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3 November 2022 Roost Characteristics of a Tricolored Bat Perimyotis subflavus in the Missouri Ozarks
Amy Hammesfahr, Christine C. Rega-Brodsky, Kathryn Womack-Bulliner, James Whitney
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Abstract

The tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) once commonly occurred throughout the eastern and central United States, but is now experiencing range-wide population declines primarily due to white-nose syndrome and forest fragmentation. Conservation efforts for this species require more information regarding summer maternity roost characteristics, especially in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri, where the species has declined precipitously. Herein we report the capture and tracking of one female tricolored bat to two summer roosts in southeastern Missouri. Tree roosts differed by their substrates, as one was within a cluster of dead leaves on a snag and the other was located under exfoliating bark; otherwise, the roosts and surrounding vegetation were similar. Both roosts were located in large (>30 cm diameter breast height) oak (Quercus spp.) trees under a dense canopy of trees with similar basal areas. While our capture success was limited over two years, details regarding tricolored bat roost ecology are imperative for the species' conservation and management.

Amy Hammesfahr, Christine C. Rega-Brodsky, Kathryn Womack-Bulliner, and James Whitney "Roost Characteristics of a Tricolored Bat Perimyotis subflavus in the Missouri Ozarks," Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 125(3-4), 159-164, (3 November 2022). https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0307
Published: 3 November 2022
KEYWORDS
conservation
forest
Quercus
roost ecology
tricolored bat
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