The endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) has declined dramatically and continuing threats have made it necessary to understand population dynamics and life history throughout the year. Specifically, demographic information (e.g., population size, reproductive success, survival) from the summer range where females raise their young in maternity colonies is difficult to estimate precisely using traditional techniques (such as emergence counts). Further, the familial makeup of maternity colonies is unknown. Genetic mark-recapture methods are increasingly being used to estimate demographic parameters in species where traditional techniques are problematic and can also provide insight into relatedness among individuals....
Categories: Data;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Indiana,
Indianapolis,
Myotis sodalis,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States, All tags...
fecal DNA,
mark-recapture,
microsatellite,
population size,
relatedness,
survival rate, Fewer tags
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