Observation of a Western Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in new 'crevice' boxes for bats

A Western Barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae, Schreber, 1774), was observed to inhabit ‘crevice’ bat boxes very late in the year. In November 2016, in two out of three study areas, a small number of Western Barbastelle specimens, five individuals and one individual r...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Forest Research Papers
Main Authors: Alek Rachwald, Iwona Gottfried, Katarzyna Tołkacz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2017
Subjects:
bats
Western Barbastelle
Barbastella
forest
November
Barbastella barbastellus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/frp-2017-0037
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Summary:A Western Barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae, Schreber, 1774), was observed to inhabit ‘crevice’ bat boxes very late in the year. In November 2016, in two out of three study areas, a small number of Western Barbastelle specimens, five individuals and one individual respectively, were observed inhabiting bat boxes at night temperatures below zero and with snow cover. The occurrence of this species in summer-type hiding places during winter weather conditions has not been reported previously in Poland.

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