Energetic benefits of enhanced summer roosting habitat for little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) recovering from white-nose syndrome | Zendy

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Energetic benefits of enhanced summer roosting habitat for little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) recovering from white-nose syndrome

Author(s) -

Alana Wilcox,

Craig K. R. Willis

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cov070

Subject(s) - myotis lucifugus , torpor , biology , hibernation (computing) , ecology , habitat , insectivore , human echolocation , eptesicus fuscus , home range , threatened species , wildlife , zoology , thermoregulation , state (computer science) , algorithm , neuroscience , computer science

Enhancement of summer habitat could improve survival and reproduction by bats recovering from white-nose syndrome (WNS). We found that captive little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) recovering from WNS preferentially selected heated bat houses and we calculated a dramatic reduction in energy costs for bats in heated roosts.

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