Habitat use of migratory bats killed during autumn at wind turbines ...

• Main Authors: Voigt, Christian C., Lindecke, Oliver, Schönborn, Sophia, Kramer‐Schadt, Stephanie, Lehmann, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Nyctalus noctula; Pipistrellus nathusii; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13468186; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13468186

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Abstract The killing of large numbers of migratory bats at wind turbines is a pressing conservation problem. Even though avoidance and mitigation measures could benefit from a better knowledge of the species' migratory habits, we lack basic information about what habitats and corridors bats use during migration. We studied the isotopic niche dimensions of three bat species that are frequently killed at wind turbines in Germany: non‐migratory Pipistrellus pipistrellus , mid‐distance migratory Nyctalus noctula , and long‐distance migratory Pipistrellus nathusii . We measured stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios (δ 13 C, δ 15 N) in five tissues that differed in isotopic retention time (fur, wing membrane tissue, muscle, liver, blood) to shed light on the species‐specific habitat use during the autumn migration period using standard ellipse areas ( SEA c ). Further, we used stable isotope ratios of non‐exchangeable hydrogen (δ 2 H K ) in fur keratin to ...