Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH
Volume 57, Issue 2, Pages 217-223Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0414-9
Keywords
Chiroptera; Mortality; Road traffic; Phenology; Landscape structure; Central Europe
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A year-round study was conducted on a 16.6-km road section crossing Kampinos National Park near Warsaw (central Poland). We found 61 road-killed bats belonging to seven species. The most abundant were: Nyctalus noctula, Plecotus auritus, and Barbastella barbastellus. Bats were found between the middle of April and the end of October with peaks in July/August and October. The density of bat casualties differed slightly in various habitats surrounding the road-lower values than expected were found only for windbreaks and bushes. The prediction that low-flying species are killed more frequently was not confirmed-the most abundant N. noctula usually flies at heights over 10 m above the ground. N. noctula, Myotis nattereri, and Pipistrellus nathusii were killed more frequently while Eptesicus serotinus less frequently than could be expected from the frequency with which they were captured in mist-nets on forest lanes.
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