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Ectoparasite Presence In Select Northcentral Kansas Bat Species, Elizabeth Schumann
Ectoparasite Presence In Select Northcentral Kansas Bat Species, Elizabeth Schumann
Master's Theses
Working with other graduate students on a grant given to Fort Hays State University, from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, I looked at presence and species of ectoparasites on bat species. The main goal of our grant was to quantify and qualify the status of the northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) in the state of Kansas, and to record data on any bycatch. I worked on our grant in the summer field seasons of 2016 and 2017, May to October, as described by the Indiana bat protocol.
Bats were captured by using mist nets set over …