Reassessing the breeding range limits for two long-distance migratory vespertilionid bats, Pipistrellus nathusii and Nyctalus leisleri in the Italian Peninsula ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) and Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri) are two long-distance migratory vespertilionids that mainly reproduce in northeastern and central Europe in summer and migrate southwest in autumn. Based...
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Zenodo
2014
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13480251 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13480251 |
| Summary: | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) and Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri) are two long-distance migratory vespertilionids that mainly reproduce in northeastern and central Europe in summer and migrate southwest in autumn. Based on new records of reproductive females and nonvolant juveniles from central Italy, we reassess the breeding ranges of these species in the Italian Peninsula and shift their boundaries southward over 350 and 310 km, respectively, for P. nathusii and N. leisleri. To our best knowledge, the observations of reproductive P. nathusii we report are the southernmost recorded for Europe. Whether our data reflect an actual range expansion or previous insufficient knowledge has yet to be ascertained. ... |
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