PPT-Neighborhood Bats – Predicting Species Occurrence

Educators and students you are welcome to use the images in this presentation in schools or other educational venues The photos are the ownership of many individuals and should not be used outside of this presentation without . Dianne Odegard. Outreach Associate. Bat Conservation International. Buildings & other structures give bats what . they need. Crevices. Stable, warm. temperatures. Microclimate . options. The NPS Perspective. Jeremy Moss. Tumacácori. National Historical Park. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A. Bats in NPS Buildings. Variety of NPS structures that may have bats. Modern . Love into bats. The slideshow. . Never regret it.. Chapter 1: Bat bodies.. Bats sometimes have strange bodies.. They have long fingers on their wings. Their ears are big to hear their echolocation. Their feet are so small their smaller than a mouse! Their nose looks like a pig nose only smaller. And when their wing rips it quickly grows back.. Flying Foxes. Fruit bats are . the largest . bats . in the world . has . a very keen sense of smell and a very long muzzle. . roosts . upside down in the trees and . wraps wings . around . the body . Section 10.1 and 10.7. For a prize?. What does SONAR stand for?. SOund. . NAvigation. and Ranging. Echolocation. Using echoes to locate an object. Use a variety of frequencies (40 kHz – 130 kHz). Dianne Odegard. Outreach Associate. Bat Conservation International. Buildings & other structures give bats what . they need. Crevices. Stable, warm. temperatures. Microclimate . options. Andrew McGowan . Importance of Regional Bats. Regulate Insect . Populations. Forested ecosystems . (Kalka et al. 2008). Agricultural . (Whitaker 1995; . Boyes. et al. 2011). http://askmax.countrymax.com/lawn_and_gardenDetail.php?Going-to-Bat-Against-Bugs-52. Fact. Bats are the only mammal that can truly fly. The smallest bat in the world is the bumblebee bat of Thailand with a wingspan of about 6 ½ inches. . Directions. You are to research the lengths of 4 different species of bats. . Vegetated fauna overpass increases road crossing capacity for forest microbats. Mel McGregor (and Darryl Jones). Bats and Roads. Urbanisation effects on flying species are consistently underestimated. Please check your campers, tents, awnings and umbrellas before you leave. Please check for bats!.  . Bats sometimes roost on campers and trailers. Bats have been found in awnings, and up inside umbrellas too!. The NPS Perspective. Jeremy Moss. Tumacácori. National Historical Park. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A. Bats in NPS Buildings. Variety of NPS structures that may have bats. Modern . Please check your campers, tents, awnings and umbrellas before you leave. Please check for bats!.  . Bats sometimes roost on campers and trailers. Bats have been found in awnings, and up inside umbrellas too!. Fact: Bats harbor a number of viruses. Fiction: Bats transmit viruses directly to humans. Fact: One or more other, unrelated species are involved in virus transmission. Fiction: North American bats carry SARS-CoV2. and more!. mother nature network. Bats of the World. Evolved from shrew-like ancestors . 50 million years ago. Nearly 1,300 species worldwide. Over 20% of all mammals are . classified as bats. Two orders: .