Does a live barn owl (Tyto alba) affect emergence behavior of serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus)?

• Autorzy: Petrzelkova K.J. , Zukal J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We studied the impact of predation risk on emergence behavior of a maternity colony of Eptesicus serotinus. Observations were made during sets of three consecutive nights — control, treatment and post-treatment. On treatment nights, a trained individual of barn owl (Tyto alba) was displayed during the emergence of the colony. Presence of the owl did not induce any significant change in the emergence parameters with exception of the degree of clustering. In pregnancy bats increased their clustering during treatment and post-treatment nights. The presence of the owl induced changes in relationships among emergence parameters. If bats emerged earlier when predation risk supposed to be higher, they increased their degree of clustering to decrease the individuals' probability of being attacked. We conclude that clustering in emergence is an important anti-predation strategy.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Chiropterologica
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: 05
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.177-184,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Petrzelkova K.J.

• Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Kvetna 8, Brno CZ-60365, Czech Republic

autor

Zukal J.

Bibliografia

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• H. Kunz, ed.). Plenum Press, New York, 425 pp.
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• Wilkinson, G. S., and J. W. Boughman. 1998. Social calls coordinate foraging in greater spear-nosed bats. Animal Behaviour, 55: 337-350.
• erate insectivorous bat (Myotis velifer). Ecology, 55: 693-711.
• Lee, Y. F., and Y. M. Kuo. 2001. Predation on Mexican free-tailed bats by peregrine falcons and redtailed hawks. Journal of Raptor Research, 35: 115-123.
• McWilliam, A. N. 1989. Emergence behavior of the bat Tadarida (Chaerephon) pumila (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Ghana, West Africa. Journal of Zoology (London), 219: 698-701.
• Negro, J. J., C. Ibáňez, J. L Pérezjordá, and M. J. Delarivo. 1992. Winter predation by common kestrel Falco tinnunculus on pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus in Southern Spain. Bird Study, 39: 195-199.
• Obuch, J. 1992. Tawny owl (Strix aluco) preying on bats. Pp. 119-121, in Prague studies in mammalogy (I. Horaček and V. Vohralík, eds.). Charles University Press, Prague, 245 pp.
• Obuch, J. 1998. The representation of bats (Chiroptera) in the diet of the owls (Strigiformes) in Slovakia. Vespertilio, 3: 65-75.
• Petrželková, K. 2003. Impact of predation on bats. Ph.D. Thesis, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic and Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 93 pp.
• Petrželková, K., and J. Zukal, 2001. Emergence behavior of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) under predation risk. Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 51: 395-414.
• Pokorný, M. 1998. Prostorová a časová aktivita netopýra večerního (Eptesicus serotinus) v zemědělské krajině [Temporal and spatial activity of serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) in agrocoenoses]. M.A. Thesis, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 91 pp. [In Czech].
• Racey, P. A., and S. M. Swift. 1985. Feeding ecology of Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) during pregnancy and lactation. I. Foraging behavior. Journal of Animal Ecology, 54: 205-215.
• Roberts, K. J., F. D. Yancey, and C. Jones. 1997. Predation by great-horned owls on Brazilian free-tailed bats in north Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 49: 215-218.
• Rodríguez-Dúran, A., and A. L. Lewis. 1985. Seasonal predation by merlins on sooty mustached bats in western Puerto Rico. Biotropica, 17: 71-74.
• Romano, M. C., J. I. Maidagan, and E. F. Pire. 1999. Behavior and demography in an urban colony of Tadarida brasiliensis (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Rosario, Argentina. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 47: 1121-1127.
• Rydell, J., A. Entwistle, and P. A. Racey. 1996. Timing of foraging flights of three species of bats in relation to insect activity and predation risk. Oikos, 76: 242-252.
• Schober, W., and E. Grimmberger. 1993. Bats of Britain and Europe. Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart, 265 pp.
• Shiel, C. B., and J. S. Fairley. 1999. Evening emergence of two nursery colonies of Leisler’s bat (Nyctalus leisleri) in Ireland. Journal of Zoology (London), 247: 439-447.
• Sokal, R. R., and F. J. Rohlf 1995. Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. Third ed. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York , 887 pp.
• Speakman, J. R. 1991. The impact of predation by birds on bat population in the British Isles. Mammal Review, 21: 123-142.
• Speakman, J. R., D. J. Bullock, L. A. Eales, and P. A. Racey. 1992. A problem defining temporal pattern in animal behavior: clustering in the emergence behavior of bats from maternity roosts. Animal Behaviour, 43: 491-500.
• Speakman, J. R., R. E. Stone, and J. E. Kerslake. 1995. Temporal patterns of pipistrelle bats, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, from maternity colonies are consistent with anti-predator response. Animal Behaviour, 50: 1147-1156.
• Speakman, J. R., N. Irwin, and R. Stone. 1999. Effect of roost size on the emergence behavior of pipistrelle bats. Animal Behaviour, 58: 787-795.
• Verboom, B. 1998. The use of edge habitats by commuting and foraging bats. IBN Scientific Contributions 10, DLO Institute for Forestry and Nature Research (1BN-DLO), Wageningen,
• 120 pp.
• Wilkinson, G. S. 1992. Information transfer at evening bat colonies. Animal Behaviour, 44: 501-518.
• Wilkinson, G. S., and J. W. Boughman. 1998. Social calls coordinate foraging in greater spear-nosed bats. Animal Behaviour, 55: 337-350.

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