Contrasting home-range size and spatial partitioning in cryptic and sympatric pipistrelle bats ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The extent of spatial partitioning in insectivorous bats, whose prey is patchily distributed and transient in nature, remains a contentious issue. The recent separation of a common Palaearctic bat, the pipistrelle, into Pipistrellus pipistrellus and...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.13444157 2024-09-15T18:30:42+00:00 Contrasting home-range size and spatial partitioning in cryptic and sympatric pipistrelle bats ... Nicholls, B. Racey, P. A. 2006 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13444157 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13444157 unknown Zenodo hash://md5/7ea9b06bc88285867abc88faaf3a889b hash://sha256/4ce400cc36afff60c59031af2c1cd37aafb60390235670cac9e26aeb9966c436 zotero://select/groups/5435545/items/764VT2EZ https://zotero.org/groups/5435545/items/764VT2EZ https://linker.bio/cut:hash://md5/43ee99531845a07cd52c900198406977!/b61935-64413 hash://md5/26f7ce5dd404e33c6570edd4ba250d20 hash://md5/7ea9b06bc88285867abc88faaf3a889b hash://sha256/4ce400cc36afff60c59031af2c1cd37aafb60390235670cac9e26aeb9966c436 zotero://select/groups/5435545/items/764VT2EZ https://zotero.org/groups/5435545/items/764VT2EZ https://linker.bio/cut:hash://md5/43ee99531845a07cd52c900198406977!/b61935-64413 hash://md5/26f7ce5dd404e33c6570edd4ba250d20 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1410543 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13444156 Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat JournalArticle ScholarlyArticle article-journal 2006 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1344415710.5281/zenodo.141054310.5281/zenodo.13444156 2024-09-02T10:15:12Z (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The extent of spatial partitioning in insectivorous bats, whose prey is patchily distributed and transient in nature, remains a contentious issue. The recent separation of a common Palaearctic bat, the pipistrelle, into Pipistrellus pipistrellus and Pipistrellus pygmaeus, which are morphologically similar and sympatric, provides an opportunity to examine this question. The present study used radio telemetry to address the spatial distribution and foraging characteristics of P. pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus in northeast Scotland, to test the hypothesis that coexistence between these species is facilitated through spatial segregation. We reveal large and significant differences in the spatial distribution and foraging characteristics of these two cryptic species. Individual P. pipistrellus home ranges were on average three times as large as that of P. pygmaeus, and they foraged for approximately an hour longer each night. Inter-specific spatial overlap was ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Pipistrellus pipistrellus DataCite |
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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The extent of spatial partitioning in insectivorous bats, whose prey is patchily distributed and transient in nature, remains a contentious issue. The recent separation of a common Palaearctic bat, the pipistrelle, into Pipistrellus pipistrellus and Pipistrellus pygmaeus, which are morphologically similar and sympatric, provides an opportunity to examine this question. The present study used radio telemetry to address the spatial distribution and foraging characteristics of P. pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus in northeast Scotland, to test the hypothesis that coexistence between these species is facilitated through spatial segregation. We reveal large and significant differences in the spatial distribution and foraging characteristics of these two cryptic species. Individual P. pipistrellus home ranges were on average three times as large as that of P. pygmaeus, and they foraged for approximately an hour longer each night. Inter-specific spatial overlap was ... |
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Contrasting home-range size and spatial partitioning in cryptic and sympatric pipistrelle bats ... |
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Contrasting home-range size and spatial partitioning in cryptic and sympatric pipistrelle bats ... |
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Contrasting home-range size and spatial partitioning in cryptic and sympatric pipistrelle bats ... |
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Contrasting home-range size and spatial partitioning in cryptic and sympatric pipistrelle bats ... |
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Contrasting home-range size and spatial partitioning in cryptic and sympatric pipistrelle bats ... |
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contrasting home-range size and spatial partitioning in cryptic and sympatric pipistrelle bats ... |
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