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http://dx.doi.org/10.5141/JEFB.2009.32.3.191

The Current Distribution and Habitat Preferences of Hibernating Myotis formosus in Korea  

Kim, Sun-Sook (Department of Biology, Kyung-Hee University)
Choi, Yu-Seong (Korea Institute of Ornithology, Kyung-Hee University)
Kim, Bong-Hyeon (Cave Research Institute of Korea, Gangwon National University)
Yoo, Jeong-Chil (Department of Biology, Kyung-Hee University)
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Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.32, no.3, 2009 , pp. 191-195 More about this Journal
Abstract
We monitored 38 hibernation sites of Myotis formosus in South Korea and recorded the number of bats occupying each site and assessed the micro-climate at the sites during four winters from 2005 to 2009 at. The mean rock temperature of the bat roosting sites was $13.2{\pm}1.4^{\circ}C$ and the mean body temperature of the hibernating bats was $13.3{\pm}1.3^{\circ}C$. The number of hibernating bats was negatively related to the size of the entrance and positively related to the minimum ambient temperature and humidity in the site interior. More bats hibernated in roosts with smaller entrances and higher minimum ambient temperatures, and more bats selected sites presenting a narrow temperature range. This study showed that the internal environments of hibernacula of M. formosus were highly stable despite dramatic variation in the external environment.
Keywords
Hibernacula; Hibernation; Myotis formosus; Temperature; Thermal preference;
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