Title
Bat activity and richness in beetle-killed forests in southern British Columbia
Author(s)
Lawson, K.J., Lausen, C.L., Mancuso, K.A., Volkmann, L.A., Gooliaff, T.J., Hutchen, J., Teichman, K.J., Kelly, A.J. and Hodges, K.E. 2019.
Published
2019
Publisher
Journal of Mammalogy 100(2): 510-517
Abstract
Large ares of forest in western North America are characterized by dead trees caused by outbreaks of bark beetles in the past decades. Uncertain of how patches of dead trees may effect bat populations, the researchers conducted surveys of bat species richness in forests with low and high levels of tree deaths. They detected 6 species of bats, including little brown bats that are listed as endangered by the federal government. They determined that beetle-killed forest do not effect bat presence nor activity and also do not provide increased habitat use for bats.
Keywords
activity; bark beetle; boreal forest; British Columbia; habitat; little brown myotis; Myotis lucifugus
Full Citation
Kirstie J. Lawson, Cori L. Lausen, Kristen A. Mancuso, Logan A. Volkmann, T. J. Gooliaff, Jenna Hutchen, Kristine J. Teichman, Angelina J. Kelly, and Karen E. Hodges. 2019. Bat activity and richness in beetle-killed forests in southern British Columbia. Journal of Mammalogy
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