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Article: The Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis) on an anthropogenic landscape: Newport Chemical Depot, Vermillion County, Indiana.
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- Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
- Article date:
- August 31, 2006
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ABSTRACT. Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis) caught on Newport Chemical Depot, Vermillion County, Indiana used four primary and two alternate roosts, all within 6.3 km of one another, supporting the hypothesis of a fission-fusion social system. Roosting with larger numbers of individuals may be advantageous when thermoregulatory demands are high, while roosting with fewer individuals may help reduce parasitism and place individuals closer to foraging areas. Roosts and capture sites were scattered across a landscape dominated by agriculture and development, requiring that bats cross open lands and roads. One roost was on the edge of a 0.7 ha woodlot, adjacent to a four-lane ...
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