Influence of a Large Lake on the Winter Range of a Small Mammal: Lake Michigan and the Silver-Haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)

We examine factors affecting the winter range limit of a migrating mammal, the silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans), in states surrounding Lake Michigan, the fourth largest freshwater lake in the world. Using 555 citizen-based captures gathered between 1977 and 2016, we show that silver-hai...

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Main Authors: Allen Kurta, Giorgia G. Auteri, Joyce E. Hofmann, Jean M. Mengelkoch, J. Paul White, John O. Whitaker, Thomas Cooley, Julie Melotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/10/2/24