DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.01.036
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85013771553
论文题名: Indiana bats roost in ephemeral, fire-dependent pine snags in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA
作者: O'Keefe J.M. ; Loeb S.C.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2017
卷: 391 起始页码: 264
结束页码: 274
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Forest
; Multi-scale
; Myotis sodalis
; North Carolina
; Snags
; Tennessee
; Yellow pines (Pinus subgenus Diploxylon)
Scopus关键词: Ecology
; Ecosystems
; Landforms
; Radio transmission
; Regression analysis
; Forest
; Multi-scale
; Myotis sodalis
; North Carolina
; Snags
; Tennessee
; Yellow pines (Pinus subgenus Diploxylon)
; Forestry
; bat
; disturbance
; habitat loss
; habitat selection
; reproductive behavior
; roost site
; roosting
; stand structure
; survival
; Appalachians
; Great Smoky Mountains
; Indiana
; North Carolina
; Tennessee
; United States
; Myotis sodalis
英文摘要: The Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), a species that is federally endangered in the U.S., is being impacted by white-nose syndrome and habitat loss across much of its range. A better understanding of summer roost ecology of the species will enable us to develop management strategies that promote summer survival for breeding adult females and their pups. We conducted a 5 year investigation of Indiana bat roost habitat selection and roosting behavior in a large (>250,000 ha) forested area of the southern Appalachian Mountains and compared our results to populations in different landscapes across the species’ range. From May to August 2008–2012, we attached radio transmitters to 50 adult females, 3 juveniles, and 7 adult males captured at sites on the Cherokee and Nantahala national forests and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We radiotracked bats to 95 roosts and measured characteristics of trees, 0.1 ha plots, and landscape attributes for 69 of these roosts and associated random trees. We used an AIC approach to compare 14 candidate conditional logistic regression models. The only plausible model, which carried 95% of total model weights, had 3 important terms. Indiana bats showed strong selection for yellow pine (Pinus subgenus Diploxylon) snags that were significantly taller than random trees and in areas with a greater number of snags within 0.1 ha. During this study, tree and stand structure were more important for roost selection than larger scale factors and Indiana bats responded to a pulsed and highly ephemeral resource, dead yellow pines, which were a significant component of the large forest tracts. Roosting behavior differed from what has been observed for Indiana bats in other parts of the eastern U.S.; maternity colonies tended to be smaller (<25 bats, but as large as 75 bats prior to pups being volant) and bats were more nomadic, using each roost tree for only 2–3 days on average and rarely for more than one year. The differences we observed in roosting behavior in the southern Appalachians suggest it would be wise to consider the broader landscape context when evaluating the roosting ecology of Indiana bats, as local forest types and disturbance events will affect stand structure and roost tree availability. Stand- and landscape-scale management practices that create or preserve large pine snags, such as prescribed fire, coupled with natural or manmade pulsed disturbances, should aid in the management and recovery of the Indiana bat in this region. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64420
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作者单位: Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation, Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, United States; United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
Recommended Citation:
O'Keefe J.M.,Loeb S.C.. Indiana bats roost in ephemeral, fire-dependent pine snags in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,391