Fire effects on wildlife in the Central Hardwoods and Appalachian regions, USA

CA Harper, WM Ford, MA Lashley, CE Moorman… - Fire Ecology, 2016 - Springer
Fire is being prescribed and used increasingly to promote ecosystem restoration (eg, oak
woodlands and savannas) and to manage wildlife habitat in the Central Hardwoods and …

Biological connectivity of seasonally ponded wetlands across spatial and temporal scales

LL Smith, AL Subalusky, CL Atkinson… - JAWRA Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many species that inhabit seasonally ponded wetlands also rely on surrounding upland
habitats and nearby aquatic ecosystems for resources to support life stages and to maintain …

Habitat use by forest bats in South Carolina in relation to local, stand, and landscape characteristics

SC Loeb, JM O'keefe - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge and understanding of bat habitat associations and the responses of
bats to forest management are critical for effective bat conservation and management. Few …

[PDF][PDF] Insectivorous bats and silviculture: balancing timber production and bat conservation

B Law, KJ Park, MJ Lacki - … Anthropocene: conservation of bats in a …, 2016 - library.oapen.org
Forests are one of the most important habitats for insectivorous bats as they offer the
potential for both roosting and foraging. We reviewed silvicultural literature from North …

Patterns of acoustical activity of bats prior to and following white-nose syndrome occurrence

WM Ford, ER Britzke, CA Dobony… - Journal of Fish and …, 2011 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a wildlife health concern that has decimated cave-
hibernating bat populations in eastern North America since 2006, began affecting source …

Ecological processes in urban landscapes: mechanisms influencing the distribution and activity of insectivorous bats

C Threlfall, B Law, T Penman, PB Banks - Ecography, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanisation affects indigenous fauna in many ways; some species persist and even
increase in urban areas, whereas others are lost. The causative mechanisms determining …

Site-occupancy of bats in relation to forested corridors

CD Hein, SB Castleberry, KV Miller - Forest Ecology and Management, 2009 - Elsevier
Although use of corridors by some wildlife species has been extensively examined, use by
bats is poorly understood. From 1 June to 31 August (2004–2005), we used Anabat II …

Bat winter foraging habitat use in working forests: A multispecies spatial occupancy approach

S Perea, G Fandos, A Larsen‐Gray… - Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Insectivorous bats in temperate zones have evolved strategies such as migration or
hibernation to overcome challenges of reduced resource availability and increased energy …

Site occupancy of foraging bats on landscapes of managed pine forest

MJ Bender, SB Castleberry, DA Miller… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The ability to fully evaluate potential relationships between forest management and bats is
limited without information from relevant spatial scales. Further, knowledge of bat ecology in …

Distribution and activity of bats at local and landscape scales within a rural–urban gradient

JB Johnson, JE Gates, WM Ford - Urban Ecosystems, 2008 - Springer
We examined the relationship between bat species activity and composition and the extent
of forest cover and urbanization in and adjacent to 11 US National Park Service, National …