Temperatures and locations used by hibernating bats, including Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat), in a limestone mine: Implications for conservation and management

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 739-746

  Brack Jr , Virgil ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave; Endangered species; Hibernaculum; Hibernation efficiency; Temperature of hibernation

Indexed keywords

CEMENT BLOCK WALLS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; HIBERNATION EFFICIENCY; MYOTIS SODALIS (INDIANA BAT);

BIRDS; METABOLISM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

LIMESTONE;

BAT; CAVE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HIBERNATION; LIMESTONE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DEATH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HIBERNATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; MINING; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; MYOTIS SODALIS; NONHUMAN; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHIROPTERA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIBERNATION; MINING; TEMPERATURE;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; MYOTIS SODALIS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS;

EID: 35649023730     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0274-y     Document Type: Article

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