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- Title
ROOSTING ECOLOGY OF FEMALE TOWNSEND'S BIG-EARED BATS (CORYNORHINUS TOWNSENDII) IN SOUTH-EASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT.
- Authors
Reid, Aaron; Hill, Thomas; Clarke, Ross; Gwilliam, John; Krebs, John
- Abstract
The article presents information on the study conducted on the abundance of maternity roosts of Townsend's Big-eared Bats, considered as species of special concern by the British Columbia (BC) Conservation Data Centre, as an indication for conservation management. It mentions issues concerning the absence of maternity roosts in BC caves. It features the data gathering that was initiated for distribution, roosting requirements and the search for maternity colony. It further discusses the tools that were used including telemetry data and radio tag, as well as the findings to foster conservation of such species.
- Subjects
BRITISH Columbia; WILDLIFE conservation; BATS; BAT reproduction; BIOTELEMETRY; ANIMAL migration; SEASONAL effects on wildlife; ROOSTING; ROCK-cut dwellings
- Publication
Northwestern Naturalist, 2010, Vol 91, Issue 2, p215
- ISSN
1051-1733
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1898/NWN09-08.1