Utilization of artificial shelters by bats (Chiroptera) in three different types of forest

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-37

  Ciechanowski, Mateusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bat boxes; Northern Poland; Pipistrellus nathusii; Plecotus auritus

Indexed keywords

BAT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; NEST BOX;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

FAGUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PIPISTRELLUS NATHUSII; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 22144447918     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. CIECHANOWSKI M. 2003: Bat fauna of Darżlubska Forest. Nietoperze [The Bats] 4 (1): 45-59 (in Polish with English summary).
2. CRAMP S. & PERRINS C.M. (eds) 1993: The birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. VII. Flycatchers to Shrikes. Oxford University Press, Oxford - New York.
3. DA̧BROWSKI A. 1978: Zespoły leśne Puszczy Darżlubskiej na tle siedliskowych typów lasu [Forest communities of Darżlubska Forest on a background of the forest typological classes]. Diss. thesis. Warsaw Agricultural University, Warszawa (in Polish).
4. GERELL R. 1985: Tests of boxes for bats. Nyctalus (N. F.) 2: 181-185.
5. HARMATA W. 1997: The results of occupancy of sawdust concrete breeding boxes by birds, mammals and insects in the Niepołomicka Primeval Forest. Prz. Przyr. VIII, 4: 121-128 (in Polish with English summary).
6. JARZEMBOWSKI T., RYMARZAK G. & STȨPNIEWSKA A. 1998: Forest habitat preferences of Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in northern Poland. Myotis 36: 177-182.
7. JUŠKAITIS R. 1995: Relations between common dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) and other occupants of bird-nesting boxes in Lithuania. Folia Zool. 44 (4): 289-296.
8. JUŠKAITIS R. 1997: Use of nestboxes by the common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) in Lithuania. Nat. Croat. 6 (2): 177-188.
9. JUŠKAITIS R. 1999: Mammals occupying nestboxes for birds in Lithuania. Acta Zool. Lithuania 9 (3): 19-23.
10. KASPRZYK K. & RUCZYŃSKI I. 2001. The structure of bat communities roosting in bird nest boxes in two pine monocultures in Poland. Folia Zool. 50 (2): 107-116.
11. KOWALSKI M. & LESIŃSKI G. 1994. Bats occupying nest boxes for birds and bats in Poland. Nyctalus (N. F.) 5 (1): 19-26.
12. KRZANOWSKI A. 1961: Wyniki rozwieszania skrzynek dla nietoperzy w Białowieskim Parku Narodowym [Results of using nest boxes for bats in Białowieża National Park]. Chr. Przyr. Ojcz. 17 (4): 29-32 (in Polish).
13. LIMPENS H. J. G. A. & BONGERS W. 1991: Bats in Dutch forests. Myotis 29: 129-136.
14. LOURENÇO S. I. & PALMEIRIM J. M. 2004: Influence of temperature in roost selection by Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Chiroptera): relevance for the design of bat boxes. Biol. Conserv. 119: 237-243.
15. MARSH A. C. W. & MORRIS P. A. 2000. The use of dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius nest boxes by two species of Apodemus in Britain. Acta Theriol. 45 (4): 443-453.
16. MAYLE B. A. 1990: A biological basis for bat conservation in British woodlands - a review. Mamm. Rev. 20 (4): 159-165.
17. NOWAKOWSKI W. K. & BORATYŃSKI P. 1997: Habitat preferences of the forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) in lowland forests. Pol. Ecol. Stud. 23 (3-4): 199-207.
18. OLSZEWSKI J. L. 1995: The role of forest ecosystems in modifying local thermoclimate of Białowieża National Park. Phytocenosis 7 (N. S.) Archiv. Geobot. 5: 5-13.
19. RACHWALD A. 1995: The fauna of bats in the Białowieża Forest and environmental factors affecting its diversity. In: Paschalis P., Rykowski K. & Zaja̧czkowski S. (eds), Protection of forest ecosystems biodiversity of Białowieża Primeval Forest. Fundacja Rozwój SGGW, Warszawa: 137-142.
20. RACHWALD A., BORATYŃSKI P. & NOWAKOWSKI W. K. 2001: Species composition and night-time activity of bats flying over rivers in Białowieża Primeval Forest (Eastern Poland). Acta Theriol. 46 (3): 235-242.
21. RUCZYŃSKI I. & BOGDANOWICZ W. 2002: Factors influencing the selection of roost cavities by bats in the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Eastern Poland. IXth European Bat Research Symposium. Abstracts. University of Le Havre, Le Havre, 46.
22. RUCZYŃSKI I. & RUCZYŃSKA I. 2000: Roosting sites of Leisler's bat Nyctalus leisleri in Białowieża Forest - preliminary results. Myotis 37: 55-60.
23. SACHANOWICZ K. 2003: Colonization of bat boxes by bats in the Łuków Forest. Nietoperze [The Bats] 4 (1): 39-43 (in Polish with English summary).
24. TAAKE K. H. & HILDENHAGEN U. 1989: Nine years' inspections of different artificial roosts for forest - dwelling bats in Northern Westfalia: some results. In: Hának V., Horaček I. & Gaisler J. (eds), European Bat Research 1987. Charles Univ. Press, Praha: 487-493.
25. ŻARNOWIECKI G. 1995: The effect of forest ecosystems on the relative air humidity in Białowieża National Park. Phytocenosis 7 (N. S.) Archiv. Geobot. 5: 15-23.