The structure of bat communities roosting in bird nest boxes in two pine monocultures in Poland ...

• Main Author: Ruczynski', Ireneusz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Myotis nattereri; Nyctalus noctula; Pipistrellus nathusii; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13500097; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13500097

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) A b s t r act. Community structure and roost site preferences of bats using nest boxes intended for birds were studied during the breeding seasons in the Zaborski Landscape Park (ZLP) and the Gostynirisko-Wloclawski Landscape Park (GWLP) in Poland. In ZLP 1367 boxes were controlled; in GWLP 545 in 1993 and 776 in 1994. In ZLP, Myotis daubentonii dominated (57.1 %) and used boxes as breeding sites. In GWLP, M. daubentonii was not recorded in boxes. Pipistrellus nathusii and Myotis nattereri in ZLP and M. nattereri in GWLP rarely used boxes as breeding sites. Solitary males of Pipistrellus nathusii were widespread in boxes in both Parks. Nyctalus noctula, Myotis dasycneme, Pipistrellus pipistrellus and Plecotus auritus were sporadically found in boxes. Relative densities of bats (number of individuals I 100 boxes) in ZLP were 4 times higher than in GWLP. Species richness (number of species) and diversity (Simpson index) were also higher in ZLP. Breeding ...