| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1986 |
| Authors: | J. Gaisler, Kowalski K. |
| Journal: | Vestnik Ceskoslovenske Spolecnosti Zoologicke |
| Volume: | 50 |
| Pagination: | 161-173 |
| Date Published: | 1986 |
| Keywords: | [Hypsugo] Pipistrellus savii, activity patterns, Algeria, Asellia tridens, Chiroptera, distribution, Eptesicus serotinus [isabellinus], Hipposideridae, Miniopteridae, Miniopterus schreibersii, Molossidae, Myotis blythii [punicus], Myotis capaccinii, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis nattereri, North Africa, Nyctalus leisleri, Otonycteris hemprichi, Pipistrellus deserti, Pipistrellus kuhli, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus rueppelli [rueppellii], Plecotus austriacus [gaisleri], Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus mehelyi, species richness, Tadarida teniotis, Vespertilionidae |
| Abstract: | Three hundred seventeen bats of 20 species were taken by nets at 26 localities, most of them in northern Algeria, in the years 1980-1983. This sample has been evaluated with regard to faunal size, relative abundance, species diversity in areas, and the foraging diversity of the species. The species diversity corresponds in a certain degree to the diversity of environment, and on the whole it is higher in samples from western Algeria than from the east of the country. The highest foraging diversity has been found in P. kuhli, the only species caught both in the Mediterranean zone and in the desert; a high foraging diversity is also shown by M. blythi, P. pipistrellus, E. serotinus, R. ferrumequinum and P. austriacus. The bats are less active in the Mediterranean zone as well as in oases in the Sahara in winter. Two peaks of nocturnal activity, with the maximum after sunset, have been ascertained in three most abundant species. |