Transcontinental 2200 km migration of a Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) across Europe

Year of publication

2021

Authors

Tomas Alcalde, Juan; Jimenez, Montserrat; Brila, Ilze; Vintulis, Viesturs; Voigt, Christian C.; Petersons, Gunars

Abstract

A male Pipistrellus nathusii ringed in Pape Natural Park (S Latvia) in August 2015 was recovered recently dead in Pitillas’ Lagoon Natural Reserve (N Spain) in March 2017. At 2224 km in SSW direction, this is the first documented bat migration between these countries and worldwide the longest migration record of a bat. We also report other observations of this species in autumn in Northern Spain, suggesting that the Iberian Peninsula may be an important wintering area for Nathusius’ pipistrelles. Conservation measures should be agreed on by countries along the migration routes to improve the protection of this species.

Organizations and authors

University of Jyväskylä

Brila Ilze

University of Oulu

Brila Ilze

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Journal

Article type

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Non Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

B1 Non-refereed journal articles

Publication channel information

Journal/Series

Mammalia

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Volume

Issue

Pages

161-163

ISSN

0025-1461

Publication forum

62880

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

Self-archived

Yes

Other information

Fields of science

Ecology, evolutionary biology

Keywords

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Publication country

Germany

Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

Yes

Co-publication with a company

DOI

10.1515/mammalia-2020-0069

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes