Avoiding a conservation pitfall: Considering the risks of unsuitably hot bat boxes
Abstract Bat boxes are commonly deployed to mitigate the loss of bat roosting habitat. Due to a dearth of microclimate research, numerous untested commercially available bat boxes, and the uncertain impacts of a rapidly changing climate, the overheating risk presented to bats by bat boxes is largely...
Main Authors: | Reed D. Crawford, Joy M. O'Keefe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-06-01
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Series: | Conservation Science and Practice |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.412 |
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