{"id":16492,"date":"2021-01-28T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=16492"},"modified":"2025-04-05T14:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T18:19:54","slug":"ask-an-expert-bats-on-the-hardwood-ecosystem-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/ask-an-expert-bats-on-the-hardwood-ecosystem-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask An Expert: Bats on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join this edition of Ask an Expert video series with <a href=\"https:\/\/nres.illinois.edu\/directory\/jmokeefe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Joy O&#8217;Keefe<\/a>\u00a0and PhD candidate Elizabeth Beilke as they share about their studies of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eNEKErIN5WM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bats<\/a> on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment.<\/p>\n<p>The HEE is in its initial stages and is planned as a 100-year project. Data were collected for two years prior to the first round of timber harvests and inventories have been conducted\u00a0annually since, allowing us to quantify the varied responses of plants and animals to active forest management. This\u00a0data will ultimately\u00a0be used to develop\u00a0management prescriptions that provide for resilient and sustainable managed forest ecosystems in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ask The Expert:  Bats on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eNEKErIN5WM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding trees, forests, wildlife, wood products or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/got-nature-blog\/ask-an-expert\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Ask an Expert<\/span><\/a>\u00a0web page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZLzIyXXGXYE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE) Highlights: Bats<\/a>, Video, Purdue Extension &#8211; Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube Channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7WwNwEkFciCFe3wBWLI07vR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE)<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension \u2013 Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/heeforeststudy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment<\/a>, Website<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5ktE8QP5TCY?si=O7sQj3wjciMr0czo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment \u2013 Wildlife Responses to Timber Harvesting<\/a>, Purdue Extension \u2013 Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-500-w.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: Indiana Forestry and Wildlife<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PurdueFNR\/videos\/345933270178467\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask An Expert: Bats on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment<\/a>, Video, Purdue Extension \u2013 Forestry and Natural Resources Facebook<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fishwild\/8450.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bats in Indiana<\/a>, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.batcon.org\/resources\/getting-involved\/bat-houses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bat Houses<\/a>, Bat Conservation International<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nres.illinois.edu\/directory\/jmokeefe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joy O&#8217;Keefe<\/a>, Assistant professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist,<br \/>\nUniversity of Illinois (Champaign) Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join this edition of Ask an Expert video series with Dr. Joy O&#8217;Keefe\u00a0and PhD candidate Elizabeth Beilke as they share about their studies of bats on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment. 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