Structure of summer bat assemblages in forests in European Russia ...

• Main Authors: Vlaschenko, Anton, Kravchenko, Kseniia, Prylutska, Alona, Ivancheva, Elena, Sitnikova, Elena, Mishin, Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Nyctalus noctula; Pipistrellus nathusii; Vespertilio murinus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13424775; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13424775

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) We used mist-netting to study summer bat assemblages in 3 state nature biosphere reserves in the European part of Russia from 26 June to 29 July 2013: Oksky, Ryazan region (54°44′N, 40°54′E); Voronezhsky, Voronezh region (51°55′N, 39°38′E); and "Bryansky Les", Bryansk region (52°27′N, 33°53′E). The main research efforts were in locations where Nyctalus lasiopterus had been captured in the past. In total, 1229 specimens of 12 bat species (Myotis daubentonii, M. dasycneme, M. brandtii, M. mystacinus, Nyctalus noctula, N. lasiopterus, N. leisleri, Eptesicus serotinus, Pipistrellus nathusii, P. pygmaeus, Vespertilio murinus, and Plecotus auritus) were caught. N. lasiopterus (a female subadult) was confirmed only in the Voronezhsky Reserve. The bat assemblages could be classified as forestdwelling and dominated by long-distance migratory species (genera Nyctalus, Pipistrellus, and Vespertilio). Females also dominated and breeding was recorded for most of the ...