1. BAT FAUNA FROM THE LIMESTONE MINES OF THE CRICOVA-GOIAN AREA OF THE ICHEL RIVER BASIN, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA.
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Victoria, NISTREANU, Alina, LARION, Vladislav, CALDARI, and Natalia, DIBOLSCAIA
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ANIMAL diversity conservation , *WATERSHEDS , *BATS , *HORSESHOE bats - Abstract
The studies were performed in 2013-2022 in limestone mines of the Cricova-Goian area. The bat fauna was represented by 10 species, 9 of which were registered in the Cricova I mines, 4 species in the Cricova II mines, 10 species in the Goianul Nou mines and 2 species in the Goian mines. The Cricova II and Goian mines are new bat sites, found in 2021-2022. In the Cricova I mines, 489 individuals from 9 species were registered during the hibernation period and Myotis daubentonii represented more than half of the bat community. The analysis of multiannual dynamics shows a stable trend of chiropteran species populations. The M. species bechsteinii and Rhinolophus hipposideros with about 10% each. In the Cricova II mines, 4 bat species were registered; the dominant one was M. daubentonii with about 85% and other species had an abundance of less than 8%. In the Goianul Nou mines, 10 species from 4 genera were recorded, but the community structure was different at the end of hibernation period, when 3 species were dominant (over'80%), and in September, when 2 species dominated (about 77%). The Goian mines have a very low depth and only two species with single individuals were registered. The diversity was the highest in Goianul Nou mines, followed by Cricova I mines, being much lower in the Cricova II and Goian mines. All the registered bat species are protected at the national and international level and the Cricova-Goian area is of great importance in animal diversity conservation in the central part of the Republic of Moldova. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022