Dear Researcher,
My name is Dustin Ranglack and my collaborator, Dr. Nate Bickford, and I recently received a small grant from NASA to try and find behavioral differences of animals during the August 21, 2017 North American solar eclipse from telemetry data. Given the rarity of eclipse events, this is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Past research on this topic is extremely limited, but suggests animals do change their behaviors in response to eclipse events. We are writing to you to inquire about any animals that you may have tagged with telemetry (GPS or VHF) along the eclipse path (see here: https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how ), as we would be very interested in using and analyzing data from as many different species along as much of the eclipse path as possible. In regards to our research, we are hoping to get GPS data from the tagged animals from a week before the eclipse to a week after the eclipse. We will analyze the data and if we find a response we will then write a manuscript for publication in an appropriate peer-reviewed journal. In exchange for sharing your data, we will happily include one member of your research team as a co-author on the manuscript. Please let us know if you have any questions and whether you would be interested in collaborating with us here at UNK-Biology. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Additionally, please forward this letter along to any other researchers you know who are working along the eclipse path. Thank you for your help in this effort. Sincerely, Dr. Dustin Ranglack Dr. Nate Bickford Assistant Professor Associate Professor Phone: 308.865.8545 Phone: 308.865.8410 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] -- Dustin Ranglack, Ph.D. Dept. of Biology University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 Office: (308) 865-8545
