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Abstract
T HE MIGRATORY MOVEIvl.ENTS OF BATS have proven ex tremely difficult to determine. Despite extensive efforts during the past century to track the movements of bats across landscapes, efficient methods of following small- to medium-size volant animals <240 gl for extended periods (>8 weeks) over long distances (>100 km) have not been developed. Important questions about bat migration remain unanswered: Which bats migrate? Where do they go? How far do they move? How high and fast do they fly? What are their habitat needs during migration? How do bats orient and navigate during migration? Addressing these apparently simple questions will be a considerable challenge to anyone interested in advancing the study of bat migration. In this chapter, we present direct and indirect methods used to study bat migration as well as techniques that have worked for studying bird migration that could feasibly be adapted to the study of bats.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Analyzing bat migration |
| ISBN | 9780801891472 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | John Hopkins University Press |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | 13 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats |
| First page | 476 |
| Last page | 488 |
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