HABITAT USE BY BATS IN A MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM IN ISRAEL - CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS

Authors
CARMEL Y SAFRIEL U
Citation
Y. Carmel et U. Safriel, HABITAT USE BY BATS IN A MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM IN ISRAEL - CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS, Biological Conservation, 84(3), 1998, pp. 245-250
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences",Ecology,"Biology Miscellaneous
Journal title
Biological Conservation → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063207
Volume
84
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
245 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3207(1998)84:3<245:HUBBIA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Conservation programs for insectivorous bats should be based on protec ting their foraging habitats as well as their roosts. In this paper we present a method for assessing habitat use of a bat community using a bat detector. We found distinct patterns of habitat use for seven bat species in Mt Meron Nature Reserve, Israel. Using these patterns, we recommend conserving and fostering riparian vegetation, since several endangered species forage mainly in this increasingly threatened habit at. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.