食鱼蝙蝠——大足鼠耳蝠初报

大足鼠耳蝠属蝙蝠科,为中国特有种类。食性分析和野外观察证实大足鼠耳蝠为食鱼蝙蝠。室内放养条件下发现大足鼠耳蝠一次进食能连续消耗5．0—10．0g麦穗鱼。本研究首次报道北京房山亦有大足鼠耳蝠分布,并介绍了其地理分布和保护现状。     

印度假吸血蝠捕食鼠耳蝠

2004年12月10日,在广西南宁地区马山县金伦洞捕到2只雄性印度假吸血蝠(Megaderma lyra:Megadermatidae,Chiroptera),分析其中的胃容物,发现有蝙蝠的残遗物,包括牙齿、后足、骨骼、毛发(棕黄色);未发现昆虫残遗物。通过对残遗物中牙齿(上颌齿式:2.1.3.3)的鉴定,与蝙蝠科鼠耳蝠属(Myotis)的齿式一致,因此确定印度假吸血蝠捕食了鼠耳蝠属的蝙蝠。     

河南省绯鼠耳蝠新纪录

绯鼠耳蝠Myotis formosus又称丽鼠耳蝠、红黑鼠耳蝠等,隶属于翼手目Chiroptera蝙,蝠科Vespertilionidae蝙蝠亚科Vespertilioninae鼠耳蝠属Myotis.2006年12月20日于河南省南阳市桐柏山熊洞(2°62′N,113°68′E,海拔301 m)发现一冬眠群共31只色彩鲜艳的蝙蝠,仅采集5只,外形测量后分离头骨,毛皮做成剥制标本保存于河南师范大学生命科学学院标本馆.经进一步鉴定,确定为绯鼠耳蝠华南亚种Myotis formous rufoniger,为河南省蝙蝠新纪录.     

大足鼠耳蝠的分布

首次报道北京、成都和广东发现大足鼠耳蝠,并结合文献对其形态特征及其在我国现有分布区进行了描述。     

北京地区大足鼠耳蝠主要食物及其食性组成的季节变化

20 0 2年 5月至 2 0 0 3年 11月初 (冬眠期除外 ) ,约每两周一次 (每次调查持续 1- 2晚 )于北京房山霞云岭乡四合村蝙蝠洞 (115°5 9′N ,39°4 3′E)捕捉觅食后返洞的大足鼠耳蝠 (Myotisricketti) ,通过 2 8次野外调查收集了 342个粪便样品 ,分析了其食物组成的频率差异。北京地区大足鼠耳蝠主要捕食宽鳍 (Zaccoplaty pus) (在总样品中的频率为 6 0 2 % )、鲫鱼 (Carassiusauratus) (5 8% )和洛氏 (Phoxinuslagowskii) (2 3% )三种淡水鱼 ;还捕食至少 7个目的昆虫 ,分别为鞘翅目 (2 0 2 % )、鳞翅目 (12 6 % )、同翅目 (9 6 % )、蜉蝣目(4 1% )、半翅目 (5 6 % )、双翅目 (3 5 % )和膜翅目 (2 6 % )。两年中三种淡水鱼的总频率与昆虫的总频率差异显著 ;年内数据比较显示 ,鱼类和昆虫频率 2 0 0 2年差异不显著 ,2 0 0 3年差异显著。大足鼠耳蝠雨季和旱季食物种类基本无差异 ,但鱼类和昆虫在其食物组成中有年内波动 ,即大足鼠耳蝠旱季多以鱼类为食 ,雨季捕获昆虫的数量相对增加。据两年的研究结果 ,证实北京房山霞云岭大足鼠耳蝠的食物主要组成部分是三种鱼类 ,而宽鳍为主要食物成分的原因是其多在水体浅层活动而易被大足鼠耳蝠捕获。从能量收支平衡的角度推测大足鼠耳蝠在雨季捕食昆虫可能     

Effectiveness of an acoustic lure for surveying bats in British woodlands

1. A field experiment was used to test the effectiveness of a synthesized bat call as an acoustic lure to attract bats into mist nets in woodlands in southeast England. The stimulus was modelled on a social call of the rare Bechstein's bat Myotis bechsteinii. 2. In the Test condition, when the synthesized call was played, 23 bats of four species were captured, including six Bechstein's bats. In the Control condition, when no calls were played, only one bat was caught. 3. The bat call synthesizer is an effective tool for increasing capture rates for bats. Used as part of a systematic survey programme, it has the potential to provide the first baseline data on the distribution of bats in British woodlands.     

