caa a22 4500 378895370 CHVBK 20180305123505.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20041201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/mamm.2004.045 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/mamm.2004.045 Bat activity in coniferous forest areas and the impact of air pollution [Elektronische Daten] [A. Rachwald, K. Wodecka, E. Malzahn, L. Kluziński] This study concerns comparison of bat activity in five mixed coniferous forest areas, exposed to different degree of air pollution. Forest age at every study plot was 70-100 years. The main census method was the detection of ultrasound signals along line transects. A significant difference was found in bat diversity and activity between these areas. Median flight activity varied between 21 flights/1 control (Biebrza Valley) and 1 flight/1 control (Upper Silesia). The largest bat diversity was found at the less disturbed and less polluted forests in Białowieża Primeval Forest and Biebrza Valley, the lowest was recorded at the Upper Silesia region in South-West Poland, the area of highest impact of heavy industry. The possible reasons for these results are analyzed and discussed. Copyright 2004, Walter de Gruyter Bat nationallicence diversity nationallicence contamination nationallicence heavy metals nationallicence sulphur nationallicence Rachwald A. 1. NATO Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, AberdeenAB24 2TZ (United Kingdom) aut Wodecka K. 2. Institute of Zoology, 1 Miecznikowa Str., University of Warsaw, 02-096 Warszawa (Poland) aut Malzahn E. 3. Natural Forests Department, Forest Research Institute, 17-230 Białowieża (Poland) aut Kluziński L. 4. Forest Management Planning and Monitoring Department, Forest Research Institute, 3 Bitwy Warszawskiej Str., 00-973 Warszawa (Poland) aut Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/4(2004-12-01), 445-453 0025-1461 68:4<445 2004 68 mamm https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.045 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.045 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rachwald A. 1. NATO Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, AberdeenAB24 2TZ (United Kingdom) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wodecka K. 2. Institute of Zoology, 1 Miecznikowa Str., University of Warsaw, 02-096 Warszawa (Poland) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Malzahn E. 3. Natural Forests Department, Forest Research Institute, 17-230 Białowieża (Poland) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kluziński L. 4. Forest Management Planning and Monitoring Department, Forest Research Institute, 3 Bitwy Warszawskiej Str., 00-973 Warszawa (Poland) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/4(2004-12-01), 445-453 0025-1461 68:4<445 2004 68 mamm CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter