Bats from Fazenda Intervales, Southeastern Brazil: species account and comparison between different sampling methods

dc.contributor.authorPortfors, Christine V.
dc.contributor.authorFenton, M. Brock
dc.contributor.authorAguiar, Ludmilla M. de S.
dc.contributor.authorBaumgarten, Julio E.
dc.contributor.authorVonhof, Maarten J.
dc.contributor.authorBouchard, Sylvie
dc.contributor.authorFaria, Deborah M. de
dc.contributor.authorPedro, Wagner André [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRauntenbach, Naas I. L.
dc.contributor.authorZortea, Marlon
dc.contributor.institutionNortheastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Department of Neurobiology
dc.contributor.institutionYork University Department of Biology
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de Brasília (UnB)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionTransvaal Museum
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T15:12:19Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T15:12:19Z
dc.date.issued2000-06-01
dc.description.abstractAssessing the composition of an area's bat fauna is typically accomplished by using captures or by monitoring echolocation calls with bat detectors. The two methods may not provide the same data regarding species composition. Mist nets and harp traps may be biased towards sampling low flying species, and bat detectors biased towards detecting high intensity echolocators. A comparison of the bat fauna of Fazenda Intervales, southeastern Brazil, as revealed by mist nets and harp trap captures, checking roosts and by monitoring echolocation calls of flying bats illustrates this point. A total of 17 species of bats was sampled. Fourteen bat species were captured and the echolocation calls of 12 species were recorded, three of them not revealed by mist nets or harp traps. The different sampling methods provided different pictures of the bat fauna. Phyllostomid bats dominated the catches in mist nets, but in the field their echolocation calls were never detected. No single sampling approach provided a complete assessment of the bat fauna in the study area. In general, bats producing low intensity echolocation calls, such as phyllostomids, are more easily assessed by netting, and bats producing high intensity echolocation calls are better surveyed by bat detectors. The results demonstrate that a combined and varied approach to sampling is required for a complete assessment of the bat fauna of an area.en
dc.description.affiliationNortheastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Department of Neurobiology
dc.description.affiliationYork University Department of Biology
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade de Brasília (UnB) Departamento de Ecologia
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual de Campinas Departamento de Zoologia
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal
dc.description.affiliationTransvaal Museum
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal
dc.format.extent533-538
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752000000200022
dc.identifier.citationRevista Brasileira de Zoologia. Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, v. 17, n. 2, p. 533-538, 2000.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S0101-81752000000200022
dc.identifier.fileS0101-81752000000200022.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0101-8175
dc.identifier.lattes2685769620605055
dc.identifier.scieloS0101-81752000000200022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/28336
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Brasileira de Zoologia
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjectAtlantic rain foresten
dc.subjectbatsen
dc.subjectbat detectoren
dc.subjectchiropteraen
dc.subjectdiversityen
dc.subjectecholocationen
dc.subjectsampling methodsen
dc.subjectsoutheastern Brazilen
dc.titleBats from Fazenda Intervales, Southeastern Brazil: species account and comparison between different sampling methodsen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.lattes2685769620605055
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Araçatubapt

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