Bats (Chiroptera) of the Silesian Beskid Mountains ...

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) During a study conducted in 2000–2007 the following 15 species of bats were recorded in the Silesian Beskid Mts. (Western Carpathians, S Poland): Rhinolophus hipposideros, Myotis myotis, M. bechsteinii, M. nattereri, M. emarginatus, M. mystacinus, M...

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Main Authors: Mysłajek, Robert W., Kurek, Korneliusz, Szura, Czesław, Nowak, Sabina, Orysiak, Piotr
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2007
Subjects:
bat
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13442899
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13442899
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Summary:(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) During a study conducted in 2000–2007 the following 15 species of bats were recorded in the Silesian Beskid Mts. (Western Carpathians, S Poland): Rhinolophus hipposideros, Myotis myotis, M. bechsteinii, M. nattereri, M. emarginatus, M. mystacinus, M. brandtii, M. daubentonii, Vespertilio murinus, Eptesicus nilssonii, E. serotinus, Nyctalus leisleri, N. noctula, Plecotus auritus, and Barbastella barbastellus. The survey of the bat population was carried out by catching bats in nets, with the dominant species captured being M. daubentonii (37.0%), P. auritus (16.0%), M. mystacinus (11.4%), and M. nattereri (10.4%). Bats from the genera Eptesicus and Nyctalus were only caught on very rare occasions. The bat community found in caves consisted of seven species, mainly R. hipposideros (59.7%) and M. myotis (26.7%). ...