Title:

Habitat preference and overnight and seasonal variation in the foraging activity of lesser horseshoe bats

Creator:

McAney, C. M. ; Fairley, J. S.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1988

Description:

The ultrasonic foraging pulses of the lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800) were monitored repeatedly at night from May to September for sample periods of 15 min at a variety of sites in two districts in western Ireland, predominantly of permanent pasture. Pulses were commonest by water and over farmyards, less frequent along trees and hedgerows, and relatively rare over open pasture. Feeding activity decreased overnight, although bats were still active before dawn, and also increased towards the end of the summer. The possible reasons for these spatial and temporal feeding patterns are discussed.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

foraging activity ; bats ; habitat preference ; Rhinolophus hipposideros ; seasonal variations ; wybiórczość środowiskowa ; zmienność aktywności ; aktywność żerowania ; Podkowiec mały ; nietoperz

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

33

Issue:

28

Start page:

393

End page:

402

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.88-33

Source:

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Language:

eng ; sum. eng. ; pol.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open