Author: Zachary A. WarrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bats
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Distribution and Habitat Association of the Northern Long-eared Bat
Author: Zachary A. WarrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bats
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Determining the Distribution and Habitat Associations of the Northern Long-eared Bat in North Georgia
Author: Steven B. CastleberryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northern long-eared myotis
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The Northern Long-eared Bat
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Long-eared Bats
Author: Susan M. SwiftPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408128799
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Long-Eared Bats examines the biology, ecology and behaviour of two European bat species - Plecotus auritus and Plecotus austriacus. This book investigates their behaviour and considers the full range of conservation issues relating to the species. Topics covered include: identifying the species, foraging, reproductive biology, social organization, and the effects of man-made alterations to the environment and proposed conservation methods.
Bats of the United States and Canada
Author: Michael J. HarveyPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421403005
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Honorable Mention, Popular Science, 2012 PROSE Awards, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers The only mammals capable of true flight, bats are among the world’s most fascinating creatures. This accessible guide to the forty-seven species of bats found in the United States and Canada captures and explains the amazing diversity of these marvels of evolution. A wide variety of bat species live in the United States and Canada, ranging from the California leaf-nosed bat to the Florida bonneted bat, from the eastern small-footed bat to the northern long-eared bat. The authors provide an overview of bat classification, biology, feeding behavior, habitats, migration, and reproduction. They discuss the ever-increasing danger bats face from destruction of habitat, wind turbines, chemical toxicants, and devastating diseases like white-nose syndrome, which is killing millions of cave bats in North America. Illustrated species accounts include range maps and useful identification tips. Written by three of the world’s leading bat experts and featuring J. Scott Altenbach's stunning photographs, this fact-filled and easy-to-use book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of bats in the U.S. and Canada.
Context-dependent Selection and Temporal Use of Roost-sites by Female Northern Long-eared Bats
Author: Ellen M. WhittlePublisher:
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Category : Bats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Delineating habitat preferences, especially those of imperiled species, is critical to ensure that species have access to resources needed to persist. In addition to overall preferences, establishing the phenology of sensitive periods such as reproduction can be challenging for small, cryptic species such as bats. We conducted an empirical study in northeast Wyoming, USA, to characterize the habitat selection of northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis). Objectives in Chapter 1 were to (1) characterize the maternity roost-site preferences of endangered northern long-eared bats in a peripheral population occurring within a forest managed for timber harvest, and (2) determine whether roost-site preferences and switching were modulated by weather conditions. Chapter 2 objectives were (1) to assess whether maternity roost trees of northern long-eared bats are used for multiple years in northeast Wyoming; (2) to determine whether intra-seasonal occupation of maternity roosts in northeast Wyoming matches the timing of seasonal protections for northern long-eared bats; and (3) to assess the efficacy of motion-triggered game cameras for determining occupancy of maternity roosts. In our first chapter, we found that bats were more likely to select quaking aspens, snags, and trees relatively large in diameter; however, these preferences were modulated by daily weather conditions and reproductive state. Bats roosted more often in pine at warm temperatures and while lactating, and in snags when solar radiation was high and precipitation low. Bats preferred forest patches with higher canopy cover and a larger proportion of snags. In our second chapter, we documented colony occupation at maternity roosts across multiple years and outside of the protected season of June—July. We also recorded rarely documented behaviors, including pup carrying, with motion-triggered game cameras. Our findings provide guidance on habitat types that would be beneficial to conserve for northern long-eared bat populations, and more broadly, that context-dependence is an important consideration for habitat-selection studies. Peripheral populations may be critical for future recovery of declining species; however, seasonal protections against habitat disturbance may be mismatched with the phenology of populations at range edges.
Roosting Behavior, Habitat Use, and Relative Abundance of the Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis Septentrionalis) Following Arrival of White-nose Syndrome to Mammoth Cave National Park
Author: Marissa Michelle ThalkenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Bats in Forests
Author: Michael J. LackiPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801884993
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Although bats are often thought of as cave dwellers, many species depend on forests for all or part of the year. Of the 45 species of bats in North America, more than half depend on forests, using the bark of trees, tree cavities, or canopy foliage as roosting sites. Over the past two decades it has become increasingly clear that bat conservation and management are strongly linked to the health of forests within their range. Initially driven by concern for endangered species—the Indiana bat, for example—forest ecologists, timber managers, government agencies, and conservation organizations have been altering management plans and silvicultural practices to better accommodate bat species. Bats in Forests presents the work of a variety of experts who address many aspects of the ecology and conservation of bats. The chapter authors describe bat behavior, including the selection of roosts, foraging patterns, and seasonal migration as they relate to forests. They also discuss forest management and its influence on bat habitat. Both public lands and privately owned forests are considered, as well as techniques for monitoring bat populations and activity. The important role bats play in the ecology of forests—from control of insects to nutrient recycling—is revealed by a number of authors. Bat ecologists, bat conservationists, forest ecologists, and forest managers will find in this book an indispensable synthesis of the topics that concern them.
Review of the Forest Habitat Relationships of the Indiana Bat (Myotis Sodalis)
Author: Distribution, Habitat Associations, Status and Survey Methodologies for Three Molossid Bat Species (Eumops Perotis, Nyctinomops Femorosaccus, Nyctinomops Macrotis) and the Vespertilionid (Euderma Maculatum), Final Report
Author: Elizabeth D. PiersonPublisher:
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Category : Bats
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description