Title: Use of an Underground Winter Roost by a Male Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis).
Authors: Boyles, Justin G.; Mormann, Brad M.; Robbins, Lynn W.
Abstract: We report use of an underground roost by an adult male evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis) during winter in southwestern Missouri. The bat was fitted with a radio-transmitter and followed to tree roosts for 28 days before it was found in a hole covered by leaf litter at the base of a live white oak tree (Quercus alba). The bat remained in the underground roost for 3 days that coincided with extremely cold ambient temperatures before moving back to a tree roost.
Subjects: MISSOURI; BATS; UNDERGROUND areas; RADIO transmitters & transmission; WHITE oak
Publication: Southeastern Naturalist, 2005, Vol 4, Issue 2, p375
ISSN: 1528-7092
Publication type: Academic Journal

Use of an Underground Winter Roost by a Male Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis).

Boyles, Justin G.; Mormann, Brad M.; Robbins, Lynn W.