Sentences with phrase «bat population»

Using integrated pest management and more specifically biological control, a suburb of Tel Aviv has enlisted an insectivorous bat population to do the dirty work of eating unwanted mosquitoes.

If the expansion of wind turbines continues at its current pace, the hoary bat population is projected to be reduced by 90 % (Frick et al., 2017) within the next 50 years.

At greater risk is the bat population — which are protected species in the UK.

This year spring is late and the bat population is seriously down here in NE Oregon.

I have maybe 1 / 4th of the bat population I usually have.

Plus, the local bat population has enough problems.

They're going to test out their idea in a small bat population in Canada, and see if providing some solar - powered heat will help the little critters make it through the winter.

At this rate, the entire Canadian bat population may be infected within 12 to 18 years, if conservation efforts don't intervene.

[www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/science/25bats.html?ref=science] The unprecidented die - off of bats in NY and other NE States, only identified in January, is now considered epidemic, although the exact cause is uncertain, as is the degree of decimation of the bat population.

SFI has also awarded a grant to Nature Conservancy Canada to support research geared to saving the white - nosed bat population in British Columbia.

Follow the scientific method as a group of researchers notice something wrong with the little brown bat population and search for a way to save them.

So far this year, Austin has experienced more than ninety days of 100 degree heat, keeping both the city's native Mexican free - tailed bat population (and fixed - gear - riding hipster population) in the shade for most of the day.

The largest bat population in New England was living in an old school nearby that had been converted to an inn.

We are asking for the public's participation to help us identify bat colony sites and carry out counts of those colonies in order to monitor bat population trends.

While conducting their biannual survey of the local bat population, his surveyors had walked into a cave near Albany and found themselves surrounded by death.

If enough samples test positive, his team might be able to build a model of how virus levels fluctuate in the bat population.

Hristov then did a postdoc with Thomas Kunz at Boston University using thermal imaging and 3D visualization to study bat behavior in the Texas Hill Country and to get a more accurate census of the Brazilian free - tailed bat population at Carlsbad Cavern in New Mexico.

Wildlife biologists seem to have a better handle on the fungus that's decimating bat populations.

The deadly fungal disease known as white - nose syndrome has spread to bat colonies throughout eastern North America over the past seven years, causing bat populations to crash, with several species now at risk of extinction.

But the remarkably high rate of infection during hibernation leads to high mortality rates at the time of year when bat populations are naturally at their lowest, before the females give birth in the summer.

Bacteria found naturally on some bats may prove useful in controlling the deadly fungal disease known as white - nose syndrome, which has devastated bat populations throughout eastern North America and continues to spread across the continent.

This will make understanding how bat populations are being effected by global change much easier.

A major factor in the increase has been the growing numbers of livestock across the continent, which has allowed vampire bat populations to more than double in some places.

The goal is to use citizen - science classifications to create software that researchers worldwide can use to extract information from bat recordings, making it really easy to track bat populations.

«This information is crucial, as it allows us to evaluate the status of bat populations and develop a plan of action for conservation.»

When crops are not flowering and ripening, they no longer provide a sufficient insect source: natural habitats become crucial for maintaining the bat populations.

«Many bat populations in Quebec have lost 80 to 100 per cent in recent years,» says Concordia biology professor Jean - Philippe Lessard.

In a paper recently published in the journal Biological Conservation, a team including Lessard and led by graduate student Noa Davidai showed that protecting natural habitats in systems that are highly modified by humans could help struggling bat populations.

The fungus behind white - nose syndrome, a disease that has ravaged bat populations in North America, may have an Achilles» heel: UV light.

Due to the economic and ecological importance, the researchers urge policy - makers to avoid a wait - and - see approach to the issue of widespread declines of bat populations.

Improved analysis of long - term monitoring data demonstrates marked regional declines of bat populations in the eastern United States.

The purpose of her research is to support data - driven surveillance strategies and management options for mitigating impacts of WNS on hibernating bat populations.

A delay in regulatory approval for deployment of our solution would reduce our ability to protect bat populations from this disease.

Infected bat populations of several species have declined over 90 % and a few species may become regionally extirpated or extinct in the next decade.

«In the long - term, this vaccine could diminish the rabies cycle in various bat populations, providing health benefits to them and protecting humans and other animals from disease spillover.»

«In the short - term, we hope to develop a topical rabies vaccine that can be used to decrease the prevalence of rabies in targeted bat populations,» said Dr. Stading.

This is a significant problem in Central and South America where bat populations are regularly culled by topical delivery of an anticoagulant poison.

Dr. Stading said effective control of rabies in bat populations would have the added benefit of reducing the stigma against bats that rabies has caused during the last century.

Through a grant awarded by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), The Nature Conservancy of Canada created an inventory of bat populations in southern British Columbia, including the locations of their habitats and habitat health.

Since disturbance or loss of habitat negatively affects bat populations, forest companies want to know how to effectively manage the land while reducing impacts to wildlife communities.

More than 80 % of of the deaths in several bat populations in the northeastern United States and Canada have been caused by a fungus - indirectly.

Shouldn't we all be worried, and shouldn't many great minds be working feverishly to find both the cause and cure for whatever is killing off the bat populations?

Heritage is committed to minimizing the impact of our activities on bird and bat populations by properly planning and siting our wind farms, conducting preconstruction use surveys and post-construction mortality surveys, using only state of the art technology and design, utilizing effective best management practices, and implementing adaptive management.

As Hein and Schirmacher (2016) conclude, the «current and presumed future level of fatality [for bat populations] is considered to be unsustainable.»

Two different horseshoe bat populations were found to have risen 32 % and 41 % respectively over the past 10 years and overall nearly half of the surveyed species were stable or increasing in population.

But alas, according to The Bat Conservation Trust (B.C.T.), there has been a rapid decline in bat populations due to loss of habitat thanks to us humans.

Not exact matches

By all means take a swing at «Panama vs. Costa Rica» — but be ready to trade the bat for a magnifying glass as soon as you figure out exactly what kind of weather, scenery, population, infrastructure, cost of living, and real estate prices make up your ideal location.

Bats are valuable within their ecosystems for keeping insect populations under control and dispersing fruit seeds across the landscape.

Right off the bat you can disregard 85 % of a population when you consider the illiteracy rate in most of these countries — they've never even heard of tennis.

The bats controlling the population?