African Bat Conservation News
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| author | CHEGE, HERMAN NJOROGE SCHEPERS, CELESTE WOLFAARDT, GILIUM J.J. |
| author_facet | CHEGE, HERMAN NJOROGE SCHEPERS, CELESTE WOLFAARDT, GILIUM J.J. |
| contents | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) During the first bat fieldwork course at the Meletse Bat Research and Conservation Training Centre (MBRCTC), bat monitoring was conducted from the 26th of November 2014 to 10th of December 2014. The documentation was carried out at four sites surrounding the Gatkop cave in Limpopo, South Africa. Mist netting and harp trapping techniques were used as the main techniques for the monitoring. Measurements of forearm, head-length and mass were recorded and used for species identification. Nine species of six families were caught: Emballonuridae: Taphozous mauritianus; Rhinolophidae: Rhinolophus simulator and Rhinolophus blasii; Hipposideridae: Hipposideros caffer; Rhinonycteridae: Cloeotis percivali; Vespertilionidae: Myotis tricolor, Neoromicia capensis and Scotophilus dinganii; and Miniopteridae: Miniopterus natalensis. For each of the species the sex ratios were calculated and the reproductive status of the individuals was determined. The results were compared with a previous study done on the Meletse landscape the preceding year. The current study concluded that monitoring of bat species assemblages over time should be employed in light of increasing disturbances such as the proposed mining activities on the adjacent landscape. |
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| spellingShingle | African Bat Conservation News CHEGE, HERMAN NJOROGE SCHEPERS, CELESTE WOLFAARDT, GILIUM J.J. Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) During the first bat fieldwork course at the Meletse Bat Research and Conservation Training Centre (MBRCTC), bat monitoring was conducted from the 26th of November 2014 to 10th of December 2014. The documentation was carried out at four sites surrounding the Gatkop cave in Limpopo, South Africa. Mist netting and harp trapping techniques were used as the main techniques for the monitoring. Measurements of forearm, head-length and mass were recorded and used for species identification. Nine species of six families were caught: Emballonuridae: Taphozous mauritianus; Rhinolophidae: Rhinolophus simulator and Rhinolophus blasii; Hipposideridae: Hipposideros caffer; Rhinonycteridae: Cloeotis percivali; Vespertilionidae: Myotis tricolor, Neoromicia capensis and Scotophilus dinganii; and Miniopteridae: Miniopterus natalensis. For each of the species the sex ratios were calculated and the reproductive status of the individuals was determined. The results were compared with a previous study done on the Meletse landscape the preceding year. The current study concluded that monitoring of bat species assemblages over time should be employed in light of increasing disturbances such as the proposed mining activities on the adjacent landscape. |
| title | African Bat Conservation News |
| topic | Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13424005 |