Notes on foraging activity of female Myotis leibii in Maryland

Joshua B. Johnson; J. Edward Gates; Mark Ford

doi:10.2737/NRS-RP-8

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Notes on foraging activity of female Myotis leibii in Maryland

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Authors:

Joshua B. Johnson, J. Edward Gates, Mark Ford

Year:

2009

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-RP-8

Source:

Res. Pap. NRS-8. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 8 p.

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Abstract

Information on home range and habitat characteristics of eastern small-footed myotis (Myotis leibii) consist only of anecdotal accounts and unpublished research despite the need for such data for conservation of this rare species. We used radio telemetry to determine foraging site selection of four female eastern small-footed myotis in Allegany County, Maryland, in spring 2007. These bats foraged within 1.8 km of their diurnal roosts and had home ranges of

Keywords

eastern small-footed myotis, habitat use, home range, Maryland, Myotis leibii

Citation

Johnson, Joshua B.; Gates, J. Edward; Ford, W. Mark. 2009. Notes on foraging activity of female Myotis leibii in Maryland. Res. Pap. NRS-8. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 8 p.