Annual cycle of bats in a cave of Jebel Errwa, a sub-desert zone of central Tunisia
Bat use of the “Bat cave” of Jebel Errwa (central Tunisia) was studied over one year. A maximum of 650 bats were found during diurnal and nocturnal surveys. Maximum activity at emergence was reported in late spring and early summer when the cave was occupied by nurseries of Myotis punicus, Rhinolop...
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| author | Ridha Dalhoumi Patricia Aissa Hamouda Beyrem Stéphane Aulagnier |
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Bat use of the “Bat cave” of Jebel Errwa (central Tunisia) was studied over one year. A maximum of 650 bats were found during diurnal and nocturnal surveys. Maximum activity at emergence was reported in late spring and early summer when the cave was occupied by nurseries of Myotis punicus, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus mehelyi and Miniopterus schreibersii. Females gave birth in May in the largest, moistest and coolest room of the roost; young started to fly in June and left the cave in August. Despite frequent disturbance by visitors, “Bat Cave” of Jebel Errwa is one of the most important underground sites in central Tunisia and should be protected.
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| spelling | doaj.art-39f6e0ab7b4249b890d43aae65db779a2023-05-02T14:58:28ZengPAGEPress PublicationsTropical Zoology0394-69751970-95282019-09-01323Annual cycle of bats in a cave of Jebel Errwa, a sub-desert zone of central TunisiaRidha Dalhoumi0Patricia Aissa1Hamouda Beyrem2Stéphane Aulagnier3Laboratoire de Biosurveillance de l’Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Université de Carthage, 7021 ZarzounaLaboratoire de Biosurveillance de l’Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Université de Carthage, 7021 ZarzounaLaboratoire de Biosurveillance de l’Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Université de Carthage, 7021 ZarzounaComportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, CS 52627, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex Bat use of the “Bat cave” of Jebel Errwa (central Tunisia) was studied over one year. A maximum of 650 bats were found during diurnal and nocturnal surveys. Maximum activity at emergence was reported in late spring and early summer when the cave was occupied by nurseries of Myotis punicus, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus mehelyi and Miniopterus schreibersii. Females gave birth in May in the largest, moistest and coolest room of the roost; young started to fly in June and left the cave in August. Despite frequent disturbance by visitors, “Bat Cave” of Jebel Errwa is one of the most important underground sites in central Tunisia and should be protected. https://pagepress.org/biology/tz/article/view/24Chiropteracavenurseryprotectionnorthwest Africa |
| spellingShingle | Ridha Dalhoumi Patricia Aissa Hamouda Beyrem Stéphane Aulagnier Annual cycle of bats in a cave of Jebel Errwa, a sub-desert zone of central Tunisia Tropical Zoology Chiroptera cave nursery protection northwest Africa |
| title | Annual cycle of bats in a cave of Jebel Errwa, a sub-desert zone of central Tunisia |
| title_full | Annual cycle of bats in a cave of Jebel Errwa, a sub-desert zone of central Tunisia |
| title_fullStr | Annual cycle of bats in a cave of Jebel Errwa, a sub-desert zone of central Tunisia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Annual cycle of bats in a cave of Jebel Errwa, a sub-desert zone of central Tunisia |
| title_short | Annual cycle of bats in a cave of Jebel Errwa, a sub-desert zone of central Tunisia |
| title_sort | annual cycle of bats in a cave of jebel errwa a sub desert zone of central tunisia |
| topic | Chiroptera cave nursery protection northwest Africa |
| url | https://pagepress.org/biology/tz/article/view/24 |
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