Sentence examples for hibernacula and from inspiring English sources

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].

To test the hypothesis of significant changes in population size, we used data collected over years 1995 to 2008 from 106 hibernacula, and extrapolated the time trends to 2009 and 2010.

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.

It would be important to investigate whether bats carry spores out of hibernacula and as a result could possibly contaminate maternity roosts and maternity mates as suggested by Hallam and McCracken [28].

Until now, no other agent except G. destructans has been consistently associated with WNS [1], [3], [4], [5], [9], and we can further assume that the proximate effects of the fungus result in increased arousal frequency, flight activity in and outside of the hibernacula, and secondary infections.

In North-America, Lindner et al. [48] successfully amplified ITS sequences identical to G. destructans DNA from soil samples collected during the winter 2008 2009 at three bat hibernacula and stressed the importance of considering the environment as a reservoir for G. destructans and in the dynamics of WNS transmission.

We sampled bats and hibernacula surfaces (cave walls and ceilings) across northeastern China during 2 visits (June July 2014 and March 2015) using a previously described swab-sampling technique (6 ).

As the sun lengthens the days and warms the ground, adders emerge from their hibernacula more frequently and can be spotted sunning themselves in coastal heaths and scrub.

Such places are few and far between, and good hibernacula (dens used for hibernation) are recognized over generations and are utilized year after year, with snakes of several different species often sharing a den.

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].

Habitat protection and management of summer roosting habitat and cave hibernacula are recommended for the recovery of this species.