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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Myotis sodalis"”.
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Maximum Entropy Modeling of Indiana Bat (Myotis Sodalis) Maternity Roost Habitat
<p>Since 1967, the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) has been on the U.S. Endangered Species list due to disruption of hibernating bats in caves, summer habitat degradation, and more recently, the onset of White-nose Syndrome. The purpose of this study is to evaluate landscape variables associated with …
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Using acoustic survey data to assess Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) populations
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Effects of Temperature on Winter Energetics of Female Indiana Bats (Myotis Sodalis)
Endangered Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) have decreased by 48% nationwide in the last 40 years. One theory to explain this decline is increasing cave temperatures in winter hibernacula. Altering cave temperatures can affect torpid bats by raising metabolism and causing more arousals, both of which …
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Bat Boxes as Mitigation Tools: Factors Impacting Microclimate and Myotis sodalis Roost Selection
… monitored occupancy of resident Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) via spotlight checks and emergence counts 2–4 times per week. Following an information theoretic modeling approach, we used hurdle models to assess the effects of design, solar treatment, and weather on occupancy and abundance. We …
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Modeling Effects of Mortality on Indiana Bat (Myotis Sodalis) Populations at Wind Energy Facilities
With the continuing development of wind energy within the range of the Indiana bat, and the anticipated deaths due to these turbines, there is an increasing need to understand the effects of this additional mortality on Indiana bat populations. This thesis describes and evaluates the potential …
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Activities Within a Myotine Bat Community With Emphasis on the Endangered Indiana Bat, Myotis Sodalis
The steady decline of the endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and its interactions with other congeners are not adequately understood. A study area in northeast Missouri was identified during a survey in 2000 and found to host one of the largest M. sodalis maternity populations ever found, as …
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Roost-Site Selection of Bats in Northeast Missouri With Emphasis on the Endangered Indiana Bat (Myotis Sodalis)
… roosting ecology of the endangered Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis, at Deer Ridge Conservation Area (DRCA) in northeast Missouri from May through August 2001-2002. Due to the similarities in roost-site characteristics of forest-dwelling species of bat, and potential for niche-overlap, I also …
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Day-roosting Social Ecology of the Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) and the Endangered Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis)
Day-roost use by northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) maternity colonies on the Fort Knox military reservation, Kentucky, USA, resulted in formation of non-random networks of roosts that exhibited a trend toward centralization. Centralization of day-roost networks was reflected in the …
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Exploring the drivers and consequences of emerging infectious disease of wildlife
… stabilization of the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), finding that host-pathogen coexistence in this system is the product of their complex interaction. In Chapter 3, I characterize the range-wide variation in white-nose syndrome impacts on a federally endangered and poorly studied …
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Ambient Temperature Effects on Metabolism and Body Composition in Torpid Bats (Myotis Lucifugus and Pipistrellus Subflavus)
Recent declines in Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) populations have been well documented but unexplained. It is unclear if declines are caused by exposure to and accretion of environmental contaminants, the loss of summer roosting habitat, changes in cave microclimate, or other detrimental factors. An …
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Assessing the impacts of white-nose syndrome induced mortality on the monitoring of a bat community at Fort Drum Military Installation
… of the presence of the endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), acoustic monitoring is now likely more effective than traditional capture methodologies. In the summers of 2011 and 2012, I implemented intensive acoustic sampling using Anabat detectors at Fort Drum to develop a summer acoustic …
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A methodology for mapping probable ranges of endangered terrestrial mammals within selected areas of Virginia
… squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus), and Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). Computer maps were produced showing the distribution of areas potentially favorable to each species in one of two study areas in Virginia. Maps produced by this method provide more information about ranges and range dynamics than …
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Thermoenergetics of Indiana Bats
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) populations continue to decline despite current conservation efforts. Recently, the effects of climate and microclimate on the hibernation of this species have come into focus. As hibernacula temperatures in several caves have increased, the metabolic rate of …
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Assessment Of Natural Roost Availability And Artificial Roost Preference By Indiana Bats In Scott County, Kentucky
… addition to using natural roosts, Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) form maternity colonies in artificial roosts such as rocket boxes and bark-mimic structures. However, few Indiana bat study systems contain multiple artificial roost types alongside natural roosting options. I sought to analyze roost …
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Utilizing Acoustic Methods to Identify Bat Species, and to Assess Their Habitat Use and Perception of Owls
… false positives for the endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). Therefore, files should be double checked by an expert before identification is made final. For the second aspect of my research, I utilized the files I recorded with the Anabat system and analyzed the type of habitat (open or …
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Assessing the effects of prescribed fire on foraging bats at Mammoth Cave National Park after the arrival of White-nose Syndrome
… declines due to WNS, including federally listed Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat) and Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat). Specifically, the effect of WNS across forest landscapes is unclear in relation to prescribed fire. Mammoth Cave National Park (MACA) has employed a prescribed fire …
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Bats and trees in a managed forest
… historical roost trees used by Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bats (M. septentrionalis) discovered over 11 years to characterize the drivers of roost tree detection and longevity. I used a multistate mark-recapture analysis to evaluate how characteristics of the tree, …
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Ecology of Mid-Atlantic bats after white-nose syndrome: communities, reproduction, and diet within an urban-to-rural gradient
… region, including the endangered Indiana (Myotis sodalis), threatened Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat) and other bats of conservation concern, such as Perimyotis subflavus (tri-colored bat), Myotis leibii (eastern small-footed bat) and Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat). …
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Range-wide assessment of land use and cover change near Indiana bat hibernacula
… 95% of all federally endangered Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) hibernate in 71 hibernacula in the eastern US. Given the species’ high site fidelity, seasonally heightened population densities, and the limited availability of suitable overwintering sites, land use and cover change (LUCC) near …
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Habitat Use And Nightly Activity Patterns Of Bats On A Military Landscape In Western Kentucky
… identified by Kaleidoscope Pro as Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis). In total 13 unique bat species were identified across the WHFRTC property, including two focal threatened and endangered species, northern long-eared bats and Indiana bats. …
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