Observations on Bats at Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Bogan MA, Osborne JG, Clarke JA. 1996. Observations on Bats at Badlands National Park, South Dakota. The Prairie Naturalist. 28(3):115-123
"During the summers of 1992 and 1993, we conducted a survey of bats at Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Using mist nets, we captured bats and recorded species, sex, age, age class, and reproductive conditions for each individual neted. We recorded five species, Myotis ciliolabrum (n = 198), M. thysanodes(29),M. volans (13), Eptesicus fuscus (91), and Plecotus townsendii (43), previously known from the park. In addition, we added four species, M. lucifugus (18), M. septendrionalis (9), Lasionycteris noctivagans(1), and Lasiurus cinerius(3) to the confirmed fauna of the park, Most bats captured were male (76.3%) although maternity colonies of at least M. volans and P. townsendiilikely exist in the park. Reproductive activity was observed for all species except L. noctivagans and L. cilnereus which probably just migrate through the area. In addition to crevices, bats used caves as summer roosts. The availability of roosts coupled with the presence of nearby foraging areas and water sources, makes Badlands Naitonal Park an important summer habitat and likely migration stopover for bats." (from document Abstract)
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Bogan, Michael; Osborne, Jeffrey; Clarke, Jenniger
- Units
- BADL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Bats, Inventory, Mammals, Monitoring, Vertebrates