Sentence examples for on hibernacula from inspiring English sources

Our results confirm this and further suggest that more work is needed to understand the persistence of G. destructans on hibernacula walls (reservoir or passive vector) where they are in physical contact with bats.

However, by the end of the first winter, P. destructans was present on hibernacula substrate under bats, probably resulting from bats shedding P. destructans into the environment.

The low prevalence of P. destructans in bats and on hibernacula surfaces in China during the summer was similar to comparable results from studies in North America (6 ).

These opposing patterns of hif-1α expression suggest dependence on hibernacula and its oxygen availability (i.e., overwintering in caves vs. underground burrows), rather than a torpor-specific response [16].

Early in the first year, when P. destructans was rare on hibernacula substrates, most bats were not infected in early winter, and 4 months later, P. destructans was not detectable in one third of bats of 3 species.

lucifugus, Myotis septentrionalis and Perimyotis subflavus) are also those that consistently roost in the most humid parts of hibernacula and are often observed with condensation on their fur [ 16], suggesting that these species are more susceptible to EWL and have evolved compensatory behavioral strategies, such as roost selection or hibernation in tight clusters.

White-nose syndrome (WNS) was first observed in the United States during the winter of 2006-07 in caves and mines where bats hibernate (hibernacula), centered on a popular tourist cave in upstate New York [ 1].

Finally, the presence of G. destructans spores on cave walls suggests that hibernacula could act as passive vectors and/or reservoirs for G. destructans and therefore, might play an important role in the transmission process.

For example, although hibernacula are high on the list of suspected sites, where the bats acquire this infection is not known.

The interior, eight feet wide, is fitted out with an enormous computer console, an electronically operated medical dispensary, a shower, a device for taking an artificial sunbath, a recreation area, with a ping-pong table and an electronic piano, and five beds with movable plastic domes — hibernacula, where astronauts who are not on duty can, literally, hibernate for months at a time.

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.