Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) en minas del Norte de Portugal: ¿un caso de "swarming"? ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) This study investigated the visitation of an underground site by bats during the "swarming" season (September and October) of 2009, 2011 and 2012, in a mine located in the Northeast Portugal (Vila Cova mine, 850 m a.s.l.). A total of 79 ba...
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2013
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13462274 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13462274 |
| Summary: | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) This study investigated the visitation of an underground site by bats during the "swarming" season (September and October) of 2009, 2011 and 2012, in a mine located in the Northeast Portugal (Vila Cova mine, 850 m a.s.l.). A total of 79 bats were captured, representing 12 of the 25 bat species identified in Portugal Continental. The Western Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) was the most predominant species, with 31,6% of the captures. Although the relative low number of specimens captured, the species composition and their conservation status were significant due to the presence of Critical Endangered species (Rhinolophus euryale and Myotis blythii), Vulnerable species (Rhinolophus ferrumequinun, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Myotis myotis, Myotis escalerai and Miniopterus schreibersii) and species with Data Deficient (Barbastella barbastellus and Plecotus auritus). Considering that a just 5 hours sampling effort was conducted, the peak of the nocturnal ... |
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