Sentence examples for * the hibernacula from inspiring English sources

The FWS describes it like this: "While they are in the hibernacula, affected bats often have white fungus on their muzzles and other parts of their bodies.

These bats often move to cold parts of the hibernacula, fly during the day and during cold winter weather when the insects they feed upon are not available, and exhibit other uncharacteristic behavior".

The bats prematurely emerge from the hibernacula and attempt to forage, which in winter conditions causes frostbite and subsequent necrosis of the wing membranes [8].

Infestation was less frequent in the hibernacula within mountainous zones (Šumava Mts.: 5% WNS-suspect M. myotis; the majority of SK localities: 0 5%), and also in limestone regions (Bohemian: 3%, Moravian: 2%, and Slovak: 3% karsts).

The next logical step would be to find out whether G. destructans isolates were native to the hibernacula, or instead a recent 'hitch-hiker' into new environment, as is known to be the case for some fungi in Antarctica [29].

Although the total numbers of bats in the hibernacula decreased through April as bats left for the maternity colonies, our results show that there is a high probability of fungal growth developing on the remaining individuals.

Since its first known appearance in 2006, WNS has spread with each year into the underground hibernacula in the USA and Canada, and over one million deaths within populations of several bat species have been attributed to the disease [1], [2].

The hibernacula were moderately sized (5 10 hectares, 2 5 m high) abandoned limestone mines that bats use for fall mating and hibernation from September through April.

The Naked & The Dead.

Different strategies of hibernation in the European underground hibernacula and those in North America could magnify the final effects of a yet undefined causality chain of G. destructans infection that leads to fatal consequences.

The salamanders remained in their hibernacula -- the holes in the ground where they had spent the winter below the frost line.