Figure 2. Top row: Predicted survival (days) for healthy (top
left) and infected (top right) Myotis lucifugushibernating at the best available temperatures (°C) in caves or mines
and 98% relative humidity. Survival was calculated by subtracting the
maximum days in hibernation that an individual can tolerate based upon
pre-hibernation fat stores from the predicted duration of hibernation.
Positive values (purple) suggest bats will likely survive the duration
of hibernation under those conditions while values below 0 imply that
the fat stores were insufficient for survival. Bottom: Relative increase
(%) in fat stores used over predicted hibernation duration when
infected with Pseudogymnoascus destructans compared with healthy
bats when hibernating at the best available temperature predicted to
occur within caves and mines at 98% relative humidity.