Natural and anthropogenic factors influencing the bat community in commercial tree stands in a temperate lowland forest of natural origin (Białowieża Forest) ...

• Main Authors: Rachwald, Alek, Boratyński, Jan S., Krawczyk, Justyna, Szurlej, Marta, Nowakowski, Wojciech K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Barbastella barbastellus; Nyctalus noctula; Pipistrellus nathusii; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13424340; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13424340

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) In 2011–2017, we examined the ecology of bat assemblages in the commercially used stands of the Białowieża Forest, Poland. The species composition was analyzed, as well as the relationship between bat activity and distance to buildings and to open waters. The relationship between bat activity and stand age, type of stand (coniferous vs. deciduous), and tree canopy closure (open vs. dense) was also examined. Bat activity was re­ corded using full-spectrum ultrasound detectors, with subsequent analysis using specialized software. Bats were recorded on eight linear transects. The following species of bats were found: western barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus), serotine (Eptesicus serotinus), northern bat (Eptesicus nilssoni), common noctule (Nyctalus noctula), lesser noctule (Nyctalus leisleri), soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus), Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii), common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), parti-coloured bat ...