Landscape Characteristics Related to Use of Artificial Roosts by Northern Long-eared Bats in North-central West Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorDe La Cruz, Jesse L.en
dc.contributor.authorWard, Ryan L.en
dc.contributor.authorSchroder, Eric S.en
dc.contributor.departmentConservation Management Instituteen
dc.coverage.stateWest Virginiaen
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-23T15:09:45Zen
dc.date.available2021-08-23T15:09:45Zen
dc.date.issued2018-09-01en
dc.date.updated2021-08-23T15:09:43Zen
dc.description.abstractIn the eastern US, research is needed on the establishment and evaluation of conservation measures for forest-dwelling bats, in general, and for the newly listed Myotis septentrionalis (Northern Long-Eared Bat), in particular. Our objectives were to evaluate the overall use of 3 artificial roosting structures-rocket box, nursery box, and artificial bark-by bats and to relate this use to local landscape characteristics in north-central West Virginia. We monitored 306 structures during summer 2016 and detected use (i.e., presence of guano, visual identification, capture of bats) at 132 (43%) roosts, of which 55 (42%) were confirmed, through capture or visual identification, to contain Northern Long-eared Bats. Nursery boxes were used more than expected based on availability (60%), but rocket boxes accounted for 40 (73%) of the roosts confirmed to be occupied by Northern Long-eared Bats, with 70% being used by maternity colonies of this species. We utilized binomial generalized linear models and an information theoretic approach to examine use of artificial roosts by maternity colonies of Northern Long-eared Bats. Our best-supported model differentiating structures occupied by maternity colonies from those that housed individual bats showed relationships to elevation, slope, area solar radiation, and distance to streams and large (>200 ha) forests. Our study provides initial guidance for land and wildlife managers on implementing an effective conservation and management technique for bats within this region.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 487-501en
dc.format.extent15 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1656/045.025.0312en
dc.identifier.eissn1938-5307en
dc.identifier.issn1092-6194en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/104691en
dc.identifier.volume25en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHumboldt Field Research Instituteen
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicineen
dc.subjectBiodiversity Conservationen
dc.subjectEcologyen
dc.subjectBiodiversity & Conservationen
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences & Ecologyen
dc.subjectMYOTIS MYOTIS-SEPTENTRIONALISen
dc.subjectMATERNITY COLONIESen
dc.subjectALLEGHENY MOUNTAINSen
dc.subjectPOSTNATAL-GROWTHen
dc.subjectINDIANA BATSen
dc.subjectFORESTen
dc.subjectSELECTIONen
dc.subjectHABITATen
dc.subjectSODALISen
dc.subjectMODELen
dc.subject05 Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subject06 Biological Sciencesen
dc.subjectEcologyen
dc.titleLandscape Characteristics Related to Use of Artificial Roosts by Northern Long-eared Bats in North-central West Virginiaen
dc.title.serialNortheastern Naturalisten
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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