Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 748768
Hibernating Lesser Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros, still growing in numbers in the Veternica Cave, Croatia, after winter restrictions for visitors and new gating
Hibernating Lesser Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros, still growing in numbers in the Veternica Cave, Croatia, after winter restrictions for visitors and new gating // XIII EUROPEAN BAT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM - Book of Abstracts, September 01-05, 2014, Šibenik, Croatia / Peter H.C., Lina ; Hutson, Anthony M. (ur.).
Zagreb: Croatian Biospeleological Society, 2014. str. 75-75 (poster, međunarodna recenzija, sažetak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Hibernating Lesser Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros, still growing in numbers in the Veternica Cave, Croatia, after winter restrictions for visitors and new gating
Autori
Hamidović, Daniela ; Žvorc, Petra
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni
Izvornik
XIII EUROPEAN BAT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM - Book of Abstracts, September 01-05, 2014, Šibenik, Croatia
/ Peter H.C., Lina ; Hutson, Anthony M. - Zagreb : Croatian Biospeleological Society, 2014, 75-75
ISBN
978-953-99931-9-9
Skup
XIII EUROPEAN BAT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Mjesto i datum
Šibenik, Hrvatska, 01.09.2014. - 05.09.2014
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster
Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija
Ključne riječi
bats; conservation; cave management; hibernation; Rhinolophus hipposideros
Sažetak
The cave Veternica, near the capital Zagreb, has been open for tourists since the 1960s, but bat friendly management started to develop in 2003 as a result of co-operation between the Nature Park Medvednica and the Croatian Biospeleological Society. Restriction of tourist visits during bat hibernation was introduced in 2003 and a bat-friendly gate was built in 2006, with annual bat monitoring started in 2007. In the cave 18 bat species have been recorded until now. The cave is an important hibernation site for 8 bat species: Myotis bythii, M. daubentonii, M. emarginatus, M. myotis, M. nattereri, Rhinolophus hipposideros, R. euryale and R. ferrumequinum and an important summer roost for R. euryale and Miniopterus schreibersii. Winter monitoring is performed every year and includes two counts in January and February. The numbers of Lesser Horseshoe Bats in winter increased from 6 individuals in 1996 to 437 in 2013, and the trend shows significant exponential growth. This is probably related both to the restriction of touristic visits in the winter time and changes in cave gating from solid doors to horizontal bars. There are also reports from Czech Republic and Slovenia on growth in numbers of Lesser Horseshoe Bats with similar trends in some caves. Therefore we suspect that this increase in lesser horseshoe bat numbers may be a consequence of bat- friendly cave management and possibly reflect the bats‟ social learning.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Biologija
