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Evaluating Habitat Selection Models To Improve Site Selection In A Population Monitoring Program For Townsend's Big-Eared Bats (Corynorhinus Townsendii), Katrina J. Smith
Evaluating Habitat Selection Models To Improve Site Selection In A Population Monitoring Program For Townsend's Big-Eared Bats (Corynorhinus Townsendii), Katrina J. Smith
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
Winter roost (hibernacula) surveys offer a unique opportunity to monitor Townsend’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) while the population is generally closed, using a simple count method to census the population. Existing knowledge of C. townsendii hibernacula facilitates long-term population trend analysis but improving the accuracy of trend estimates requires identification of additional hibernacula to increase the proportion of the population monitored. Over 800 caves are known within Lava Beds National Monument; 322 of these have never been surveyed in the winter and could potentially hold a substantial portion of the C. townsendii population currently missing from the annual …