Overwinter weight loss of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) from hibernacula subject to human visitation

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-261

  Johnson, Scott A ^a   Brack Jr , Virgil ^b   Rolley, Robert E ^a,c  

^a INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b 3D/Environmental ^*  (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIBERNACULUM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDIANA BAT; OVERWINTERING; WEIGHT LOSS;

INDIANA; USA;

MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 0031747198     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0255:OWLOIB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. AVERY, M. I. 1985. Winter activity of pipistrelle bats. J. Anim. Ecol., 54:721-738.
2. BAGLEY, F. M. 1984. A recovery plan for the Ozark big-eared bat and the Virginia big-eared bat. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Washington, D.C., 56 p., appen.:1-57.
3. BOX, G. E. P, W. G. HUNTER AND J. S. HUNTER. 1978. Statistics for experimenters, an introduction to design, data analysis, and model building. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 653 p.
4. BRACK, V., JR. AND J. W. TWENTE. 1985. The duration of the period of hibernation of three species of vespertilionid bats. I. Field studies. Can. J. Zool., 63:2952-2954.
5. _, K. TYRELL AND K. DUNLAP. 1991. A 1990-1991 winter cave census for the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) in non-priority 1 hibernacula in Indiana. Ind. Fed. Aid Proj. E-1-6, Study No. 18, Ind. Dep. Nat. Resour., Indianapolis. 45 p.
6. BRADY, J., T. KUNZ, M. D. TUTTLE AND D. WILSON. 1982. Gray bat recovery plan. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Washington, D.C., 26 p., appen.:1-99.
7. _, R. K. LAVAL, T. H. KUNZ, M. D. TUTTLE, D. E. WILSON AND R. L. CLAWSON. 1983. Recovery plan for the Indiana bat. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Washington, D.C., 23 p., appen.:1-56.
8. CLAWSON, R. L. 1991. Report on the status of priority 1 Indiana bat hibernacula, 1991. Unpubl. Rep., U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Minneapolis, Minn. 11 p.
9. _, R. K. LAVAL, M. L. LAVAL AND W. CAIRE. 1980. Clustering behavior of hibernating Myotis sodalis in Missouri. J. Mammal., 61:245-253.
10. COPE, J. B. AND S. R. HUMPHREY. 1977. Spring and autumn swarming behavior in the Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis. J. Mammal., 58:93-95.
11. EWING, W. G., E. H. STUDIER AND J. J. O'FARRELL. 1970. Autumn fat deposition and gross body composition in three species of Myotis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 36:119-129.
12. HALL, J. S. 1962. A life history and taxonomic study of the Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis. Reading Public Mus. and Art Gallery, Sci. Publ., 12:1-68.
13. HARDIN, J. W. AND M. D. HASSELL. 1970. Observation on waking periods and movements of Myotis sodalis during hibernation. J. Mammal., 51:829-831.
14. HOMOYA, M. A., D. B. ABRELL, J. R. ALDRICH AND T. W. POST. 1985. The natural regions of Indiana. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 94:245-268.
15. HUMPHREY, S. R. 1978. Status, winter habitat, and management of the endangered Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis. Fla. Sci., 41:65-76.
16. LAVAL, R. K. AND M. L. LAVAL. 1980. Ecological studies and management of Missouri bats, with emphasis on cave-dwelling species. Terrestrial Ser. No. 8, Mo. Dep. Conserv., Jefferson City. 53 p.
17. LYMAN, C. P., J. S. WILLIS, A. MALAN AND L. C. H. WANG. 1982. Hibernation and torpor in mammals and birds. Academic Press, New York. 317 p.
18. MCCRACKEN, G. F. 1989. Cave conservation: special problems of bats. Natl. Speleological Soc. Bull., 51: 47-51.
19. RICHTER, A. R., S. R. HUMPHREY, J. B. COPE AND V. BRACK, JR. 1993. Modified cave entrances: thermal effect on body mass and resulting decline of endangered Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis). Conserv. Biol., 7:407-415.
20. SPEAKMAN, J. R. AND P. A. RACEY. 1989. Hibernal ecology of the pipistrelle bat: energy expenditure, water requirements and mass loss, implications for survival and the function of winter emergence flights. J. Anim. Ecol., 58:797-813.
21. _, P. I. WEBB AND P. A. RACEY. 1991. Effects of disturbance on the energy expenditure of hibernating bats. J. Appl. Ecol., 28:1087-1104.
22. THOMAS, D. W. 1995. Hibernating bats are sensitive to nontactile human disturbance. J. Mammal. 76: 940-946.
23. _, M. DORAIS AND J. BERGERON. 1990. Winter energy budgets and cost of arousals for hibernating little brown bats, Myotis lucifugus. J. Mammal., 71:475-479.
24. THOMSON, C. E. 1982. Myotis sodalis. Mammal. Species, 163:1-5.
25. TUTTLE, M. D. 1979. Status, causes of decline, and management of endangered gray bats. J. Wildl. Manage., 43:1-17.
26. WHITAKER, J. O., JR. AND L. J. RISSLER. 1993. Do bats feed in winter? Am. Midl. Nat. 129:200-203.