Orientation and flight behaviour identify the Soprano pipistrelle as a migratory bat species at the Baltic Sea coast ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Migration routes of bats remain largely unknown, as previous orientation studies have been challenging even with newly developed techniques in tracking, genetic and stable isotope studies. However, a lack of knowledge about migrations poses problems...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Zenodo
2019
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13449573 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13449573 |
| Summary: | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Migration routes of bats remain largely unknown, as previous orientation studies have been challenging even with newly developed techniques in tracking, genetic and stable isotope studies. However, a lack of knowledge about migrations poses problems for species conservation, especially in newly described species for which ecological information is not yet available. Here, we aimed to test flight orientation behaviour in the Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus. This species has been described only 22 years ago but is now known to have a wide geographic distribution in Europe, yet virtually no information exists about seasonal movements of P. pygmaeus. In large parts of the continent, seasonal occurrence of P. pygmaeus matches with that of long-distance migratory Nathusius' bats (Pipistrellus nathusii). To shed light on the migratory behaviour of both species, we investigated their orientation decisions at the Latvian Baltic Sea coast which is ... |
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