Information for bat conservation
EUROBATS has set up a working group (so-called Intersessional Working Group, IWG) to deal with underground bat roosts (caves, mines, cellars, etc.) (IWG Conservation of Key Underground sites). The aim of this working group is currently to collect information on
Press release of the German Bat Observatory Experts are raising the alarm – species protection is clearly being neglected in the legislative changes to the expansion of wind energy Alarming statistics and urgent requests: the expansion of wind energy threatens
* 02.02.1937 in Halle/Saale † 09.12.2023 in Naumburg Bodo Stratmann, a very well-known bat conservationist from Halle/Saale, died in December 2023 after a long illness. He was one of the founder of the Working Group on Bat Protection and Research
We need your support!What is it about? In our nationwide project “Creation ofof a species action plan for the Leisler’s bat, which was funded by the BfN with funds from the BMUV, we would like to take a closer look
Content: Karyotype Evolution in Vespertilionoidea: Centromere Repositioning and Inversions in Molossidae (Chiroptera, Mammalia)Marianne Volleth, Klaus-Gerhard Heller, Christopher Tidemann, Hoi-Sen Yong, Martin Göpfert, Stefan Müllerhttps://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2023.25.1.001KEYWORDS: Cytotaxonomy, chromosomal evolution, bat phylogenetics Karyotype Comparison of Five African Vespertilionini Species with Comments on Phylogenetic
With the increase of goals to tackle the climate crisis, the energy industry is logically looking for new areas to install wind farms. Similar to Germany, the energy companies in France are installing more and more wind farms in forests
A new download area has been created on the website of the bat observatory. At the moment you can find video animations and posters that are supposed to help distinguish cryptic bat species of the genera Myotis and Pipistellus .
The last workshop of bat markers took place in 2016. In the time after that, it was not possible to organize a meeting, among other things due to the Corona pandemic. The event was supported by the AK Fledermäuse Sachsen-Anhalt
Automated monitoring technologies can increase the efficiency of ecological data collection and support data-driven conservation. Camera traps coupled with infrared light barriers can be used to monitor temperate-zone bat assemblages at underground hibernacula, where thousands of individuals of multiple species
In Switzerland, the Greater Mouse-eared Bat Myotis myotis is a vulnerable bat species with highest national priority. The species is classified as a forest target species because it forages mainly in forest habitats in many areas of Switzerland and Central