Characteristics of Day-roosts Used by Northern Long-Eared Bats (Myotis septentrionalis) in Coastal New York

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dc.contributor.authorGorman, Katherine M.en
dc.contributor.authorBarr, Elaine L.en
dc.contributor.authorNocera, Tomasen
dc.contributor.authorFord, W. Marken
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.stateNew Yorken
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-13T15:12:33Zen
dc.date.available2023-06-13T15:12:33Zen
dc.date.issued2022-05en
dc.description.abstractIn North America, Myotis septentrionalis (Northern Long-eared Bat) has experienced precipitous declines from white-nose syndrome. As these bats become rare and difficult to capture, additional day-roost assessments to inform management may fill gaps in our understanding, particularly in habitats and regions where such roosts have never been surveyed. Over 2 summers, we radio-tracked 16 individuals from a maternity colony on Long Island, NY, in a small forested patch surrounded by development and ocean. These bats disproportionately selected small, suppressed Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust) trees or snags for roosting. Generally, roosts occurred within the interior or edges of this forest patch, rather than surrounding suburbia, reinforcing the hypothesis that Northern Long-eared Bats are forest adapted. Our study shows even small tracts of forest in coastal, urban areas may have conservation value in providing day-roost and foraging habitat.en
dc.description.adminPublic domain – authored by a U.S. government employeeen
dc.description.notesFunding was provided by the US National Park Service, through the Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit Program, White-nose Syndrome Contract #P19AC01185, to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. We thank L. Ries, H. Taylor, K. Taylor, M. True, and S. Flanagan for field assistance.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUS National Park Service, through the Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit Program, White-nose Syndrome Contract [P19AC01185]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1656/045.029.0201en
dc.identifier.eissn1938-5307en
dc.identifier.issn1092-6194en
dc.identifier.issue2en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/115419en
dc.identifier.volume29en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEagle Hill Instituteen
dc.rightsPublic Domain (U.S.)en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/en
dc.subjectmaternity coloniesen
dc.subjecttree selectionen
dc.subjectnational-parken
dc.subjectbrown batsen
dc.subjectforesten
dc.subjectnetworksen
dc.subjectdynamicsen
dc.subjectecologyen
dc.titleCharacteristics of Day-roosts Used by Northern Long-Eared Bats (Myotis septentrionalis) in Coastal New Yorken
dc.title.serialNortheastern Naturalisten
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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