Title of article
Local concentration of foraging noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) as a possible tool to assess the density of bats in large forest complexes
Author/Authors
POLAKOWSKI, Michał Białystok University of Technology - Department of Environmental Protection and Management, Poland , BRONISZEWSKA, Monika Bialystok University of Technology - Faculty of Forestry in Hajnówka, Poland , RUCZYŃSKI, Ireneusz Mammal Research Institute PAS, Poland
From page
254
To page
256
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Aerial hawking bats , density of bats , breeding colonies , feeding grounds
Journal title
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Journal title
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Record number
2527933
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