Bats can migrate farther than it was previously known: a new longest migration record by Nathusius’ pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
Abstract Bat migrations have been studied for a long time, but large areas remain poorly explored in this regard. This note reports a record migration distance of the Nathusius’ pipistrelle – 2486 km from Russia to the French Alps. This distance exceeds the previous record flight from Latvia to Spai...
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crdegruyter:10.1515/mammalia-2021-0139 2024-09-30T14:41:25+00:00 Bats can migrate farther than it was previously known: a new longest migration record by Nathusius’ pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) Vasenkov, Denis Desmet, Jean-François Popov, Igor Sidorchuk, Natalia 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0139 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0139/xml https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0139/pdf en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH Mammalia volume 86, issue 5, page 524-526 ISSN 0025-1461 1864-1547 journal-article 2022 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0139 2024-09-17T04:10:16Z Abstract Bat migrations have been studied for a long time, but large areas remain poorly explored in this regard. This note reports a record migration distance of the Nathusius’ pipistrelle – 2486 km from Russia to the French Alps. This distance exceeds the previous record flight from Latvia to Spain by 260 km. Hibernating colonies of Nathusius’ pipistrelle are known in the Caucasus. However, our data show that Nathusius’ pipistrelle can fly much longer for hibernating. Article in Journal/Newspaper Pipistrellus nathusii De Gruyter Mammalia 86 5 524 526 |
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Abstract Bat migrations have been studied for a long time, but large areas remain poorly explored in this regard. This note reports a record migration distance of the Nathusius’ pipistrelle – 2486 km from Russia to the French Alps. This distance exceeds the previous record flight from Latvia to Spain by 260 km. Hibernating colonies of Nathusius’ pipistrelle are known in the Caucasus. However, our data show that Nathusius’ pipistrelle can fly much longer for hibernating. |
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Vasenkov, Denis Desmet, Jean-François Popov, Igor Sidorchuk, Natalia Bats can migrate farther than it was previously known: a new longest migration record by Nathusius’ pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) |
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Vasenkov, Denis Desmet, Jean-François Popov, Igor Sidorchuk, Natalia |
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Bats can migrate farther than it was previously known: a new longest migration record by Nathusius’ pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) |
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Bats can migrate farther than it was previously known: a new longest migration record by Nathusius’ pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) |
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Bats can migrate farther than it was previously known: a new longest migration record by Nathusius’ pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) |
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Bats can migrate farther than it was previously known: a new longest migration record by Nathusius’ pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) |
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Bats can migrate farther than it was previously known: a new longest migration record by Nathusius’ pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) |
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bats can migrate farther than it was previously known: a new longest migration record by nathusius’ pipistrelle pipistrellus nathusii (chiroptera: vespertilionidae) |
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