The vocal activity of Pipistrellus nathusii (Vespertilionidae) in SW Poland

• Autorzy: Furmankiewicz J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Vocal activity of Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) was studied between April—October 1998 in Wrocław, SW Poland. This activity (nocturnal and seasonal), measured as the number of social and echolocation calls recorded along a 2 km convoluted transect, was lowest in April, May and June. In July, vocal activity increased to reach its highest level during August and September. Throughout the study, calls were emitted in the early part of the night from May through June, then switched to the latter part of the evening in August. Seasonally, the number of calls correlated positively with the air temperature; no significant relationship was found between the level of social and echolocation calls, and relative humidity or atmospheric pressure. It is considered that these changes in vocal activity in July were associated with the onset of the mating period, when the males emitted social calls during an advertisement display or from the roosts, performed to attract females for harem formation. The calls of P. nathusii emitted outside the mating period may also have played another social function.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Chiropterologica
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: 05
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.97-105,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Furmankiewicz J.

• Department of Avian Ecology, Institute of Zoology, University of Wroclaw, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wroclaw, Poland

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• Weid, R. 1988. Occurrence of the particoloured bat Vespertilio murinus (Linné, 1758) in Greece and some observations on its display behaviour. Myotis, 26: 117-128.
• Weid, R. 1994. Sozialrufe männlicher Abendsegler (Nyctalus noctula). Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 45: 33-38.Ahlän, I. 1981. Identification of Scandinavian bats by their sounds. Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences, Department of Wildlife Ecology, Uppsala, Report 6, 56 pp.
• Ahlén, I. 1990. Identification of bats in flight. Swedish Society for Conservation of Nature and The Swedish Youth Association for Environmental Studies and Conservation, Stockholm, 55 pp.
• Barlow, K. E., and G. Jones. 1996. Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Britain in the mating season. Journal of Zoology (London), 240: 767-773.
• Barlow, K. E., and G. Jones. 1997. Function of pipistrelle social calls: field data and a playback experiment. Animal Behavior, 53: 991-999.
• Brosset, A. 1990. Les migration de la pipistrelle de Nathusius, Pipistrellus nathusii, en France. Ses incidences possibles sur la propagation de la rage. Mammalia, 54: 207-212.
• Furmankiewicz, J., and R. Szkudlarek. 2001. The mating roosts of Nathusius' pipistrelle males Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling et Blasius, 1893) in Wroclaw (SW Poland). Pp. 47-57, in Proceedings of the Vlllth EBRS, Volume 2 (B. W. Wołoszyn, ed.). Chiropterological Information Center, Kraków, 315 pp.
• Gerell-Lundberg, K, and R. Gerell. 1994. The mating behaviour of the pipistrelle and Nathusius' pipistrelle (Chiroptera) — a comparison. Folia Zoologica, 43: 325-330.
• Hackethal, H., and W. Oldenburg. 1984. Beobachtung und Überlebungen zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie der Rauhhautfledermaus, Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling und Blasius, 1839). Nyctalus, 2: 72-78.
• Heise, G. 1982. Zu Vorkommen, Biologie und Ökologie der Rauhhautfledermaus (Pipistrellus nathusii) in der Umgebung von Prenzlau (Uckermark), Bezirk Neubrandenburg. Nyctalus, 1: 281-300.
• Helversen, O. von. 1989. Sozialrufe eines Abendsegler— Weibschens (Nyctalus noctula). Myotis, 27: 23-26.
• Helversen, O. von, and D. Helversen. 1994. The 'advertisement song' of the lesser noctule bat (Nyctalus leisleri). Folia Zoologica, 43: 331-338.
• Jones, G. 1993. Flight morphology, flight performance and echolocation in British bats. Pp. 59-78, in Proceedings of the First European Bat Detector Workshop (K. Kapteyn, ed.). Netherlands Bat Research Foundation, Amsterdam, 128 pp.
• Kozhurina, E. I. 1996. What may the 'song' of noctule bats disclose to an observer? Myotis, 34: 5-15.
• Limpens, H., and A. Röschen. 1995. Bestimmung der mitteleuropäischen Fledermausarten anhand ihrer Rufe. NABU-Umweltpyramide Bremervörde, Bremervörde, 46 pp.
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• Lundberg, K., and R. Gerell. 1986. Territorial advertisement and mate attraction in the bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus. Ethology, 71: 115-124.
• Oldenburg, W., and H. Hackethal. 1989. Zur Migration von Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling und Blasius, 1839). Nyctalus, 3: 13-16.
• Park, K. J., G. Jones, and R. D. Ransome. 1999. Winter activity of a population of greater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum). Journal of Zoology (London), 248: 419-427.
• Peladeau, N. 1996. Simstat for Windows. Provalis Research, Montreal, Canada.
• Rachwald, A. 1992. Social organization, recovery frequency and body weight of the bat Pipistrellus nathusii from northern Poland. Myotis, 30: 109-118.
• Rachwald, A., and M. Labocha. 1994. Differences concerning bats' occurrence in a natural and cultivated forest in Bialowieska Forest (eastern Poland). Pp. 111-112, in The actual problems of bat protection in Poland. Proceedings of the 9th National Chiropterological Conference (B. W. Wołoszyn, ed.). Publication of the Chiropterological Information Center, Kraków, 244 pp. [in Polish with English abstract].
• Rajter, J. 1999. The social and feeding activity of Nathusius' pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling et Blasius, 1839) (Chiroptera) in the Szczytnicki Park in Wrocław. Unpubl. M.Sci. Thesis, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, 74 pp. [in Polish],
• Řehák, Z., and I. Baroň. 2001. Detectoring of flight activity of lesser horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus hipposideros, at a cave entrance over a year. Nietoperze, 2: 201-212.
• Schmidt, A. 1994. Phänologisches Verhalten und Populationseigenschaften der Rauhhautfledermaus, Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling und Blasius, 1839), in Ostbrandenburg. Nyctalus, 5: 77-100.
• Schmidt, A., and G. Heise. 1988. Bemerkungen zum Höchstalter der Rauhhautfledermaus (Pipistrellus nathusii). Nyctalus, 2: 381-385.
• Sosnovtzeva, V. A. 1974. Phenomenon of autumn mating in Pipistrellus nathusii (Keis. et Blas.). Pp. 100-101, in Conference materials on the bats (P. P. Strelkov and A. P Kuzjakin, eds.). Zoological Institute of USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, 182 pp. [in Russian],
• Szkudlarek, R., and R. Paszkiewicz. 2000. Mating social calls of Polish bat species. Nietoperze, 1 : 55-62. [in Polish with English summary],
• Weid, R. 1988. Occurrence of the particoloured bat Vespertilio murinus (Linné, 1758) in Greece and some observations on its display behaviour. Myotis, 26: 117-128.
• Weid, R. 1994. Sozialrufe männlicher Abendsegler (Nyctalus noctula). Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 45: 33-38.

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