| white-nose syndrome and wing damage index scores among summer bats in the northeastern united states. | white-nose syndrome (wns) adversely affects millions of bats hibernating in caves of the eastern united states. beginning in 2009, the us fish and wildlife service supported use of a wing damage index (wdi) scoring system (scale of 0 to 3, or no damage to severe) to assess wing damage of bats captured during summer. based on bat captures at 459 mist net sites in pennsylvania, new york, maryland, virginia, and new jersey, usa, we questioned whether wdi scores varied by species group, date, and di ... | 2011 | 21269995 |
| offshore observations of eastern red bats (lasiurus borealis) in the mid-atlantic united states using multiple survey methods. | little is known about the migration and movements of migratory tree-roosting bat species in north america, though anecdotal observations of migrating bats over the atlantic ocean have been reported since at least the 1890s. aerial surveys and boat-based surveys of wildlife off the atlantic seaboard detected a possible diurnal migration event of eastern red bats (lasiurus borealis) in september 2012. one bat was sighted approximately 44 km east of rehoboth beach, delaware during a boat-based surv ... | 2013 | 24367614 |