caa a22 4500 378895524 CHVBK 20180305123505.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20041201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/mamm.2004.032 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/mamm.2004.032 Bihari Zoltán University of Debrecen, Böszörményi út 138., 4032 Debrecen (Hungary) The roost preference of Nyctalus noctula (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in summer and the ecological background of their urbanization [Elektronische Daten] [Zoltán Bihari] The paper summarises the investigation of roost-selection of Nyctalus noctula in prefabricated panel buildings and trees. The noctule bats occupy only special man-made constructions which are similar in many ways to the natural hollows, providing the same or better climatic conditions than in a treehollow. The bats prefer similar height and width of entrances both in the trees and in the panel buildings. In summer the noctule bats prefer roosts situated on the western walls of panel buildings. The rhythm of temperature fluctuation in that side best corresponds to the daily life cycle of the bats. Because of the good roosting possibilities, the density is higher in housing estates than in natural forests. The noctule bats occupy buildings with well determined characteristics. When talking about urbanization, we do not refer to adaptation but only to the use of roosts having more advantageous conditions. Copyright 2004, Walter de Gruyter Chiroptera nationallicence roost selection nationallicence ecology nationallicence urbanisation nationallicence Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/4(2004-12-01), 329-336 0025-1461 68:4<329 2004 68 mamm https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.032 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.032 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bihari Zoltán University of Debrecen, Böszörményi út 138., 4032 Debrecen (Hungary) NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/4(2004-12-01), 329-336 0025-1461 68:4<329 2004 68 mamm CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter