Bat hibernacula surveys in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve: 2016 status report
Slocum K, Stefanic T, Millet A, Rodhouse TJ. 2016. Bat hibernacula surveys in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve: 2016 status report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/UCBN/NRR—2016/1333. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Between January and March of 2016, twenty-seven of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve’s (CRMO) 400+ known caves were surveyed for hibernating bats. This is the fourth year of annual bat hibernation surveys at CRMO. Bats in Arco Tunnel and other hibernacula were identified as Townsend’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii), undifferentiated species of Myotis, and several were not identifiable to genus. Temperature and humidity readings were recorded throughout caves and in the immediate space of hibernating bats. Snow conditions limited the ability of staff to survey as many caves in 2016 as they have in other years.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Slocum, Kathleen; Stefanic, Todd; Millet, Arianne; Rodhouse, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 2016-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CRMO , NRSS , UCBN
- Keywords
- acoustic monitoring, Bat, bat monitoring, Hibernacula, lava tube, lava tubes, mammal, monitoring, NABat, survey, Surveys, winter