Thoughts on the bat research and monitoring program at Fort Drum, NY Chris Dobony, Fort Drum...
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Thoughts on the bat research and monitoring program at Fort Drum, NY Chris Dobony, Fort Drum Military Installation, Fort Drum, NY David Jachowski, Clemson University, Clemson SC Eric Britzke, U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center, Vicksburg, MS John Edwards, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Joshua Johnson, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Phillipsburg, PA Laci Coleman, Ecotech Inc., Marietta, GA
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Thoughts on the bat research and monitoring program at Fort
Drum, NY
Chris Dobony, Fort Drum Military Installation, Fort Drum, NYDavid Jachowski, Clemson University, Clemson SCEric Britzke, U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center, Vicksburg, MSJohn Edwards, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVJoshua Johnson, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Phillipsburg, PALaci Coleman, Ecotech Inc., Marietta, GAW. Mark Ford, U.S. Geological Survey, Blacksburg, VAJane Rodrigue, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Princeton, WV
MISTNET SURVEY LOCATIONS2007 - 2011
= 81 SURVEY LOCATIONS JUN – AUG 2007
= 41 SURVEY LOCATIONS JUL – AUG 2008
= 85 SURVEY LOCATIONS JUN – AUG 2009
= 86 SURVEY LOCATIONS JUN – AUG 2010
MIST NET SAMPLING
MYOTIS
MIST NET RESULTS
2007 (n = 81)
2008 (n = 41)
2009(n = 85)
2010(n = 85)
2011(n = 60)*
Little Brown Myotis 440 (5.43) 104 (2.54) 35 (0.41) 51 (0.6) 15 (0.25)
Northern Myotis 260 (3.21) 37 (0.90) 5 (0.06) 5 (0.06) 1 (0.02)
Indiana Myotis 18 2 0 2 1
Small-footed Myotis 0 0 0 2 0
* 30 Sites Repeated Twice
Indiana bat foraging ecology
Jachowski, D.S., J.B. Johnson, C.A. Dobony, J.W. Edwards and W.M. Ford. 2014. Space Use and Resource Selection by Foraging Indiana Bats at Their Northern Distribution. Endangered Species Management 24: 149–157.
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IN 2003, FORT DRUM BEGAN USING ACCOUSTICAL MONITORING EQUIPMENT (ANABAT) TO DOCUMENT BAT ACTIVITY
ANABAT SAMPLING 2003-2014
www.bats4kids.org
EPFU LABO LACI LANO MYLE MYLU MYSE MYSO PEMY NOID ∑
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2004n= 229
11384.97
9454.13
6402.79
900.39
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1780.78
3651.59
840.37
11585.06
750932.79
2009n= 259
6522.52
3831.48
4021.55
3841.48
150.06
5011.93
130.05
600.23
1920.74
14615.64
406315.69
2005n= 297
3181.07
7172.41
5451.84
240.08
30.01
356111.99
2000.67
9473.19
90.03
7262.44
705023.74
2010n= 574
6001.05
1830.32
1760.31
2620.46
320.06
1440.25
70.01
400.07
180.03
22383.90
37006.45
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Jachowski, D.S., C.A. Dobony, L.S. Coleman, W.M. Ford, E.R. Britzke, and J.L. Rodrigue. 2014. Disease and community structure: white-nose syndrome alters spatial and temporal niche partitioning in sympatric bat species. Diversity and Distributions 20:1002-1015. 29.
BAT SAMPLING, GUANO SAMPLING, BAT HOUSE
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2009- 2014
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FORT DRUM LITTLE BROWN BAT MATERNITY COLONY
YEAR # BATS REPRO RATE
Pre-volant
Post-volant
2006 -- 1,144 --
2007 -- -- --
2008 -- 1,200 --
2009 243 345 42%
2010 104 155 49%
2011 99 158 60%
2012 101 169 67%
2013 96 -- --
2014 95 185 95%
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JUVENILE SURVIVAL 2009 - 2013: 1 Recapture 2009 - 2014: 1 Recapture 2011 - 2012: 3 Recaptures 2011 - 2013: 1 Recaptures 2011 - 2014: 4 Recaptures 2012 - 2013: 3 Recaptures 2012 - 2014: 6 Recaptures 2013 - 2014: 9 Recaptures
13 juveniles survived multiple years
Pd detected from swabs, culture, and/ or guano from bats in the bat house in April, May, June, July, and August of 2009 and/ or 2010.
Pd detected from swabs taken from bat house in March and September of 2011.
Pd detected from swabs taken from bat house in March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November of 2013
Britzke, E.R and C.A. Dobony (in prep). Could summer torpor be a factor in White-nose Syndrome? U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Tech Note. Vicksburg, MS.
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