Long-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western North America

Abstract Understanding frequency and variation of cave-exiting activity after arousal from torpor of hibernating bats is important for bat ecology and conservation, especially considering white-nose syndrome. In winter from 2011 to 2018, we acoustically monitored, and counted in hibernacula, two spe...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Jericho C. Whiting, Bill Doering, Ken Aho, Jason Rich
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/1630f97363de474db333f369c5d68afe
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:1630f97363de474db333f369c5d68afe
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1630f97363de474db333f369c5d68afe2021-12-02T15:51:15ZLong-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western North America10.1038/s41598-021-87605-02045-2322https://doaj.org/article/1630f97363de474db333f369c5d68afe2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87605-0https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Understanding frequency and variation of cave-exiting activity after arousal from torpor of hibernating bats is important for bat ecology and conservation, especially considering white-nose syndrome. In winter from 2011 to 2018, we acoustically monitored, and counted in hibernacula, two species of conservation concern—western small-footed myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum) and Townsend’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii)—in 9 caves located in important habitat for these species in western North America. We investigated if cave-exiting activity differed by species, cave, number of hibernating bats, moon phase, and weather variables. Both species exited hibernacula during all winter months, but most activity occurred in March followed by November. Although we counted almost 15 times more Townsend’s big-eared bats during hibernacula surveys, we documented western small-footed myotis exiting caves 3 times more than Townsend’s big-eared bats. Cave-exiting activity increased with increasing number of hibernating bats, but more so for western small-footed myotis. Both species of bats were active during warm weather and low wind speeds. Western small-footed myotis were more active during colder temperatures, higher wind speeds, and greater change in barometric pressure than Townsend’s big-eared bats. Our results provide a long-term dataset of cave-exiting activity after arousal from torpor during hibernation for these species before the arrival of white-nose syndrome.Jericho C. WhitingBill DoeringKen AhoJason RichNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Jericho C. Whiting Bill Doering Ken Aho Jason Rich Long-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western North America
description	Abstract Understanding frequency and variation of cave-exiting activity after arousal from torpor of hibernating bats is important for bat ecology and conservation, especially considering white-nose syndrome. In winter from 2011 to 2018, we acoustically monitored, and counted in hibernacula, two species of conservation concern—western small-footed myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum) and Townsend’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii)—in 9 caves located in important habitat for these species in western North America. We investigated if cave-exiting activity differed by species, cave, number of hibernating bats, moon phase, and weather variables. Both species exited hibernacula during all winter months, but most activity occurred in March followed by November. Although we counted almost 15 times more Townsend’s big-eared bats during hibernacula surveys, we documented western small-footed myotis exiting caves 3 times more than Townsend’s big-eared bats. Cave-exiting activity increased with increasing number of hibernating bats, but more so for western small-footed myotis. Both species of bats were active during warm weather and low wind speeds. Western small-footed myotis were more active during colder temperatures, higher wind speeds, and greater change in barometric pressure than Townsend’s big-eared bats. Our results provide a long-term dataset of cave-exiting activity after arousal from torpor during hibernation for these species before the arrival of white-nose syndrome.
format	article
author	Jericho C. Whiting Bill Doering Ken Aho Jason Rich
author_facet	Jericho C. Whiting Bill Doering Ken Aho Jason Rich
author_sort	Jericho C. Whiting
title	Long-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western North America
title_short	Long-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western North America
title_full	Long-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western North America
title_fullStr	Long-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western North America
title_full_unstemmed	Long-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western North America
title_sort	long-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western north america
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/1630f97363de474db333f369c5d68afe
work_keys_str_mv	AT jerichocwhiting longtermpatternsofcaveexitingactivityofhibernatingbatsinwesternnorthamerica AT billdoering longtermpatternsofcaveexitingactivityofhibernatingbatsinwesternnorthamerica AT kenaho longtermpatternsofcaveexitingactivityofhibernatingbatsinwesternnorthamerica AT jasonrich longtermpatternsofcaveexitingactivityofhibernatingbatsinwesternnorthamerica
_version_	1718385615128494080

Long-term patterns of cave-exiting activity of hibernating bats in western North America

Ejemplares similares