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Dataset associated with “Context dependency of disease-mediated competitive release in bat assemblages following white-nose syndrome”

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dc.contributor.authorBombaci, Sara P.
dc.contributor.authorRussell, Robin E.
dc.contributor.authorSt. Germain, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorDobony, Christopher A.
dc.contributor.authorFord, W. Mark
dc.contributor.authorLoeb, Susan C.
dc.contributor.authorJachowski, David S.
dc.coverage.spatialFour locations in the eastern United States including Fenrnow Experimental Forest, WV; Fort Pickett, VA; Fort Drum, NY; and two locations in Wisconsin.en_US
dc.coverage.temporal2003-2017en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-24T15:23:03Z
dc.date.available2021-09-24T15:23:03Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionDataset of bat acoustic detections across four study areas in the US to study the impact of white-nose syndrome on bat community interactions. Data collected from 2003-2017 at four study locations in the United States, including Fenrnow Experimental Forest, WV; Fort Pickett, VA; Fort Drum, NY; two locations in Wisconsin.en_US
dc.descriptionDepartment of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
dc.description.abstractWhite-nose syndrome (WNS) has caused dramatic declines of several cave-hibernating bat species in North America since 2006, which has increased the activity of non-susceptible species in some geographic areas or during times of night formerly occupied by susceptible species - indicative of disease-mediated competitive release (DMCR). Yet, this pattern has not been evaluated across multiple bat assemblages simultaneously or across multiple years since WNS onset. We evaluated whether WNS altered spatial and temporal niche partitioning in bat assemblages at four locations in the eastern United States using long-term datasets of bat acoustic activity collected before and after WNS arrival. Activity of WNS-susceptible bat species decreased by 79-98% from pre-WNS levels across the four study locations, but only one of our four study sites provided strong evidence supporting the DMCR hypothesis in bats post-WNS. These results suggest that DMCR is likely dependent on the relative difference in activity by susceptible and non-susceptible species groups pre-WNS and the relative decline of susceptible species post-WNS allowing for competitive release, as well as the amount of time that had elapsed post-WNS. Our findings challenge the generality of WNS-mediated competitive release between susceptible and non-susceptible species and further highlight declining activity of some non-susceptible species, especially Lasiurus borealis, across three of four locations in the eastern US. These results underscore the broader need for conservation efforts to address the multiple potential interacting drivers of bat declines on both WNS susceptible and non-susceptible species.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding for this study was provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service White-nose Syndrome Grant Program Agreement #4500900398 to the USGS South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Additional support for work at Fort Drum came from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Cooperative Agreement W9126G-15-2-0005 through the Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit Program to the Virginia Tech Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/233937
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25675/10217/233937
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherColorado State University. Librariesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofResearch Data
dc.relation.isreferencedbyBombaci, S. P., Russell, R. E., St. Germain, M. J., Dobony, C. A., Ford, W. M., Loeb, S. C., and Jachowski, D. S.. 2021. Context dependency of disease-mediated competitive release in bat assemblages following white-nose syndrome. Ecosphere 12( 11):e03825. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3825
dc.rights.licenseThis material is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectbat communitiesen_US
dc.subjectcompetitionen_US
dc.subjectcompetitive releaseen_US
dc.subjectdisease ecologyen_US
dc.subjectniche partitioningen_US
dc.subjectNorth American batsen_US
dc.subjectPseudogymnoascus destructansen_US
dc.subjectWNSen_US
dc.titleDataset associated with “Context dependency of disease-mediated competitive release in bat assemblages following white-nose syndrome”en_US
dc.typeDataseten_US

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