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hibernaculum [‚hī·bər′nak·yə·ləm] (biology) A winter shelter for plants or dormant animals. (botany) A winter bud or other winter plant part. (invertebrate zoology) A winter resting bud produced by a few fresh-water bryozoans which grows into a new colony in the spring. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A million bats can easily be buried alive in their hibernaculum and no one would even know it. Mark Ford and Thomas Schuler, will implement silvicultural and prescribed burning treatments near a hibernaculum on the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia to create oak savanna conditions with abundant snags favorable to the local retention of resident male Indiana bats, and to encourage potential female maternity roosting. |
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