Drivers of bat activity and habitat use in boreal forest
Bat species in Fennoscandia make up approximately 20% of the terrestrial mammal wildlife and are all reliant on forest habitats to some extent throughout their annual cycle. However, there is a lack of knowledge on ecological responses of bat species to changes in their environment in this region. A...
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ftunivmob:oai:nmbu.brage.unit.no:11250/3130310 2024-06-09T07:45:53+00:00 Drivers of bat activity and habitat use in boreal forest Drivere for flaggermusaktivitet og habitatbruk i boreal skog McKay, Reed April Eldegard, Katrine Bischof, Richard Mathews, Fiona Europe, Fennoscandia 2024 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3130310 eng eng Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås PhD thesis;2024:29 urn:isbn:978-82-575-2155-4 urn:issn:1894-6402 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3130310 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no Bats Boreal forests VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 Doctoral thesis 2024 ftunivmob 2024-05-14T23:37:05Z Bat species in Fennoscandia make up approximately 20% of the terrestrial mammal wildlife and are all reliant on forest habitats to some extent throughout their annual cycle. However, there is a lack of knowledge on ecological responses of bat species to changes in their environment in this region. All bat species found in Fennoscandia are insectivores; with each individual bat consuming thousands of insects every night that they are actively foraging. The links between bats, their prey, and the habitat that both require to fulfil basic needs are critical knowledge for making informed decisions about monitoring and management. For example, it is important to take bat-insect-forest dynamics into consideration as concerns about maintaining biodiversity in boreal forests throughout Fennoscandia increase. In this thesis, I investigate how bats within boreal forests across three study areas in Southeastern Norway respond to habitat conditions and prey availability throughout the summer and early autumn. Flaggermusartene i Fennoskandia utgjør omtrent 20% av de landlevende pattedyrene. Alle disse flaggermusartene er avhengige av skogshabitater i løpet av sin livssyklus, men i varierende grad. Det mangler imidlertid kunnskap om hvordan flaggermusartene responderer på habitatendringer i denne regionen. Alle flaggermusene i Fennoskandia er insektetere; hver enkelt flaggermus spiser tusenvis av insekter hver natt den er ute og jakter. Kunnskap om sammenhengen mellom flaggermus, byttedyr og miljøet som både flaggermus og byttedyr er avhengige av, er nødvendig for å kunne treffe kunnskapsbaserte beslutninger om overvåking og forvaltning. For eksempel er det viktig å ta hensyn til dynamikken mellom flaggermus, insekter og habitategenskaper i boreale skogøkosystemer Fennoskandia, der det er en økende bekymring for at moderne skogbruk fører til redusert biologisk mangfold. I denne avhandlingen undersøker jeg hvordan flaggermus i boreale skoger i studieområder i Sørøst-Norge responderer på endringer i habitatforhold og ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Fennoscandia Open archive Norwegian University of Life Sciences: Brage NMBU Norway Skoger ENVELOPE(25.059,25.059,70.306,70.306) |
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Bat species in Fennoscandia make up approximately 20% of the terrestrial mammal wildlife and are all reliant on forest habitats to some extent throughout their annual cycle. However, there is a lack of knowledge on ecological responses of bat species to changes in their environment in this region. All bat species found in Fennoscandia are insectivores; with each individual bat consuming thousands of insects every night that they are actively foraging. The links between bats, their prey, and the habitat that both require to fulfil basic needs are critical knowledge for making informed decisions about monitoring and management. For example, it is important to take bat-insect-forest dynamics into consideration as concerns about maintaining biodiversity in boreal forests throughout Fennoscandia increase. In this thesis, I investigate how bats within boreal forests across three study areas in Southeastern Norway respond to habitat conditions and prey availability throughout the summer and early autumn. Flaggermusartene i Fennoskandia utgjør omtrent 20% av de landlevende pattedyrene. Alle disse flaggermusartene er avhengige av skogshabitater i løpet av sin livssyklus, men i varierende grad. Det mangler imidlertid kunnskap om hvordan flaggermusartene responderer på habitatendringer i denne regionen. Alle flaggermusene i Fennoskandia er insektetere; hver enkelt flaggermus spiser tusenvis av insekter hver natt den er ute og jakter. Kunnskap om sammenhengen mellom flaggermus, byttedyr og miljøet som både flaggermus og byttedyr er avhengige av, er nødvendig for å kunne treffe kunnskapsbaserte beslutninger om overvåking og forvaltning. For eksempel er det viktig å ta hensyn til dynamikken mellom flaggermus, insekter og habitategenskaper i boreale skogøkosystemer Fennoskandia, der det er en økende bekymring for at moderne skogbruk fører til redusert biologisk mangfold. I denne avhandlingen undersøker jeg hvordan flaggermus i boreale skoger i studieområder i Sørøst-Norge responderer på endringer i habitatforhold og ... |
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Drivers of bat activity and habitat use in boreal forest |
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Drivers of bat activity and habitat use in boreal forest |
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Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås |
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