Monitoring the effectiveness of bat compatible gates in the Silver Reef, East Reef and Tushar Mountain mining districts in southwestern Utah

Title Variants

Alternative: Bat compatible gates

By

Grandison, Kathryn W.

Southern Utah University. Department of Biology.
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arizona Strip District.
Utah. Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining.
Utah. Division of Wildlife Resources. Southern Regional Office.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Cedar City, Utah], [Southern Utah University], [2004]

Notes

The high concentration of abandoned mine closures and the existence of pre-closure survey data make Silver Reef an ideal site for evaluating the long-term effectiveness of bat compatible gates, further aiding land managers in making appropriate gate installation decisions. The Bat and Mines Project objectives included: 1) Collection of baseline data to compare bat use of both gated and un-gated mines; 2) Documentation of seasonal, monthly, and daily bat activity patterns for a selected group of gated and un-gated mines; 3) Identification of bat species using this group of gated and un-gated mines and monitoring bat population trends in these mines; 4) Collection of internal and external temperature and relative humidity to determine if temperature affects bat populations and/or behavior; 5) Documentation of changes in bat behaviors associated with predator (human and/or natural) and bat gate avoidance; and 6) Evaluation of external monitoring techniques for assessing bat activity at the mine entrances.

"May 2004."

"Cooperators: Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining; Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Southern Region; Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Strip Resource Area; and Southern Utah University, Department of Biology."

Subjects

Abandoned mines , Bat-compatible mine gates , Bat-compatible mine gates.2fast , Bats , Conservation , Equipment and supplies , Habitat , Utah , Wildlife conservation , Wildlife monitoring

Call Number

QL737.C5 G736 2004

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 71810820