Sentences with phrase «hibernation sites»
The population has declined dramatically due to a disease called «White Nose Syndrome,» a fungus that humans help spread by disturbing bat hibernation sites.
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Based on the results of these experiments, the less virulent strains (either genetically - based or viral - mediated) will then be deployed at select hibernation sites for initial field - testing.
Of course, the bats don't know this, so they'll just maintain their old behavior, returning to the same hibernation sites that they always have.
Followup surveys of infected communities show 14 northern long - eared populations went locally extinct within two years of white nose syndrome's arrival, Langwig notes; none remained alive five years after the fungal epidemic first struck their hibernation site.
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In the meantime, on a donation site, SETIstars.org, alien lovers pleaded with donors across the world to bring ATA out of «hibernation» and keep the search going.
«These specialised transmitters allowed us to monitor hibernation patterns and nest site use in winter, as well as activity and home range size in summer,» says lead researcher Dr. Lisa Warnecke.
In the meantime, it is high time that I should end my unbloggerlike hibernation and return to at least quasi-regular posting on this site.