Quantifying Relative Levels of Solar Radiation at Bat Roosts Using Pyranometers

dc.contributor.authorBondo, Kristin J.
dc.contributor.authorBrooks, David R.
dc.contributor.authorBrigham, R. Mark
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-05T18:24:59Z
dc.date.available2019-07-05T18:24:59Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAlthough the amount of solar radiation received at roost sites used by bats has been speculated to be a factor driving roost-site selection and roost switching behavior, few studies have scientifically quantified and recorded it over time. We demonstrated through a field test how silicon-cell pyranometers, which are commonly connected to dataloggers and used in atmospheric studies to measure solar irradiance on a planar surface, can also be used to measure and record relative solar radiation levels at roost trees used by bats and other wildlife. Using commercially available pyranometers might not be feasible for many wildlife studies because they are expensive; we demonstrate how they can be built relatively simply and inexpensively, and calibrated with a commercial silicon-cell pyranometer.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusFacultyen_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Regina, American Society of Mammalogists, NSERCen_US
dc.identifier.citationWildlife Society Bulletin 41:376-80en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/8907
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWiley - The Wildlife Societyen_US
dc.subjectbat, cavity, Eptesicus fuscus, pyranometer, roost, Saskatchewan, solar radiation, tree.en_US
dc.titleQuantifying Relative Levels of Solar Radiation at Bat Roosts Using Pyranometersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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