Year-Round Bat Activity and Species Richness Near Temporary Ponds in the Mediterranean Region
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Sites
2.2. Bat Acoustic Monitoring
2.3. Acoustic Analysis
- Myotis spp.
- Plecotus spp.
- Barbastella barbastellus
- Pipistrelloid middle and low frequency = P. nathusii, P. kuhlii, H. savii
- Pipistrelloid high frequency = P. pipistrellus, P. pygmaeus, P. hanaki, M. schreibersii
- P. hanaki
- Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
- other Rhinolophus spp. (one or more of the species: R. blasii, R. hipposideros, R. mehelyi, R. euryale)
- Nyctaloid (Nyctalus spp., Eptesicus spp., Vespertilio murinus, Tadarida teniotis)
- Tadarida teniotis
- Chiroptera sp.
2.4. Meteorological Data
2.5. Landscape
2.6. Data and Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. General Conclusions and Future Directions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pond | Brentanou | Krini | Vrelli | Omalos | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of recording months | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 39 | |
Number of recording nights | Wet period | 18 | 44 | 44 | 54 | 160 |
Dry period | 0 | 48 | 32 | 12 | 92 | |
Spring | 10 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 76 | |
Summer | 8 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 70 | |
Autumn | 0 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 58 | |
Winter | 0 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 48 | |
Total number of sampling nights | 18 | 92 | 76 | 66 | 252 | |
Total number of sequences | 5081 | 13,890 | 26,008 | 33,282 | 78,261 |
Vrelli | Krini | Brentanou | Omalos | |
---|---|---|---|---|
B. barbastellus | + | |||
H. savii | + | + | + | + |
Myotis spp. | + | + | + | + |
N. noctula | + | + | * | |
Nyctaloid 1 | + | + | + | + |
Nyctaloid 2 | * | |||
M. schreibersii | * | * | * | + |
P. hanaki | + | |||
P. kuhlii | + | + | + | + |
P. pipistrellus | + | + | + | |
P. pygmaeus | + | + | + | |
Plecotus spp. | + | |||
R. ferrumequinum | + | + | + | + |
R. blasii | + | + | + | + |
Rhinolophus high frequency | + | + | + | + |
T. teniotis | + | + | + | + |
N of species | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
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Salvarina, I.; Georgiakakis, P.; Kafkaletou Diez, A.; Perivolioti, T.-M.; Vassilaki, I.; Kalcounis-Rueppell, M. Year-Round Bat Activity and Species Richness Near Temporary Ponds in the Mediterranean Region. Life 2023, 13, 1495. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071495
Salvarina I, Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Perivolioti T-M, Vassilaki I, Kalcounis-Rueppell M. Year-Round Bat Activity and Species Richness Near Temporary Ponds in the Mediterranean Region. Life. 2023; 13(7):1495. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071495
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalvarina, Ioanna, Panagiotis Georgiakakis, Artemis Kafkaletou Diez, Triantafyllia-Maria Perivolioti, Ioanna Vassilaki, and Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell. 2023. "Year-Round Bat Activity and Species Richness Near Temporary Ponds in the Mediterranean Region" Life 13, no. 7: 1495. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071495
APA StyleSalvarina, I., Georgiakakis, P., Kafkaletou Diez, A., Perivolioti, T.-M., Vassilaki, I., & Kalcounis-Rueppell, M. (2023). Year-Round Bat Activity and Species Richness Near Temporary Ponds in the Mediterranean Region. Life, 13(7), 1495. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071495