Sentences with phrase «of hoary bats»
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The study, led by Amy Russell, associate professor of biology at Grand Valley, reveals that the Hawaiian hoary bat migrated to the islands from the Pacific coast of North America in two separate waves more than 9,000 years apart.
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To collect their data, the research team used bits of wing tissue and DNA sequencing and analytical tools to estimate the time and place of origin for the Hawaiin hoary bat.
Migrating bats such as the hoary bat, which can travel from as far as northern Canada to Argentina and Chile, make up most of those fatalities because they often navigate through areas dotted with wind farms.
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.