Local concentration of foraging noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) as a possible tool to assess the density of bats in large forest complexes

Concentrations of at least 600 hunting noctule bats Nyctalus noctula were observed over the artificial shallow reservoir Siemianówka in eastern Poland. The observation indicates that noctule bats concentrate hunting during the presence of vast amounts of insects over the reservoir. We suggest that t...

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Main Authors: POLAKOWSKI, MICHAL, BRONISZEWSKA, MONIKA, RUCZYNSKI, IRENEUSZ
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: TÜBİTAK Academic Journals 2014
Subjects:
Aerial hawking bats
density of bats
breeding colonies
feeding grounds
Zoology
Nyctalus noctula
Online Access:https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol38/iss2/17
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1773&context=zoology
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Summary:Concentrations of at least 600 hunting noctule bats Nyctalus noctula were observed over the artificial shallow reservoir Siemianówka in eastern Poland. The observation indicates that noctule bats concentrate hunting during the presence of vast amounts of insects over the reservoir. We suggest that the high concentrations of noctule bats provide a potential tool for the estimation of local population size or density in large forest complexes.

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