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dc.contributor.authorBoyles, Justin G.
dc.contributor.authorWillis, Craig K. R.
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-08T23:02:00Z
dc.date.available2016-12-08T23:02:00Z
dc.date.issued2009-03-05
dc.identifier.citationBoyles, Justin G.; Willis, Craig K. R. "Could localized warm areas inside cold caves reduce mortality of hibernating bats affected by white-nose syndrome?" Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8(2) (2010): 92-98. DOI: 10.1890/080187.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1540-9295
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10680/1255
dc.description.abstractWhite-nose syndrome (WNS) is a mysterious condition affecting populations of hibernating bats in the northeastern US. Little is known about its physiological effects on bats and no intervention has so far been proposed to slow associated mortality. We use an individual-based population model to examine how disruption of normal hibernation or pre-hibernation physiology could lead to the pattern of mortality that has been observed. We present evidence that artificial warming of localized areas within hibernacula could increase survival of WNS-affected bats during winter by lessening the energetic costs of periodic arousals. The model suggests that localized thermal refugia of 28°C could improve survival by up to 75%, depending on how WNS acts to disrupt energy balance. This approach has yet to be tested, but it could serve as a stopgap measure to slow population declines until a solution is found, or to preserve remnant bat populations if WNS becomes ubiquitous throughout the ranges of affected species.en_US
dc.description.sponsorship"JGB was supported by the Cave Conservancy Foundation Fellowship. CKRW's research is supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada)."en_US
dc.description.urihttps://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/080187
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectBats -- Diseasesen_US
dc.subjectWhite-nose syndromeen_US
dc.titleCould localized warm areas inside cold caves reduce mortality of hibernating bats affected by white-nose syndrome?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1890/080187


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