scholarly journals Genetic approaches to the conservation of migratory bats: a study of the eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis)

PeerJ ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. e983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten J. Vonhof ◽  
Amy L. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Lasiurus Borealis ◽  
Eastern Red Bat

Interspecific Aggression by a Rabid Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 694-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Blake Sasse ◽  
Susan Weinstein ◽  
David A. Saugey
Keyword(s):  
Interspecific Aggression ◽  
Lasiurus Borealis ◽  
Eastern Red Bat

scholarly journals Glycerophospholipid Analysis of Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus Borealis) Hair by Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan L. Pannkuk ◽  
Liam P. Mcguire ◽  
David F. Gilmore ◽  
Brett J. Savary ◽  
Thomas S. Risch
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Tandem Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Electrospray Ionization ◽  
Tandem Mass ◽  
Lasiurus Borealis ◽  
Eastern Red Bat ◽  
Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) Occurrence in Northern Alberta

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cori L Lausen ◽  
Delanie Player
Keyword(s):  
Lasiurus Borealis ◽  
Eastern Red Bat ◽  
Northern Alberta

Species on the menu of a generalist predator, the eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis): using a molecular approach to detect arthropod prey

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 2532-2542 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH L. CLARE ◽  
ERIN E. FRASER ◽  
HEATHER E. BRAID ◽  
M. BROCK FENTON ◽  
PAUL D. N. HEBERT
Keyword(s):  
Generalist Predator ◽  
Molecular Approach ◽  
Lasiurus Borealis ◽  
Eastern Red Bat

scholarly journals Eastern Red Bat Responses to Fire during Winter Torpor

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1347
Author(s):  
Jason T. Layne ◽  
Dana Green ◽  
Anna Scesny ◽  
Lynn W. Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Prescribed Fires ◽  
Lasiurus Borealis ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Laboratory Techniques ◽  
First Response ◽  
Eastern Red Bat

Prescribed fires are a forest management tool used to improve natural areas for a variety of benefits including increased plant diversity, reduced competition for desired species, decreased fuel loads, and improved wildlife habitat. The post-fire results in landscapes have shown positive benefits for bat populations. However, prescribed fires set in the winter may cause direct mortality of eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) populations that use leaf litter for roosting during periods of colder (<10 °C) temperatures. Therefore, we used controlled laboratory techniques to explore if eastern red bats arouse from torpor when exposed to cues associated with fire (i.e., smoke and the sound of fire). Through subsequent field trials, we confirmed latencies of first response (i.e., movement or increased respiration), arousal, and flight behaviors to the stimuli of fire. We provide evidence of smoke influencing eastern red bat first response and arousal through laboratory and field trial results. Latencies of all behaviors were negatively correlated with temperatures and wind speeds prior to and during field trials. We recommend prescribing winter fires on days when temperatures are >10 °C to provide eastern red bats with a better chance to passively rewarm and react to an approaching fire.

scholarly journals New Records of the Eastern Red Bat, Lasiurus borealis, from Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Saskatchewan: A Response to Climate Change?

2003 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig K. R. Willis ◽  
R. Mark Brigham
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Records ◽  
Warming Trend ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Lasiurus Borealis ◽  
Eastern Red Bat ◽  
Provincial Park

During the summer of 2001 we captured two Eastern Red Bats (Lasiurus borealis) in Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Saskatchewan. A possible explanation for this range extension is a warming trend since 1965 documented for the area.

scholarly journals Sympatric Bat Species Prey Opportunistically on a Major Moth Pest of Pecans

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6365
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez ◽  
Veronica A. Brown ◽  
Gary F. McCracken ◽  
Thomas H. Kunz
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Foraging Strategies ◽  
Lasiurus Borealis ◽  
Agricultural Matrix ◽  
Gene Copies ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Pest Suppression ◽  
Eastern Red Bat ◽  
Host Parasite

Native predators provide undervalued pest suppression services to agriculture. Studies of pest consumption by insectivorous bats tend to focus upon single species in large, centralized colonies, while bats dispersed in small groups within the agricultural matrix often go unnoticed. Pecan trees, Carya illinoinensis, and the destructive pecan nut casebearer (PNC) moth, Acrobasis nuxvorella, comprise a tightly linked host–parasite system in a widespread agroecosystem native to North America. Here we use a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay of fecal DNA to document predation on PNC moths by an assemblage of sympatric bat species across episodic peaks in PNC abundance. Although five species of bats consume PNC moths, greater predation by a solitary tree-roosting bat (eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis) than other species is suggested by a higher frequency of PNC occurrence and quantity of PNC gene copies in fecal samples. Consumption of PNC by bats during all documented peaks in moth activity suggests that predation pressure occurs throughout the PNC season. Our results highlight the need to consider multi-species assemblages and different foraging strategies when assessing pest suppression services, particularly in agroforestry or tree crops. Assessing the diet of only common or easily captured species limits our ability to accurately document pest consumption by bats.

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