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<p class="MsoNormal">See below for research request!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BB0000;background:white">Marne A. Titchenell<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white">Wildlife Program Specialist
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#262626;background:white">Ohio State University Extension</span></b><br>
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white">School of Environment and Natural Resources<span style="color:#BB0000"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Looking for Small Summer Colonies of Little Brown Bats (<i>Myotis lucifugus</i>) for WNS Research<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our research group is looking for places where Little Brown Bats can be found consistently roosting in aggregations of 20-40 individuals during late-summer. In particular, we seek groups of individual bats
we can fit with microclimate-monitoring ‘batpacks’ that they will carry from their summer roosts, to their winter hibernacula, and then back to the initial roost the following spring. In particular, ideal study sites would meet
<i><u>as many of the following criteria as possible:<o:p></o:p></u></i></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Contain little-brown bats (<i>Myotis lucifugus</i>) where species identity has been previously confirmed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Small-moderate size (20-40 individuals).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Easy to visualize and capture bats (e.g., bat boxes, attics, few openings)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Established roosts that have been monitored multiple years<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Approximate autumn departure and spring arrival dates known<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Able to be monitored by skilled person permitted to handle bats in the state<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This information is requested in support of our US Fish and Wildlife Service funded project entitled: “<i>Understanding Regional Patterns of Vulnerability to White-Nose Syndrome Using Bats to Sample Environmental
Conditions of Hibernacula</i>” (see attached project synopsis).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you have knowledge of roosts that show potential for this study, please contact Ted Weller (</span><a href="mailto:tweller@fs.fed.us"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">tweller@fs.fed.us</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">).
<u>Roosts need not meet all criteria for consideration</u>, <b>please let us know about all roosts that
<u>might</u> work for this study</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Although we will not determine specific winter roost sites, summary data of environmental conditions experienced by bats will be shared for local use with those who identify roosts for this project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you for your help in understanding the winter roosting ecology of bats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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