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...

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Main Authors: Jericho C. Whiting, Bill Doering, Ken Aho, Jason Rich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87605-0