Preliminary aspects about the study of bats from Letea Forest – Danube Delta

• Main Authors: IFRIM Irina, POCORA Viorel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CITDD Publishing House 2007
• Subjects: Chiroptera; summer period; habitat use; Letea Forest; Danube Delta; Romania; Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology; GN301-674; Science; Q; Science (General); Q1-390; Barbastella barbastellus; Myotis nattereri; Nyctalus noctula; Pipistrellus nathusii; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/7b783a5941e346b3b591e0fcece7e6f8

The study was carried out In Letea Forest, in June-September 2006 period. In this area the bats fauna hasn’t been studied until present. Based on the captures with the net help and the bats identification, with the help of two types of ultrasound detectors(heterodyne and with time expansion), in fixed position and ontransect, there were 11 bat species identified: Nyctalus noctula, Nyctalus leisleri, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Pipistrellus nathusii, Myotis daubentonii, Myotis mystacinus/Myotis brandtii, Myotis nattereri, Myotis bechsteinii?, Eptesicus serotinus and Barbastella barbastellus. The most abundant species from the forest are: Nyctalus noctula and Nyctalus leisleri, followed by Pipistrellus pipistrellus and Pipistrellus pygmaeus.