A five-year study of Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) occupancy on the island of Hawai`i
| dc.contributor.author | Gorressen, P. Marcos | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bonaccorso, Frank | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pinzari, Corinna | |
| dc.contributor.author | Todd, Christopher | |
| dc.contributor.author | Montoya-Aiona, Kristina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brinck, Kevin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-25T20:13:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-01-25T20:13:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-01-25 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Using acoustic recordings of the vocalizations of the endangered Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) collected over a five-year period (2007–2011) from 25 survey areas across the island of Hawai`i, we modeled the relationship between habitat attributes and bat occurrence. Our data support the conclusion that hoary bats concentrate in the coastal lowlands of Hawai`i during the breeding season, May through October, and migrate to interior highlands during the winter non-breeding season. Highest occupancy peaked on the Julian date 15 September across the five-year average and during the season of fledging by the young of the year. Although the Hawaiian hoary bat is a habitat generalist species and occurs from sea level to the highest volcanic peaks on Hawai`i, there was a significant association between occupancy and the prevalence of mature forest cover. Trends in occupancy were stable to slightly increasing during the breeding season over the five years of our surveys. | |
| dc.format.extent | 54 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10790/2623 | |
| dc.language.iso | en-US | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Technical Report HCSU - 041 | |
| dc.subject | acoustic recordings | |
| dc.subject | endangered species | |
| dc.subject | migration | |
| dc.title | A five-year study of Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) occupancy on the island of Hawai`i | |
| dc.type | Journal | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |