Avoiding a conservation pitfall: Considering the risks of unsuitably hot bat boxes

Abstract Bat boxes are commonly deployed to mitigate the loss of bat roosting habitat. Due to a dearth of microclimate research, numerous untested commercially available bat boxes, and the uncertain impacts of a rapidly changing climate, the overheating risk presented to bats by bat boxes is largely...

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Main Authors: Reed D. Crawford, Joy M. O'Keefe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Conservation Science and Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.412