大足鼠耳蝠的翼型和回声定位声波特征

大足鼠耳蝠(Myotis ricketti Thomas,1894)属翼手目(Chiroptera),蝙蝠科(Vespertilionidae),鼠耳蝠属(Myotis).     

Larger trees may support larger Indiana bat maternity colonies in a dynamic landscape

Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), federally listed as endangered, are of management concern in eastern North America. While researchers quantified the habitat affinities of the species throughout the range, few studies have occurred in regions where populations are at high risk for wind energy development and changing climes. Central Illinois, USA, is a dynamic landscape where forest area has been increasing in recent decades (on public and private land) because of changing farming practices and increased habitat protections. The increasing availability of large diameter trees, increasing forest biomass, and changing forest compositions have the potential to influence Indiana bat roost habitat preferences. We assessed Indiana bat maternity roost selection at the tree and forest plot scale to characterize patterns of use in this region from 2017–2018. We predicted that large trees on the landscape would support large colonies of Indiana bats. We located bats in multiple species of trees including elm (Ulmus spp.), cottonwood (Populus deltoides), and shagbark hickory (Carya ovata). We documented larger maternity colonies sharing roosts than in previous studies from the 1980s in the same region. We suggest managers and regulatory agencies monitor Indiana bats in dynamic landscapes such as those with changing forest composition and biomass.     

北京房山大足鼠耳蝠食鱼性及回声定位信号

大足鼠耳蝠 (Myotisricketti)具有食鱼蝙蝠的形态特征 ,但食鱼习性待考。以北京房山种群为对象 ,夜间在洞口悬挂雾网 ,捕获取食返洞大足鼠耳蝠共 18只 ,胃检发现 7例全为鱼类 (宽鳍 ,鲫鱼和洛氏 ) ,10例以鱼类为主 ,仅 1例全为昆虫。室内实验观察到捕鱼行为 2 5 6次 ,成功率 12 5 %。如此 ,该种具食鱼习性的猜测得到证实。回声定位信号属调频型 ,扫频范围从 6 7 4 0kHz到 2 3 6 3kHz ,主频 (38 2 1± 1 18)kHz ,声信号时程 (2 5 8± 0 34)ms。这些特征具有一定的物种特异性     

Development of conserved microsatellite markers of high cross-species utility in bat species (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera, Mammalia)

Comparative ecological and behavioural studies of the widespread and diverse Vespertilionidae, which comprise almost 400 of the 1100 bat species, have been limited by the availability of markers. The potential of new methods for developing conserved microsatellite markers that possess enhanced cross-species utility has recently been illustrated in studies of birds. We have applied these methods to develop enhanced microsatellite markers for vespertilionid bats, in particular for the genus Myotis (103 species). We compared published bat microsatellites with their homologues in the genome sequence of the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus, to create consensus sequences that were used to design candidate primer sets. Primer sets were then tested for amplification and polymorphism in 22 species of bat from nine of the largest families (including 11 Vespertilionidae). Of 46 loci tested, 33 were polymorphic, on average, in each of seven Myotis species tested, 20 in each of four species in other vespertilionid genera, and two in 11 nonvespertilionid species.     

Genetic population structure of Natterer's bats explained by mating at swarming sites and philopatry

During autumn 'swarming', large numbers of temperate bats chase each other in and around underground sites. Swarming has been proposed to be a mating event, allowing interbreeding between bats from otherwise isolated summer colonies. We studied the population structure of the Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri), a swarming species in northern England, by sampling bats at seven sites in two swarming areas and at 11 summer colonies. Analysis of molecular variance (amova) and genetic assignment analyses showed that the swarming areas (60 km apart) support significantly different populations. A negative correlation was found between the distance of a summer colony from a swarming area and the assignment of bats to that area. High gene diversity was found at all sites (HE = 0.79) suggesting high gene flow. This was supported by a low FST (0.017) among summer colonies and the absence of isolation by distance or substructure among colonies which visit one swarming area. The FST, although low, was significantly different from zero, which could be explained by a combination of female philopatry and male-mediated gene flow through mating at swarming sites with bats from other colonies. Modelling suggested that if effective size of the summer colonies (Ne) was low to moderate (10-30), all mating must occur at the swarming sites to account for the observed FST. If the Ne was higher (50), in addition to random mating during swarming, there may be nonrandom mating at swarming sites or some within-colony mating. Conservation of swarming sites that support potentially large populations is discussed.     

