Go to the city: urban invasions of four pipistrelle bat species in eastern Slovakia
Abstract Until now, late summer or autumn invasions into inhabited building have been regarded as phenomenon typical for the common pipistrelle, pipistrellus pipistrellus , exclusively. During the investigation of this phenomenon in the city of Košice (eastern Slovakia), we discovered that it was no...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/eje-2019-0004 2024-10-13T14:10:19+00:00 Go to the city: urban invasions of four pipistrelle bat species in eastern Slovakia Nusová, Gréta Uhrin, Marcel Kaňuch, Peter 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eje-2019-0004 https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/eje/5/1/article-p23.xml unknown Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 European Journal of Ecology volume 5, issue 1, page 23-26 ISSN 1339-8474 journal-article 2019 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/eje-2019-0004 2024-09-23T04:09:58Z Abstract Until now, late summer or autumn invasions into inhabited building have been regarded as phenomenon typical for the common pipistrelle, pipistrellus pipistrellus , exclusively. During the investigation of this phenomenon in the city of Košice (eastern Slovakia), we discovered that it was not always entirely specific for this species. During the period 2016–2018, we recorded 3 events out of 35 invasions, where small groups of common pipistrelles that invaded into inhabited buildings were also accompanied by individuals of two con-generic bat species, pipistrellus pygmaeus and pipistrellus kuhlii . Cryptic species p. pipistrellus and p. pygmaeus were determined by genetic test. In addition, in 2019, we recorded the first winter occurrence of another pipistrelle species, pipistrellus nathusii , in this urban environment. We conclude that areas of frequent invasive behaviour of p. pipistrellus may be sometimes associated with concomitant occurrence of other related species that share common thermal or foraging niche and such behaviour could be evidence of their urbanisation tendencies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Pipistrellus nathusii Pipistrellus pipistrellus De Gruyter European Journal of Ecology 5 1 23 26 |
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Abstract Until now, late summer or autumn invasions into inhabited building have been regarded as phenomenon typical for the common pipistrelle, pipistrellus pipistrellus , exclusively. During the investigation of this phenomenon in the city of Košice (eastern Slovakia), we discovered that it was not always entirely specific for this species. During the period 2016–2018, we recorded 3 events out of 35 invasions, where small groups of common pipistrelles that invaded into inhabited buildings were also accompanied by individuals of two con-generic bat species, pipistrellus pygmaeus and pipistrellus kuhlii . Cryptic species p. pipistrellus and p. pygmaeus were determined by genetic test. In addition, in 2019, we recorded the first winter occurrence of another pipistrelle species, pipistrellus nathusii , in this urban environment. We conclude that areas of frequent invasive behaviour of p. pipistrellus may be sometimes associated with concomitant occurrence of other related species that share common thermal or foraging niche and such behaviour could be evidence of their urbanisation tendencies. |
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Nusová, Gréta Uhrin, Marcel Kaňuch, Peter Go to the city: urban invasions of four pipistrelle bat species in eastern Slovakia |
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Nusová, Gréta Uhrin, Marcel Kaňuch, Peter |
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Go to the city: urban invasions of four pipistrelle bat species in eastern Slovakia |
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Go to the city: urban invasions of four pipistrelle bat species in eastern Slovakia |
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Go to the city: urban invasions of four pipistrelle bat species in eastern Slovakia |
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Go to the city: urban invasions of four pipistrelle bat species in eastern Slovakia |
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Go to the city: urban invasions of four pipistrelle bat species in eastern Slovakia |
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go to the city: urban invasions of four pipistrelle bat species in eastern slovakia |
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