Bat Population Sizes (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Bat Population Sizes

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Reliable estimates of bat population sizes, which are essential for species conversation, are hampered by sexual segregation. Scientists are now proposing novel ways to obtain more accurate data by using radio telemetry data in conjunction with environmental data to create so-called "habitat suitability maps." Their findings suggest that it is not necessarily the typical habitat that should be regarded as the resource needing protection, but rather that of the more specialized demographic subset of the species pool.

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Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

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