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- Title
Use of Rock-crevices in Winter by Big Brown Bats and Eastern Small-footed Bats in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley of Virginia.
- Authors
Moosman Jr., Paul R.; Anderson, P. Reid; Frasier, Martin G.
- Abstract
Published accounts of North American bats overwintering in places other than caves and mines are rare. We used repeated visual searches for roosting bats to document use of sandstone rock-ledges in west-central Virginia by Eptesicus fuscus (Big Brown Bat) and Myotis leibii (Eastern Small-footed Bat) during two consecutive winters. Crevices used by both species tended to be smaller than nearby randomly selected crevices. It is unclear if bats hibernated exclusively in the rock-crevices or moved back and forth between them and other refugia such as caves or mines. Rock-crevices likely are more isolated and colder and drier than most caves and mines and conceivably could offer greater protection from White-nose Syndrome.
- Subjects
VIRGINIA; BIG brown bat; CAVES; MYOTIS leibii; WHITE-nose syndrome
- Publication
Banisteria, 2017, Issue 48, p9
- ISSN
1066-0712
- Publication type
Article