Adaptive Roosting Gives Little Brown Bats an Advantage over Endangered Indiana Bats

摘要: Abstract In recent decades tree roosts of endangered Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) have been more heavily studied than those little brown lucifugus), a much common sympatric bat species. Motivated by precipitous declines in both species’ populations, we attempted to address this inconsistency comparing the characteristics these sibling roosts. We used radio telemetry find adult female species two sites southern Illinois and south-central Indiana. then collected data on roost movements. Little anthropogenic crevice/cavity bats, which exfoliating bark almost exclusively. Additionally, roosted similar genera with DBHs (diameter at breast height) heights. However, shorter trees bigger clusters (based emergence counts) bats. Both moved ...