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- Title
Big city bats: Species-specific effects of the urban matrix on forearm length and fat stores of bats in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae).
- Authors
HUGHES, Morgan; BROWN, Scott K.; FOSTER-PLUME, Denise; LEE, David; REDFERN, Tamar; MADDOCK, Simon; YOUNG, Christopher H.
- Abstract
The effect of urbanisation on size and fat stores in bats has been poorly studied. We compare morphometric data in bats from two areas in the West Midlands, UK: one predominantly agricultural and one built-up. We examined forearm length and fat stores in 1,102 bats of five species (Myotis daubentonii, M. nattereri, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, P. pygmaeus, Plecotus auritus). All except M. daubentonii were significantly larger in the urban area; fat stores were greater in rural M. nattereri and P. auritus, and in urban M. daubentonii and P. pygmaeus. For P. auritus, the differences were only significant in males.
- Subjects
WEST Midlands (England); BAT classification; URBAN ecology; MORPHOMETRICS; DATA analysis
- Publication
Lynx, series nova, 2023, Vol 54, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
0024-7774
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37520/lynx.2023.005