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SUBMITTER: Weller TJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6209190 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weller Theodore J TJ Rodhouse Thomas J TJ Neubaum Daniel J DJ Ormsbee Patricia C PC Dixon Rita D RD Popp Diana L DL Williams Jason A JA Osborn Scott D SD Rogers Bruce W BW Beard Laura O LO McIntire Angela M AM Hersey Kimberly A KA Tobin Abigail A Bjornlie Nichole L NL Foote Jennifer J Bachen Dan A DA Maxell Bryce A BA Morrison Michael L ML Thomas Shawn C SC Oliver George V GV Navo Kirk W KW
PloS one 20181031 10
Efforts to conserve bats in the western United States have long been impeded by a lack of information on their winter whereabouts, particularly bats in the genus Myotis. The recent arrival of white-nose syndrome in western North America has increased the urgency to characterize winter roost habitats in this region. We compiled 4,549 winter bat survey records from 2,888 unique structures across 11 western states. Myotis bats were reported from 18.5% of structures with 95% of aggregations composed ...[more]