Research Article

Forest Succession and Maternity Day Roost Selection by Myotis septentrionalis in a Mesophytic Hardwood Forest

Table 2

Female Myotis septentrionalis day roosts by species and the number of corresponding potential day roosts (%) in a mesophytic forest on the Fort Knox military reservation in Hardin, Bullitt and Meade counties, Kentucky, USA, 2011. Available roosts were those trees with visible cavities or exfoliating bark found on 20 × 100 m belt transects oriented at random azimuths from each day roost.

SpeciesAvailable Day roosts
(%)(%)

Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)847 (34.6)51 (48.6)
Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)357 (14.6)10 (9.5)
White oak (Quercus alba)132 (5.4)8 (7.6)
White ash (Fraxinus americana) 166 (6.8)6 (5.7)
Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)99 (4.0)4 (3.8)
Winged elm (Ulmus alata)32 (1.3)4 (3.8)
American beech (Fagus grandifolia)7 (0.3)3 (2.9)
Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)117 (4.8)3 (2.9)
Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)122 (5.0)2 (1.9)
Black walnut (Juglans nigra)56 (2.3)2 (1.9)
Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii)108 (4.4)2 (1.9)
Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)33 (1.3)1 (1.0)
Boxelder (Acer negundo)5 (0.2)1 (1.0)
Pignut hickory (Carya glabra)48 (2.0)1 (1.0)
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)9 (0.4)1 (1.0)
Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)29 (1.2)1 (1.0)
Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)52 (2.1)1 (1.0)
Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)6 (0.2)1 (1.0)
American sycamore (Planatus occidentalis)11 (0.4)1 (1.0)
Northern red oak (Quercus rubra)64 (2.6)1 (1.0)
Black oak (Quercus velutina)44 (1.8)1 (1.0)
American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)1 (0.04)0 (0.0)
Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)3 (0.1)0 (0.0)
Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa)2 (0.1)0 (0.0)
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)19 (0.8)0 (0.0)
Common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)24 (1.0)0 (0.0)
Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)5 (0.2)0 (0.0)
Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)47 (1.9)0 (0.0)
Red mulberry (Morus rubra)2 (0.1)0 (0.0)
Pitch pine (Pinus rigida)1 (0.04)0 (0.0)
Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)2 (0.1)0 (0.0)