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1 August 2003 TREE-ROOSTING ECOLOGY OF REPRODUCTIVE FEMALE EASTERN PIPISTRELLES, PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS, IN INDIANA
Jacques Pierre Veilleux, John O. Whitaker, Sherry L. Veilleux
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Abstract

We studied roosting ecology of reproductive (pregnant or lactating) adult female eastern pipistrelles (Pipistrellus subflavus) in Indiana. Nineteen bats were radiotagged and 37 roost trees identified. Pipistrelles roosted exclusively in foliage, typically in clusters of dead leaves (65%) and less often in live foliage (30%) or squirrel nests (5%). Oaks (Quercus species) were preferred as roost trees. Roost trees and height of foliage roosts were both located well below the forest canopy. Bats remained at roost trees for 6 days on average before moving to new roosts and traveled approximately 19–139 m between roost trees. This is the 1st thorough analysis of roosting habits of this common species under natural conditions.

Jacques Pierre Veilleux, John O. Whitaker, and Sherry L. Veilleux "TREE-ROOSTING ECOLOGY OF REPRODUCTIVE FEMALE EASTERN PIPISTRELLES, PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS, IN INDIANA," Journal of Mammalogy 84(3), 1068-1075, (1 August 2003). https://doi.org/10.1644/BEM-021
Accepted: 1 October 2002; Published: 1 August 2003
KEYWORDS
bats
Chiroptera
eastern pipistrelle
habitat selection
Indiana
Pipistrellus subflavus
reproduction
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