Seasonal habitat selection and temporal activity patterns determine the structure of Mediterranean bat assemblages. ...

• Main Authors: Abed, Omar A, Baker, Mohammad A Abu, Amr, Zuhair S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Myotis nattereri; Natterer's bat; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13492570; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13492570

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) We measured species richness, diversity, and diel activity patterns to study species composition in assemblages of insectivorous bats in four localities within Dhana Biosphere Reserve. The study aimed to demonstrate the spatial and temporal habitat selection of bat assemblages. The four sites exhibited varying degrees of elevation and vegetation. A total of seven species belonging to five different families at varying species compositions among the four sites and seasons. Species richness at a site ranged between 4 and 6, whereas total diversity ranged between 0.32 at Ain Lahtha and 0.65 at Al Kharrarah. Overall frequency of passes was highest at Shaq Kalbeh. The common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Vespertilionidae) was the most prevalent at three sites, followed by the Arabian horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus clivosus (Rhinolophidae), and Botta's serotine, Eptesicus bottae (Vespertilionidae). Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri (Vespertilionidae) and the ...