caa a22 4500 378895559 CHVBK 20180305123505.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20041201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/mamm.2004.039 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/mamm.2004.039 Diet and prey selection in the Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale(Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) during the pre-breeding season [Elektronische Daten] [Urtzi Goiti, Jose Ramon Aihartza, Inazio Garin] In May 2001 we collected droppings of Rhinolophus euryale from a colony located in the Basque Country (souhtwestern Europe). Simultaneously, we used Malaise traps to determine prey availability in different habitats, weighting it according to the habitat use of bats. Prey categories found in droppings were then compared to availability to perform the selection analysis. The main consumed prey were by far small lepidopterans (5-11 mm long), followed by tipulids, and scarabaeid beetles (entirely Rhizotrogus sp.). Moths and beetles were selected positively, whereas the other categories were underrepresented in the diet. These results suggest the importance of small moths in the pre-breeding diet of this species, although other items might seasonally play an important role. Copyright 2004, Walter de Gruyter Rhinolophus euryale nationallicence diet nationallicence prey selection nationallicence Basque Country nationallicence southwestern Europe nationallicence Goiti Urtzi Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Dynamics, University of the Basque Country, Box. 644, E-48080, Bilbao (Spain) aut Aihartza Jose Ramon Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Dynamics, University of the Basque Country, Box. 644, E-48080, Bilbao (Spain) aut Garin Inazio Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Dynamics, University of the Basque Country, Box. 644, E-48080, Bilbao (Spain) aut Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/4(2004-12-01), 397-402 0025-1461 68:4<397 2004 68 mamm https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.039 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.039 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Goiti Urtzi Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Dynamics, University of the Basque Country, Box. 644, E-48080, Bilbao (Spain) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aihartza Jose Ramon Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Dynamics, University of the Basque Country, Box. 644, E-48080, Bilbao (Spain) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Garin Inazio Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Dynamics, University of the Basque Country, Box. 644, E-48080, Bilbao (Spain) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/4(2004-12-01), 397-402 0025-1461 68:4<397 2004 68 mamm CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter