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1 June 2005 Use of Bat Boxes by a Maternity Colony of Indiana Myotis (Myotis sodalis)
Christopher M. Ritzi, Brianne L. Everson, John O. Whitaker
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Selection of maternity roosts by the federally endangered Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis Miller and Allen) is a topic of great concern for wildlife managers. As part of annual monitoring of Indiana myotis at the Indianapolis International Airport, we observed M. sodalis using 2 of 974 available birdhouse-style bat boxes as maternity roosts. This represents the first reported use of birdhouse-style bat boxes as maternity roosts for M. sodalis. However, these 2 boxes were among 3204 artificial roosting structures on the site, including 259 triple and 715 single birdhouse-style bat boxes, many of which were in place for more than a decade and never used by Indiana myotis. Use of bat boxes by Indiana myotis may have been initiated by loss of a primary roost tree 2 years earlier.

Christopher M. Ritzi, Brianne L. Everson, and John O. Whitaker "Use of Bat Boxes by a Maternity Colony of Indiana Myotis (Myotis sodalis)," Northeastern Naturalist 12(2), 217-220, (1 June 2005). https://doi.org/10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0217:UOBBBA]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 June 2005
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