<i>Myotis alcathoe</i>in Poland and Ukraine: new data on its status and habitat in Central Europe

Bashta, Andriy‐Taras; Piskorski, Michał; Mysłajek, Robert W.; Tereba, Anna; Kurek, Korneliusz; Sachanowicz, Konrad

doi:10.25225/fozo.v60.i1.a1.2011

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“…Вперше M. alcathoe в Україні описана як знахідка «нічниці Іконнікова» (Абеленцев, 1950). Цей найдрібніший вид нічниць поширений по більшій частині Європи (Niermann et al, 2007) і в Україні представлені найбільш східні популяції, виявлені на Закарпатті, в Західному Поділлі та на Львівщині (Bashta et al, 2011;Башта, 2014;Bashta et al, 2018).…”

Section: група Myotis Ex Gr Mystacinus (вусаті нічниці)unclassified

Close bat species in the Ukrainian fauna: differences and position in the structure of communities

Загороднюк¹

2018

Theriol. Ukr.

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Національний науково-природничий музей НАН України (Київ, Україна) Адреса для зв'язку: І. Загороднюк; ННПМ; вул. Богдана Хмельницького, 15, Close bat species in the Ukrainian fauna: differences and position in the structure of communities. -I. Zagorodniuk. -Results of taxonomic revisions, analysis of identification criteria, spatial and ecomorphological differentiation of close pairs of species are summarised. Five superspecies are considered: Myotis "myotis", Myotis "mystacinus", Plecotus "auritus", Pipistrellus "pipistrellus", Eptesicus "serotinus" and other problematic pairs. The distribution of species by the forearm length as a key ecomorphological character (EMC) is analysed. It is shown that stable groups are formed from species with a wide distribution of EMC without their overlapping. However, superspecies, which include siblings and generally close species, are characterised by considerable spatial differentiation (allopatry). All pairs of close species are characterised by one of four statuses: 1) they are allopatric (e.g. the group Eptesicus "serotinus" and partly Myotis "mystacinus"), 2) they are marginally sympatric (M. "myotis"), 3) primary allopatry is disturbed by the expansion of one species into the range of another one (Plecotus "auritus"), 4) sympatry is unnatural and is determined by the synanthropy of one of the species (Pipistrellus "pipistrellus"). The phenomenon with the formation of guilds that include close species is analysed: in all cases, it should be a question of formal synanthropy, usually without symbiotopy, or secondary sympatry, due to the recent overlapping of geographical ranges or living in unnatural or substantially disturbed or transformed locations. K e y w o r d s : bats, taxonomy, distribution, differences, ecomorphology.Близькі види кажанів у фауні України: відмінності та місце в структурі угруповань. -І. Загороднюк. -Підведено підсумки таксономічних ревізій, аналізу критеріїв ідентифікації, просторової та екоморфологічної диференціації близьких пар видів. Розглянуто 5 надвидів: Myotis "myotis", Myotis "mystacinus", Plecotus "auritus", Pipistrellus "pipistrellus", Eptesicus "serotinus" та інших проблемних пар. Проаналізовано розподіл видів за довжиною передпліччя як ключовою екоморфологічною ознакою (ЕМО). Показано, що стабільні групи сформовані видами з широким розподілом ЕМО без їх перекривання. Проте надвиди, які включають двійників та загалом близькі види, характеризуються значною просторовою диференціацією (алопатрією). Всі пари близьких видів характеризуються одним із 4х статусів: 1) вони алопатричні (напр. група Eptesicus "serotinus" і частково Myotis "mystacinus"), 2) вони маргінально симпатричні (M. "myotis"), 3) первинна алопатрія порушена експансією одного виду в ареал іншого (Plecotus "auritus"), 4) симпатрія є неприродною і визначається синантропією одного з них (Pipistrellus "pipistrellus"). Аналізується феномен формуванням гільдій, що включають близькі види: у всіх випадках мова має йти про формальну синантропію, тобто без проявів симбіотопії, або п...

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Section: група Myotis Ex Gr Mystacinus (вусаті нічниці)unclassified

Close bat species in the Ukrainian fauna: differences and position in the structure of communities

Загороднюк¹

2018

Theriol. Ukr.

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“…The first two species are of predominantly boreal Palaearctic distribution [26], [27]. Myotis alcathoe was described in 2001 [28] and is relatively poorly known, but current information suggests that it has a wide European range (e.g., [29]–[33]). …”

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Hybridization Hotspots at Bat Swarming Sites

2012

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During late summer and early autumn in temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, thousands of bats gather at caves, mainly for the purpose of mating. We demonstrated that this swarming behavior most probably leads not only to breeding among bats of the same species but also interbreeding between different species. Using 14 nuclear microsatellites and three different methods (the Bayesian assignment approaches of STRUCTURE and NEWHYBRIDS and a principal coordinate analysis of pairwise genetic distances), we analyzed 375 individuals belonging to three species of whiskered bats (genus Myotis) at swarming sites across their sympatric range in southern Poland. The overall hybridization rate varied from 3.2 to 7.2%. At the species level, depending on the method used, these values ranged from 2.1–4.6% in M. mystacinus and 3.0–3.7% in M. brandtii to 6.5–30.4% in M. alcathoe. Hybrids occurred in about half of the caves we studied. In all three species, the sex ratio of hybrids was biased towards males but the observed differences did not differ statistically from those noted at the population level. In our opinion, factors leading to the formation of these admixed individuals and their relatively high frequency are: i) swarming behaviour at swarming sites, where high numbers of bats belonging to several species meet; ii) male-biased sex ratio during the swarming period; iii) the fact that all these bats are generally polygynous. The highly different population sizes of different species at swarming sites may also play some role. Swarming sites may represent unique hybrid hotspots, which, as there are at least 2,000 caves in the Polish Carpathians alone, may occur on a massive scale not previously observed for any group of mammal species in the wild. Evidently, these sites should be treated as focal points for the conservation of biodiversity and evolutionary processes.

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“…Most records concern bats netted at cave entrances, during summer swarming, but its reproduction was also confirmed at several localities (NIERMANN et al 2007;SACHANOWICZ 2010;BASHTA et al 2011;PIKSA et al 2011, BOGDANOWICZ et al 2012. It was proposed to provisionally rank the species among the rarest Polish bats (BASHTA et al 2011). Lack of knowledge about hibernation roosts of this species makes winter monitoring of its number impossible and reduces conservation opportunities.…”

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Winter records of Myotis alcathoe in southern Poland and comments on identification of the species during hibernation

Sachanowicz¹,

Mleczek²,

Gottfried³

et al. 2012

Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series A: Vertebrata

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Single hibernating males of Myotis alcathoe were recorded in caves and mining adits at four localities in the Beskid Wyspowy Mts, Western Bieszczady Mts, Western Sudety Mts and Roztocze Upland. These are the first records of wintering individuals of the species in Poland and some of the first in Central Europe. Characters are described that may be useful for the identification of adult bats in winter roosts.

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Myotis alcathoein Poland and Ukraine: new data on its status and habitat in Central Europe

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Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Close bat species in the Ukrainian fauna: differences and position in the structure of communities

Close bat species in the Ukrainian fauna: differences and position in the structure of communities

Hybridization Hotspots at Bat Swarming Sites

Winter records of Myotis alcathoe in southern Poland and comments on identification of the species during hibernation

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