Summer day-roost selection by eastern red bats varies between areas with different land-use histories

被引:4
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作者
Monarchino, Maria N. [1 ]
Behan, Marnie L. [2 ]
Johnson, Joseph S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Ohio Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Athens, OH 45701 USA
[2] Ohio State Univ, Sch Environm & Nat Resources, Athens, OH USA
来源
PLOS ONE | 2020年 / 15卷 / 08期
关键词
LASIURUS-BOREALIS; SITE SELECTION; CORYNORHINUS-RAFINESQUII; SEX-RATIOS; MYOTIS; FEMALE; MICROCLIMATE; THERMOREGULATION; CINEREUS; TORPOR;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0237103
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) is widely considered to be in decline, inspiring interest in identifying important habitats for conservation in the eastern United States. Unfortunately, knowledge of important day-roosting habitats is lacking for much of the species' range. We examined patterns of day-roost selection by male and female eastern red bats at two study sites in southeastern Ohio, U. S. A, to help fill this information gap. We radio-tagged 28 male and 25 female bats during the summers of 2016-2019 and located 53 male and 74 female roosts. Day-roost selection differed between sexes and study areas. In a mostly even-aged forest with significant historical disturbance, we found males and females roosting in trees located at higher elevations, with no clear selection based on tree or stand characteristics. Specifically, males selected trees with larger diameters located at lower, cooler elevations than females, which selected smaller diameter trees found at higher, warmer elevations. However, in a forest with less historical disturbance and more structural diversity, we found sexes differed in how they selected from available habitats. These data show that heterogeneity in environmental conditions can lead to different patterns in selection, even between sites located within a small geographic area. They also show that eastern red bats sexually segregate on the local landscape in the presence of diverse forest conditions but may not do so in the absence of such diversity. We recommend managing forests to maintain structural diversity across an elevational gradient to provide male and female eastern red bats with suitable day-roosting habitat in southeast Ohio.
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