Community

    John O. Whitaker

  • FORAGING HABITAT OF THE INDIANA BAT (MYOTIS SODALIS) AT AN URBAN–RURAL INTERFACE

    Dale W. Sparks;Christopher M. Ritzi;Joseph E. Duchamp;John O. Whitaker

  • Activity following arousal in winter in North American vespertilionid bats

    Justin G. Boyles;Miranda B. Dunbar;John O. Whitaker

  • Stochasticity and Assemblage Organization in an Indiana Stream Fish Assemblage

    Gary D. Grossman;Mary C. Freeman;Peter B. Moyle;John O. Whitaker

  • Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico

    John O. Whitaker;Nixon Wilson

  • TREE-ROOSTING ECOLOGY OF REPRODUCTIVE FEMALE EASTERN PIPISTRELLES, PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS, IN INDIANA

    Jacques Pierre Veilleux;John O. Whitaker;Sherry L. Veilleux

  • Winter Activity of Bats at a Mine Entrance in Vermillion County, Indiana

    John O. Whitaker;Leslie J. Rissler

  • Prey Consumed by Eight Species of Insectivorous Bats from Southern Illinois

    George A. Feldhamer;Timothy C. Carter;John O. Whitaker

  • CHITINASE IN INSECTIVOROUS BATS

    John O. Whitaker;H. Kathleen Dannelly;David A. Prentice

  • Diet of the Endangered Indiana Bat (Myotis Sodalis) on the Northern Edge of Its Range

    Allen Kurta;John O. Whitaker

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas H. Kunz
Thomas H. Kunz Boston University
Justin G. Boyles
Justin G. Boyles Southern Illinois University Carbondale
James M. Dietz
James M. Dietz University of Maryland, College Park
Gary F. McCracken
Gary F. McCracken University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gary D. Grossman
Gary D. Grossman University of Georgia
M. Brock Fenton
M. Brock Fenton University of Western Ontario
Peter B. Moyle
Peter B. Moyle University of California, Davis
Yoram Yom-Tov
Yoram Yom-Tov Tel Aviv University
John E. Butler
John E. Butler University of Iowa
Michael J. Lydy
Michael J. Lydy Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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