Resource selection by Indiana bats during the maternity season

Little information exists on resource selection by foraging Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) during the maternity season. Existing studies are based on modest sample sizes because of the rarity of this endangered species and the difficulty of radio-tracking bats. Our objectives were to determine resource selection by foraging Indiana bats during the maternity season and to compare resource use between pregnant and lactating individuals. We used an information theoretic approach with discrete choice modeling based on telemetry data to evaluate our hypotheses that land cover, percent canopy cover, distance to water, and prescribed fire affected the relative probability a point was used by a foraging Indiana bat. We fit models for individual bats and a population-level model based on all individuals with a random factor to account for differences in sample size among individuals. We radio-tracked 29 individuals and found variation in resource selection among individuals. However, among individuals with the same supported covariates, the magnitude and direction of the covariates were similar. Eighteen bats selected areas with greater canopy closure and 5 of 6 bats that had areas burned by low-intensity prescribed fire in their home range selected burned areas. Resource selection was related to land cover for 13 individuals; they selected forest and shrubland over agricultural land, which composed >50% of the landscape within 10 km. We found no support for our hypothesis that resource selection was related to individual reproductive condition or Julian date in our population-level model indicating habitat selection was not determined by reproductive status or date within the maternity season. Land use or forest management that greatly reduces canopy cover may have a negative impact on Indiana bat use. Maintaining forest cover in agricultural landscapes is likely critical to persistence of maternity colonies in these landscapes. Sites managed with low severity prescribed fire may be selected by some individuals because of reduced understory vegetation. © 2013 The Wildlife Society.     

Spatial distribution of mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA variation in Daubenton's bat within Scotland

Daubenton's bat ( Myotis daubentonii ) is a known reservoir for European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2). An appreciation of the potential for epidemiological spread and disease risk requires an understanding of the dispersal of the primary host, and any large-scale geographical barriers that may impede gene flow. The spatial pattern of microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA variation was examined to infer patterns of dispersal of bats among 35 populations across Scotland. DNA sequence variation at the mitochondrial control region and ND1 genes revealed two distinct phylogeographical clades, with generally nonoverlapping geographical distributions except for a small number of populations where both matrilines were found in sympatry. Such discontinuity suggests that Scotland was recolonised twice following the retreat of the Pleistocene ice sheet with little subsequent matrilineal introgression. However, eight microsatellite loci showed low levels of genetic divergence among populations, even between populations from the two distinct mitochondrial DNA clades. An overall, macrogeographical genetic isolation-by-distance pattern was observed, with high levels of gene flow among local populations. Apparently contrasting patterns of mitochondrial and microsatellite divergence at different scales could be explained by sex-specific differences in gene flow at large scales.     

Optimum effort to estimate habitat use when the individual animal is the sampling unit

• 1 Studies of habitat use in which the individual animal is the sampling unit should ideally sample each individual sufficiently to achieve a stable estimate of its habitat use. Data are typically obtained by radio-tracking, which can be labour-intensive. Hence, optimization of sampling effort is desirable. A method to determine optimum sampling effort is described with reference to an example from a study of Natterer's bat Myotis nattereri, in which data were collected by radio-tracking with individual bats followed continuously for entire nights.
• 2 Habitat use by Natterer's bat was assessed by compositional analysis, which compares the composition of habitats used with those potentially available. Therefore, we plotted running per cent foraging time spent over a range of habitat types against the cumulative foraging time recorded. We visually estimated the optimum sum of foraging time required to determine stable estimates of the composition of habitat use from the plots. Then, by reference to the full-time budget, the total tracking effort expended at the point when this optimum amount of foraging data had been recorded was determined and expressed in units of the number of nightly tracking sessions that had been undertaken to collect that amount of foraging data.
• 3 Stable estimates of habitat use were attained after a mean of 22 ± 7.7 h of foraging time, which were obtained in a mean of 4.6 ± 1.9 nights of radio-tracking effort. Thus, in this Natterer's bat study, where habitat preference was assessed by compositional analysis, it was appropriate to aim to collect foraging data during five nights of radio-tracking for each bat sampled.
• 4 The method presented is also applicable to studies where tracking data are discontinuous. A variation of the method can be applied in studies where a Euclidean distance method is to be used for the analysis of habitat use.