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SUBMITTER: Hayes MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4514827 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hayes Mark A MA Cryan Paul M PM Wunder Michael B MB
PloS one 20150724 7
Understanding seasonal distribution and movement patterns of animals that migrate long distances is an essential part of monitoring and conserving their populations. Compared to migratory birds and other more conspicuous migrants, we know very little about the movement patterns of many migratory bats. Hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus), a cryptic, wide-ranging, long-distance migrant, comprise a substantial proportion of the tens to hundreds of thousands of bat fatalities estimated to occur each year ...[more]