Fauna and structure of bat (Chiroptera) assemblage of the National Park 'Smolensk Lakeland', western Russia

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The data presented in this paper is a result of inventory of bat fauna and structure of assemblage in the National Park 'Smolensk Lakeland', Smolensk region, Russia. A total of 318 bats of eight species (Myotis brandtii, M. mystacinus, M. daubentonii, Nyctalus noctula, N. leisleri, Pipistrellus nathusii, Vespertilio murinus and Plecotus auritus) were captured in mist nets in June and July 2010. Six species were new for the territory of the National Park. N. noctula was a dominant, P. nathusii and V. murinus were subdominant species, other five species were rare. Among adult individuals, females were predominant. Sex ratio among subadults of dominant and subdominant bat species was equal. Six species were breeding within the territory. A comparison of our results with the data from regions adjacent to Smolensk (Bryansk, Tver, Moscow, Vitebsk) is discussed.