Dietary composition and habitat use in a desert insectivorous bat community in Israel

• Autorzy: Feldman R. , Whitaker J. O. , Yom-Tov Y.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Diet and habitat selection of several species of insectivorous bats were studied in the Dead Sea area, Israel. Significant differences in diet composition were found among the species studied. Long-eared bats (Plecotus austriacus and Nycteris thebaica) tended to feed on Lepidoptera, and N. thebaica also on Diptera; Asellia tridens and Rhinolophus clivosus on Coleoptera and Hymenoptera; Rhinolophus hipposideros on Lepidoptera and Diptera; Eptesicus bottae on Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera; Pipistrellus bodenheimeri and Pipistrellus kuhlii on Diptera and Lepidoptera; and Pipistrellus rueppellii on Diptera. Dietary niche breadth (B%v) was widest for P. bodenheimeri and narrowest for P. austriacus. There were significant species-related differences in habitat utilization. Tadarida teniotis and Rhinopoma hardwickei foraged almost exclusively in open areas; 'over water' habitat was preferred by P. rueppellii and utilized extensively also by P. bodenheimeri; 'near street lights' and 'edges of vegetation and cliffs' by P. kuhlii; 'edges of vegetation and cliffs' by P. bodenheimeri and E. bottae; and 'cluttered environment' by A. tridens, R. hipposideros, and R. clivosus. Community structure of these bats is discussed.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Chiropterologica
• Rocznik: 2000
• Tom: 02
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.15-22,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Feldman R.

• Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

autor

Whitaker J. O.

autor

Yom-Tov Y.

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