The importance of non-forest landscapes for the conservation of forest bats: lessons from barbastelles ( Barbastella barbastellus )

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[L. Ancillotto, L. Cistrone, F. Mosconi, G. Jones, L. Boitani, D. Russo]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Biodiversity and Conservation, 24/1(2015-01-01), 171-185
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Although open landscapes are typically regarded as inhospitable matrix for several species of forest bats, their role may be crucial for maintaining gene flow among otherwise isolated populations occurring in distant forest fragments. The barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) is a bat species previously known to depend on mature forest and dead trees in its wide yet fragmented range. We tested the general hypothesis that viable populations of this bat may persist in open landscapes whose current structure is the result of historical deforestation. We unveiled the roosting and foraging ecology of B. barbastellus in a clay badland area of central Italy where forested habitats are absent and woody vegetation is scarce. Bats in badlands used rock crevices in lieu of the typical maternity tree-roosts and largely foraged in non-forest habitat, alongside riparian vegetation, where they found moth-rich hunting sites. Body condition and sex ratio did not differ from those documented in a source population found in mature forest in the same region. Our study identifies the hitherto overlooked importance of apparently unsuitable landscapes for the conservation of bats regarded as forests specialists and highlights that such environments and the associated occurrence of favoured prey should be carefully considered in management plans. 
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690 7 |a Badlands  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Behaviour  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Habitat selection  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Home range  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Moths  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Population  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Ancillotto  |D L.  |u Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin”, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Cistrone  |D L.  |u Wildlife Research Unit, Laboratorio di Ecologia Applicata, Sezione di Biologia e Protezione dei Sistemi Agrari e Forestali, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Portici, Italy  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Mosconi  |D F.  |u Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin”, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Jones  |D G.  |u School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Boitani  |D L.  |u Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin”, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Russo  |D D.  |u Wildlife Research Unit, Laboratorio di Ecologia Applicata, Sezione di Biologia e Protezione dei Sistemi Agrari e Forestali, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Portici, Italy  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Mosconi  |D F.  |u Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin”, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Jones  |D G.  |u School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Boitani  |D L.  |u Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin”, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Russo  |D D.  |u Wildlife Research Unit, Laboratorio di Ecologia Applicata, Sezione di Biologia e Protezione dei Sistemi Agrari e Forestali, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Portici, Italy  |4 aut 
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