Award Number (for administrative use only):
PR/J Number: R8230100244
PROJECT ABSTRACT
Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
(Cooperative Agreement # H1200-09-0005)
Park: Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument
Project Title: Bat Hibernacula Inventory and Microclimate Monitoring Study
Funding Amount: $45,966.00
CPCESU Partner Institution: Northern Arizona University
Acting Principal Investigator:
Dr. Laura Huenneke
VP for Research
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 4087
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: (928) 523-4340
Fax: (928) 523-1075
Email: laura.huenneke@nau.edu
Co-Principal Investigator:
J. Judson Wynne, Research Associate
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: (928) 523-7757
Fax: (928) 556-9111
Email: jut.wynne@nau.edu
NPS ATR/Key Official:
Jeff Bradybaugh, Superintendent
Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument
345 E. Riverside Drive
St. George, UT 84790
435-688-3226 (voicemail) 435-688-3388 (fax)
jeff_bradybaugh@nps.gov
NPS Project Manager/Subject Matter Expert:
Jeff Bradybaugh, Superintendent
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Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument
345 E. Riverside Drive
St. George, UT 84790
435-688-3226 (voicemail)
435-688-3388 (fax)
jeff_bradybaugh@nps.gov
Start Date: July 30, 2010
End Date: April 30, 2012
Abstract:
PARA resource managers do not know the locations of caves supporting hibernating bats within
their management unit. This work will provide the information necessary to make decisions
regarding the management of hibernacula within the context of both White Nose Syndrome
(WNS) surveillance and global climate change. The objectives of the proposed work are to: (1)
survey all known caves within or immediately adjacent to the monument boundary for
hibernating bats; (2) conduct another site visit at three caves surveyed during the 2005 work; (3)
identify and census bats occurring within each cave; (4) map the locations of hibernating bats
within each cave; (5) collect data on cave microclimate and structural characteristics; (6) develop
models to identify habitat correlates of bat hibernacula; and, (7) develop models to investigate
potential effects of global climate chance on bat hibernacula.
Objectives 6 and 7 will provide land managers with some of the information necessary to make
decisions regarding cave roosts containing hibernating bats within both a WNS and climate
change paradigm. With data from these models, PARA resource managers will be positioned to
best monitor bat populations when WNS becomes a management issue for Arizona bat
populations.
Keywords:
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Animals
1. Surveys / Monitoring
2. Mammals
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Global Change / Climatology
1. Effects on Animal Communities
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