When bat habitats, called «hibernacula», are disturbed by noise, light or human contact, bats can use up critical amounts of energy, threatening their ability to survive the winter.
Not exact matches
When crops are not flowering and ripening, they no longer provide a sufficient insect source: natural
habitats become crucial for maintaining the
bat populations.
The others could be recent imports or may have lurked unnoticed in Australia's
bats, jumping species only
when people and their domestic animals began to encroach further into
bat habitat.
For example, project planners identify areas likely or known to be used by large numbers of
bats and consideration is given to potential
habitat impacts
when deciding where to place wind turbines.
A zoologist by trade, Gazaryan was studying
bats in the unique forests of Krasnodar region
when he discovered that their numbers were falling due to
habitat loss from development and government corruption: