Book of Abstracts XIIIth
European Bat Research Symposium
Publishers Croatian Biospeleological Society – www.hbsd.hr HINUS Ltd. – www.hinus.hr Editors of abstracts Peter H.C. Lina Anthony M. Hutson Technical editors Marina Kipson Vida Zrnčić Daniela Hamidović Prepress HINUS Ltd. Cover design Miran Kriţanić Printed by DENONA
Zagreb, 2014 ISBN 978-953-99931-9-9 ISBN 978-953-6904-31-0
XIII EUROPEAN BAT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM September 01- 05, 2014 Šibenik, Croatia
Book of Abstracts Programme Book of Abstracts List of Participants
Organised by: Croatian Biospeleological Society
Patron: State Institute for Nature Protection
Organising Committee: Chair of Organisation Committee, Daniela Hamidović (CBSS, State Institute for Nature Protection) Mario Blatančić (SO HPK Sv. Mihovil), Marijana Cukrov (CBSS), Hrvoje Cvitanović (Ursus spelaeus, CBSS), Zrinka Domazetović (Tragus), Vlatka Dumbović Mazal (State Institute for Nature Protection), Norma Fressel (CBSS), Marin Grgurev (Geonatura Ltd.), Tony Hutson (IUCN SSC Chiropteran Specialist Group), Darija Josić (CBSS), Marina Kipson (CBSS, Charles University of Praha), Miran Kriţanić (design and visual support), Dina Kovač (Geonatura Ltd.), Tihomir Kovačević (DDISKF), Boris Krstinić (CBSS), Peter Lina (Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Netherlands), Mirna Mazija (Tragus), Drago Marguš (Krka National Park), Davorin Marković (State Institute for Nature Protection), Goran Rnjak (Geonatura Ltd.), Henry Schofield (Vincent Wildlife Trust), Andrea Štefan (WWF), Vida Zrnčić (Geonatura Ltd.), Irina Zupan (State Institute for Nature Protection), Petra Ţvorc (CBSS) List of organisations: CBSS- Croatian Biospeleological Society, leading organisation Caving Club „Ursus Spaeleus“,Croatia Croatian Mountaineering Club - Speleological Department Sv. Mihovil, Croatia DDISKF - Dinaridi – Society for the research, surveying and filming of Karst Phenomena, Croatia Geonatura Ltd. Consultancy in Nature Protection, Croatia IUCN SSC Chiropteran Specialist Group, UK National Park Krka, Croatia Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Netherlands Tragus – Association for Bat Conservation, Croatia Vincent Wildlife Trust, UK WWF – Mediterranean Programme, Croatia
Scientific Committee Joxerra Aihartza (The Basque Country), Stéphane Aulagnier (France), Wieslaw Bogdanowicz (Poland), Frank Bonaccorso (United States of America), Rasit Bilgin (Turkey), Suren Gazaryan (Russia), Daniela Hamidović (Croatia), Ivan Horaček (Czech Republic), Gareth Jones (United Kingdom), Javier Juste (Spain), Marina Kipson (Croatia), Peter H.C. Lina (Netherlands), Radek K. Lučan (Czech Republic), Sébastiene Puechmaille (France), Paul Racey (United Kingdom), Hugo Rebelo (Portugal), Luisa Rodrigues (Portugal), Stephen Rossiter (United Kingdom), Danilo Russo (Italy), Nikola Tvrtković (Croatia)
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HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF BATS IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES IN SERBIA [P*] J. BURAZEROVIĆ1(a), P. TIZZANI2, N. PREACCO2, D. ĆIROVIĆ1, G. JONES3 Department of Animal Ecology and Geography, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 1a e-mail:
[email protected] 2 Department of Veterinary Sciences, Parasitology Section, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy 3 School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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There is a general lack of published information about the importance of different habitats and features for bats in agricultural landscapes in Serbia. Around 66% of land in the country is used for agriculture. Agriculture, as one of the main pillars of the country‟s economy, is developing and intensifying, putting biodiversity and bats, as the country‟s strictly protected species, in danger. This research aimed to identify suitable habitats and features in agricultural landscapes and initiate first steps for the development of practical guidelines for protection of bats in agricultural landscapes of Serbia. The research took place during the period AugustOctober 2013 at dispersed territories of Avala, Fruska Gora, Lower Danube area, Obedska bara and Zasavica. Six land use types were surveyed: arable land, grassland and pastures, scrub, deciduous and mixed forest, coniferous forest and water bodies. Echolocating bats were recorded using two Song Meter (SM2Bat+) bat detectors, one of them being placed at the centre of the habitat, and the other at the edge of the habitat. A total of 41 different sites were visited, while 73 recording points were analysed with regard to bat calls using BatSound and Sonochiro softwares. Recorded bat calls were analysed to the level of species, or to the level of bat species group (e.g. Myotis spp.). The most frequently detected species (considered as number of positive points/total number of points monitored) were Pipistrellus kuhlii/nathusii (80.9%) and Nyctalus noctula (58.9%). A Generalized Linear Model (GLM) was used to evaluate the influence of habitat composition and structure on bat presence. The GLM results highlighted that the arable land and the landscape structure significantly influence the presence of species, such as Nyctalus noctula (explicated deviance of the model = 41.6%; AIC value = 81.76). Starting from these first results and to better evaluate the influence of habitat type and landscape structure on bat presence, we use aerial images to derive high resolution land cover maps (photo interpretation technique) of our study area. All of our data were uploaded in a GIS system (QGIS 2.2) to provide a deeper and more qualitative interpretation of the relationship between bat species presence and environmental characteristics.
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