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- Title
"PEȘTERA MARE DE LA ȘĂLITRARI" (CERNA VALLEY) - AN IMPORTANT BAT SHELTER (CHIROPTERA, MAMMALIA) FROM SW ROMANIA.
- Authors
Mirela, CHACHULA Oana; Radu, PUŞCAŞ; Adrian, ALBUICĂ; Elena, MEŞTER Lotus
- Abstract
"Peștera Mare de la Şălitrari" is located in the Cerna Valley, Șălitrari Mountain, being a very important site for chiropterans from SW Romania, but also from Europe. This shelter is still unknown for the researchers, this being the first presentation in the specialized literature. This cave shelters has three types of bat colonies: two are hibernating type, being composed of the species Pipistrellus pipistrellus / P. pygmaeus, Miniopterus schreibersii, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. euryale, while the other is a nursery, formed by the species Miniopterus schreibersii and Myotis naterreri. This cave represents an important place for swarming activity of species like Myotis capaccinii, M. dasycneme, M. daubentonii and Rhinolophus hipposideros, which come for matting. This paper presents our collected data from 2003 till 2016; we give the location of bat colonies inside the cave and their descriptions. We present the dynamics of bats during the year inside the cave, too. The research is still on-going.
- Subjects
PIPISTRELLUS pipistrellus; BATS; MAMMAL hibernation; BAT conservation; BAT ecology
- Publication
Oltenia, Studii si Comunicari Seria Stiintele Naturii, 2016, Vol 32, Issue 2, p121
- ISSN
1454-6914
- Publication type
Article