A SUMMER SURVEY OF CAVE-DWELLING BATS IN THE

• Main Authors: Southern Ticino Canton (switzerland, Alessandro Balestrieri, Claudio Prigioni, Carlo Pedroni, Luigi Remonti, Riccardo Pierallini, Marco Moretti
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Key words; Chiroptera; summer roosts; karstic areas; Switzerland; Myotis nattereri
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.529.8016; http://www.wsl.ch/fe/oekosystem/insubrisch/publications/pubblicazioni_diversi/Balestrieri_Moretti_et_al_HystrixItJMamm2007.pdf

ABSTRACT- During the summer 2002-2003, mist-netting at seven cave entrances enabled a survey of cave-dwelling bats in the southern Ticino Canton (Switzerland). Overall, 36 individuals belonging to 7 species were recorded: Rhynolophus ferrumequinum, Hypsugo savii, Plecotus austriacus, P. auritus, Myotis nattereri, M. daubentoni and M. bechsteinii. On average, the percentage of positive surveys was 55.6%. The low number of trapped bats, the high preponderance of males and the low number of recaptures suggest that in the study area caves play a minor role as summer day- and/or night-roosts.