Foraging habitats of bats in southern Finland
Foraging habitats of bats in southern Finland
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10.1007/bf03193119
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2008-09
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T. Wermundsen;Yrjö Siivonen
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T. Wermundsen;Yrjö Siivonen
We determined the foraging habitats of the northern batEptesicus nilssonii(Keyserling et Blasius, 1839), Brandt’s batMyotis brandtii(Eversmann, 1845), whiskered batMyotis mystacinus(Kuhl, 1819), Daubenton’s batMyotis daubentonii(Kuhl, 1819) and brown long-eared batPlecotus auritus(Linnaeus, 1758) in southern Finland. Among these species, we compared the diversities of foraging habitats, linear feature preference and the bats’ tendencies to forage simultaneously.Eptesicus nilssoniiwas the most opportunistic, foraging in a wide range of habitats.Myotis daubentonii(94%) foraged mainly on water habitats, whileM. brandtii/mystacinus(89%) andP. auritus(66%) foraged mainly in forest habitats. The diversities of foraging habitats used byE. nilssoniiandP. aurituswere higher than those ofM. brandtii/mystacinusandM. daubentonii. Both E.nilssoniiandP. auritusforaged mostly alone or in small numbers, whileM. brandtii/mystacinustended to gather in large numbers to forage in the same habitat. Half ofE. nilssoniiand 46% ofM. daubentoniiforaged over linear features, while other species did not use linear features to such an extent. Management and conservation of foraging habitats are needed especially forM. brandtii/mystacinusandM. daubentonii, which are more specialized thanE. nilssonii and P. auritus.